Found an interesting open-data project mapping creator economy numbers: here is what caught my eye

While digging into creator economy data feeds and SaaS ideas around market research, I came across an interesting indie project called OnlyFansStatistics.com (https://onlyfansstatistics.com/).

Most numbers floating around digital subscription platforms are locked behind expensive enterprise intelligence tools or based on viral tweets with zero verification. What made this project stand out to me is how they approached building an open-data hub as an acquisition and authority engine.

A few notable takeaways from how they structured it:

1. Primary Sourcing Over Scraping: Instead of relying on unreliable web scraping or estimated web traffic, they pull baseline metrics directly from official UK Companies House filings by Fenix International Limited. They re-audit those figures monthly alongside industry research panels.

2. Productizing Free Data Assets: Rather than just writing summary blog posts, they turned the data into structured developer and analyst tooling:

• 50+ dedicated data pages covering platform turnover, creator earnings distributions, user growth, and geographic splits.
• 13 downloadable CSV datasets ready for financial models or spreadsheet analysis.
• 16 custom SVG, PNG, and 1200x630 social card visualizations.
• A live JSON master feed with source IDs and audit timestamps.
• A downloadable press kit for journalists.

3. Open Attribution as a Distribution Loop: Everything is freely accessible without paywalls, provided users cite the source. They have a documented public methodology page (https://onlyfansstatistics.com/methodology) detailing every calculation, which naturally builds high-intent citations from news desks and academic researchers.

For anyone building in public, looking into data-as-a-service, or exploring programmatic SEO models around public company registries, this is a clean example of turning regulatory public records into a standalone open-data product.

Has anyone here experimented with turning public statutory filings or open datasets into a free research hub for organic reach?