Why Ex-Porn Star Mia Khalifa Is Earning Less Than Lena The Plug

The amount of money Mia Khalifa made from the porn industry has been a hot topic especially with her ongoing feud with BangBros and one video attempted to explain why the ex-porn star earned less than Lena The Plug and other porn stars, who also made money from the adult industry.

A video uploaded by Some Brooklyn Guy in Vimeo tried to explain why Khalifa made less money than other porn stars. While not all information can be confirmed, some details were proven to be true like Lena The Plug making seven figures. Also, it showed several women sharing how much they earned from doing porn and they made more than Khalifa.

Melilarie Marie said she made $27,000 in two months a half. Another shared that her gross from May 15 to June 15 was $24,005.84. A different woman said she made $3,560 in a week. So, basically, Khalifa was earning less than many even if she’s way more popular than Marie or Lena The Plug.

Khalifa was the top searched porn star in Pornhub in 2014 after making an adult scene wearing a hijab. The video also highlighted the Google Search trend showing that more were searching for Khalifa compared to Nick Jonas, whose song "Jealous" landed no. 7 on the Billboard chart that year.

Based on the video, the porn star was not making much money because most of her content are available for free. Also, Fabian Thylmann, the king of porn, raked in the most from tube sites.

“In other words, he had a monopoloy,” the voice-over says in the video.

Since there are already free sites and most don’t pay for the content, performers like Khalifa are paid less. However, Lena The Plug made seven figures from the adult industry because she uses premium Snapchat and subscription.

Several porn stars share sexy photos and encourage people to subscribe to their premium Snapchat and they make huge money from it. According to her boyfriend, Adam 22, he knew some girls who make six figures a month from private Snapchat and multiple subscriptions.

Due to the huge amount of money porn stars make on Snapchat, established porn stars like Lana Rhoades and Lela Star left their contracts to focus on the platform. OnlyFans use the same subscription model that adult performers do on Snapchat. But it's better because the involved parties do not need to do under the table agreements because the site allows adult performers to post and charge for porn, which Snapchat discourages and usually shuts down.

Bella Thorne set a record when she made $1 million on OnlyFans for 24 hours. The celebrity made $2 million from the site in less than a week.

Meanwhile, Lena The Plug, the X-rated social media influencer, is already a millionaire. She makes seven figures a year.

In an interview with Forbes, she said 95% of her revenue is from selling access to her premium Snapchat and OnlyFans subscriptions. Meanwhile, the other five percent is a combination of YouTube revenue, Instagram brand deals, adult tube sites and merchandise.

In related news, Khalifa's feud with BangBros continues, with the latter saying they paid the ex-porn star $178,000. However, the former adult entertainer insisted that she only made $12,000 from the porn industry and the remaining $160,000 unaccounted money was her salary as social media manager for BangBros.