TikTok Subscription: Prices, Super Fan and Cancelling
A TikTok subscription is a monthly payment to a creator, and since September 2025 there are two kinds: Subscription, for exclusive content outside LIVE, and Super Fan, which is exclusive to LIVE and upgraded the old LIVE Subscription. Subscription’s default tier is $5.99 a month; Super Fan costs $9.99 USD a month. TikTok says subscribers can cancel at any time.
Looking for TikTok without ads? That’s a different product. TikTok announced TikTok Ad-Free for the UK on 11 May 2026: £3.99 a month for accounts aged 18 or over, rolling out gradually, while everyone else keeps the free version with personalized ads. Checked against TikTok Newsroom: Introducing TikTok Ad-Free (11 May 2026)
Subscriptions are one of the money features in our complete TikTok how-to; this page covers paying for one and offering one. Every other route, from Creator Rewards to the TikTok Shop affiliate program, is in how to make money on TikTok.
Table of Contents
- What is a TikTok subscription?
- Subscription vs Super Fan: what’s the difference?
- How much does a TikTok subscription cost?
- What do subscribers get?
- How do creators add a subscription on TikTok?
- How do you cancel a TikTok subscription?
- What happened to TikTok LIVE Subscription?
- Does Outfeed handle TikTok subscriptions?
- TikTok subscription FAQ
What is a TikTok subscription?
A monthly fee a viewer pays one creator for extras. TikTok’s Creator Academy describes Super Fan as exclusive to TikTok LIVE and an upgrade of the previous LIVE Subscription program, while Subscription now focuses on exclusive content, subscriber engagement and community identity. A creator can offer both. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Super Fan FAQ (last updated Oct 6, 2026)
Subscription vs Super Fan: what’s the difference?
Subscription is for posts outside LIVE and its price is set by the creator; Super Fan lives inside LIVE at one global price.
| Subscription | Super Fan | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Outside LIVE: sub-only videos and notes | TikTok LIVE only |
| Price | Default $5.99; creators pick $2.99 to $99.99 USD a month | $9.99 USD a month, or the local equivalent |
| Subscriber perks | Subscriber badge, up to 35 personalized stickers, creator-set perks | Fan Club membership, permanent fan badge, special Gifts, faster fan-level upgrades |
| Creator’s share | 70% after fees, with a possible extra 20% monthly reward | Up to 50% of Super Fan revenue after payment processing fees |
| Source | Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription (last updated Aug 18, 2026) | Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Super Fan FAQ (last updated Oct 6, 2026) |
How much does a TikTok subscription cost?
Subscription costs what the creator sets: the default tier is $5.99, and creators can choose from $2.99 to $99.99 USD a month. Subscribers pay in local currency, and TikTok keeps the final say on prices, so go by the price your app shows. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
Super Fan has one price: $9.99 USD a month globally, or the equivalent in local currency. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Super Fan FAQ (last updated Oct 6, 2026)
What do subscribers get?
Subscription unlocks sub-only videos and notes, a Subscriber badge, up to 35 personalized stickers and any perks the creator sets. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
Super Fan comes with automatic Fan Club membership, a permanent fan badge, special Gifts and faster fan-level upgrades, plus exclusive LIVEs, comments and a fan space if the creator offers them. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Super Fan FAQ (last updated Oct 6, 2026)
How do creators add a subscription on TikTok?
From TikTok Studio: open the Monetization tab, select Subscription and tap Join Subscription, which guides you through the eligibility requirements. These are the Creator Academy’s steps:
In the app: Creators: setting up your Subscription:
- Head to your profile and tap menu (☰).
- Tap "TikTok Studio" and click on the "Monetization tab."
- Scroll to "Monetization Programs" and select "Subscription."
- Hit "Join Subscription" and you'll be guided through the eligibility requirements.
Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription (last updated Aug 18, 2026).
Once you’ve joined, you manage it from Subscription, right below your bio. Sub-only posts can’t include Duets, Stitches or sticker creations and can only use copyright-free sounds, and unoriginal, low-quality or advertising content isn’t eligible.
