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Half the busiest pages belong to women who have worked under proper studio lights. A crew and a call sheet hold no mystery for Kira Noir, Myra Moans and Yaya Gingersnatch, and they hold a camera's attention easily. The other half work on a kitchen-table scale. Kipani's has an ink pen and a stack of dark romance novels, Sinful Sally has a controller and a very old save file, and Samsweets has a microphone at an open mic she started herself. What's interesting is how little the two camps differ in temperament. Everybody here is a nerd first, by the site's label and by habit. The studio veterans are as likely to start an argument about anime as the hobbyists are.

The city behind them is second only to New York for population and is the largest in the American West. Its wider metropolitan area, at 12.9 million people, partly accounts for a mathematician, a hellhound and a would-be archaeologist ending up on the same short list.

Busiest pages here are linked most clearly by tattoos. Their tattooed share, 52%, exceeds the city's 42%. Smaller nudges also go to solo work, the Asian label and custom requests, with anime and gaming a fraction ahead too. As we see it, Los Angeles rewards a person above a production. Return visits go to pages run by one woman, often inked, ready to make something to order and plainly into the same games and shows as whoever is on the other side. Chat quality does not improve for the busiest pages. What lifts a page is personality and a pen for requests, not small talk.

#1Kit: Mathematician on the woodland trail

Few people at this end of the page hold a mathematics degree, and Kit does. She treats life the way a good mathematician treats a stubborn proof: with nerve, a taste for risk and no interest in the obvious route. Away from the desk she is hooked on the outdoors. She is happiest deep in the woods and is always asking which hike is worth doing next. This autumn she wandered the old streets of Edinburgh too. Grin and dare matter more than gloss in her cheeky, unfussy allure, and her lack of pretence is adored. She loves throwing a debate open and watching the sides form. The adventurous streak never fades on her OnlyFans, across solo videos and real conversation.

#2Kira Noir: Convention guest who keeps one front door

Anime conventions treat Kira Noir as visiting royalty. TsumiCon in Texas has named her a guest of honour, as much for her love of the medium as for her long run of studio credits. Her humour is pure internet, deadpan and slightly feral, and her current campaign is to retire looksmaxxing in favour of creaturemaxxing. She once sat down with an industry magazine to talk through her stranger hobbies. She is strict about access: there are no backup accounts and no messaging apps, and her OnlyFans inbox is the only place she talks to fans. Anyone wanting solo videos or custom content gets a sultry, self-possessed creator.

#3Louise Andies: Emo romantic with a Pokédex habit

Pikachu has few bigger champions in this city than Louise Andies. She is an emo at heart with a cosplay rail full of Pokémon characters. Nerdy and naughty are both fine by her, and she switches between them without blinking. There is a dancer in her as well, game for any challenge going, and a playful, unbothered confidence that makes her easy company. On Fansly she centres fun nerdy cosplay, and the top tier unlocks the full archive with nothing withheld.

#4Kipani's: Inktober illustrator with a dark romance shelf

October means ink for Kipani's. She is an artist, writer and voice actor who works through the Inktober prompts drawing by drawing: a dragon rider for the Fourth Wing crowd, a poisoned apple with a Nightmare Before Christmas chill. Anything with a Tim Burton shadow wins her over. She reads dark romance and romantasy with the zeal of a book club president, signs up early for advance copies and loves hearing other readers' most wicked line. She also writes and voices her own audio characters, the latest being a witch called Lady Nyx who does not hold back. There is a fitness habit in the mix and a gothic, mysterious allure that people find quietly irresistible. That sultry, bookish mood is on her OnlyFans too.

#5Makayla’s Page: Summer loyalist of the weights floor

Summer, a pool and the weights floor make up the whole calendar for Makayla’s Page, a Los Angeles gym regular who calls summer her favourite season. She treats a sunny Sunday as sacred. Her vibe is bright, flirty and uncomplicated. Every sale is final, whether videos or custom requests.

#6Myra Moans: Would-be archaeologist with a podcast mic

Give Myra Moans a history book and a dig site and she would be in heaven. She is a self-confessed history nerd who hopes to become an archaeologist someday. Until then she runs her own page without help, works on mainstream studio sets with an obvious affection for the crew, and hosts Poddy Break, a podcast on which she is very funny indeed. She shares her home with four cats and is happiest outside: on a beach, in nature, or splashing in water too cold for anyone sensible. Clean eating and travel fill the rest. Her signature is girl-next-door warmth with a cheeky streak, and her OnlyFans page offers solo work, chat, live streams and custom content.

#7Stray: Hellhound with a Pumpkaboo soft spot

Brimstone comes as standard with Stray, a Los Angeles goth who plays a succubus and a hellhound with total commitment and a wicked grin. Under the demonic theatre sits a Pokémon fan who fell hard for a little Pumpkaboo found at a goth meet. She is also a horror enthusiast, happy to lose an afternoon at Creep It Real at the Heritage Museum of Orange County. Last Halloween took her to the Ghostbusters firehouse, and she clowns around whenever the mood strikes. She wishes everyone a delightfully demonic day and means it. There is no change of dark, playful mood in her OnlyFans videos.

#8Samsweets: Open-mic host who mourns a houseplant

Somewhere in Los Angeles there is usually a stage with Samsweets on it. She has performed comedy at Three Clubs and the Pack Theater, and she launched an open mic that welcomes poets and musicians as well as comics. Between sets she shakes martinis at parties and goes back to her dance class for a Bad Bunny night. She also wrote a full eulogy for a potted plant called Robert Plant after someone stole him from her porch. She is a word nerd with sharp opinions on language, shares her home with a dog and a cat, and stays gloriously tongue in cheek. Custom content and videos feature on her OnlyFans.

#9Yaya Gingersnatch: Harp-playing wish granter

Granting wishes is the stated mission of Yaya Gingersnatch, a cheerful goober and fantasy romantic whose main aim is to make people feel good. She plays the harp, has worked on virtual reality shoots and studio sets, and gets into the Oktoberfest mood weeks early. A bright afternoon at Will Rogers beach, a Vegas weekend with friends and a serious sweet tooth all suit her. Equal parts silly and sexy, she loves role play. Her OnlyFans page welcomes requests, and a separate VIP OnlyFans page holds her full-length videos.

#10Sinful Sally: Keyblade loyalist who leaves the lights on

Kingdom Hearts is, by her own cheerful admission, basically Sinful Sally's whole personality. She is a lifelong gamer who spends lazy afternoons in Twilight Town and will correct anyone who adds a stray word to the title. Silent Hill 4 left her switching on lights before walking into a room, and the brutal difficulty of older games still makes her rage-quit and then laugh about it. Flowers, summer and a park bench in the sun are her off-screen loves, along with her Mexican pride. Nerdy, cute and slightly chaotic is her own fair summary, and her free OnlyFans page lets anyone straight in.