When TikTok expanded Subscription beyond LIVE creators on 23 September 2024, it required creators to be 18 or older, with an account in good standing and at least 10K followers and 100K video views in the past calendar month, or to meet specific LIVE eligibility requirements. Checked against TikTok Newsroom: Subscription Expansion (23 September 2024) Short of those numbers? Our guide to getting more TikTok followers sticks to organic growth.
TikTok’s Creator Academy pages give Super Fan no separate creator threshold, but it runs in LIVE, and going LIVE takes age 18 or older and 1,000 followers (the number may vary by region). Checked against TikTok Help Center: About TikTok LIVE
What creators keep: 70% of Subscription revenue after app store fees, plus a possible 20% bonus that brings the maximum to 90%. TikTok’s Creator Academy ties the bonus to over 10k followers, over 100k video views in the last calendar month, following TikTok’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines, and posting sub-only videos that month: your first one if you’ve never posted any, or at least three valid ones if you have. TikTok evaluates it each month. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription TikTok first announced the 90% split on 28 October 2025. Checked against TikTok Newsroom: New AI-powered tools to make it easier to create and share on TikTok (28 October 2025) For Creator Rewards, see how much TikTok pays; our TikTok money calculator estimates Creator Rewards, gifts and brand-deal income as a range.
How do you cancel a TikTok subscription?
You can cancel at any time, TikTok’s Creator Academy says, but TikTok’s Help Center and Creator Academy give viewers no cancel steps. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Getting started with Subscription — FAQsNot verified
To manage or cancel a subscription you pay for, start where you paid: purchases go through your phone’s app store, so that store’s subscription settings are the place to check.
What happened to TikTok LIVE Subscription?
It became Super Fan. Since September 2025 all LIVE subscriber perks, such as sub-only LIVEs and LIVE stickers, are part of Super Fan. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Super Fan FAQ (last updated Oct 6, 2026) The timeline:
- 23 May 2022: TikTok introduced LIVE Subscription, invite-only at first, for creators 18 or older with at least 1,000 followers; subscribers had to be over 18. Checked against TikTok Newsroom: Exploring new ways for creators… with LIVE Subscription (23 May 2022)
- 23 September 2024: Subscription expanded to creators who don’t go LIVE.
- September 2025: LIVE perks moved to Super Fan, and Subscription turned to exclusive content.
- 28 October 2025: TikTok announced a split letting Subscription creators earn up to 90% of revenue.
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TikTok subscription FAQ
What is a TikTok subscription?
A monthly payment to a creator for extras. Since September 2025 TikTok has run two programs: Subscription, for exclusive content outside LIVE such as sub-only videos, and Super Fan, a subscription exclusive to TikTok LIVE that upgrades the previous LIVE Subscription program. A creator can offer both.
How much does a TikTok subscription cost?
Subscription’s default tier is $5.99 a month, and creators can pick a price from $2.99 to $99.99 USD a month; subscribers pay in local currency and TikTok has the final say on prices. Super Fan is priced globally at $9.99 USD a month, or the equivalent in local currency.
How do I cancel a TikTok subscription?
TikTok’s Creator Academy says subscribers can cancel at any time, but TikTok’s Help Center and Creator Academy give no cancel steps for viewers. Purchases go through your phone’s app store, so that store’s subscription settings are the place to check.
Who can offer subscriptions on TikTok?
Check in TikTok Studio: TikTok’s Creator Academy says Join Subscription, in the Monetization tab, guides you through the eligibility requirements. The last joining thresholds TikTok published date from September 2024, when it expanded Subscription beyond LIVE: creators had to be 18 or older, with an account in good standing and at least 10K followers and 100K video views in the past calendar month, or meet specific LIVE eligibility requirements. TikTok’s Creator Academy pages on Super Fan give no separate creator threshold.
Is there an ad-free TikTok subscription?
In the UK. TikTok announced TikTok Ad-Free on 11 May 2026: £3.99 a month, rolling out gradually to UK accounts aged 18 or over. It removes ads and is separate from paying a creator through Subscription or Super Fan.