>>9161244The average performer doesn't make a lot of money from porn. They get paid shit. Mostly do it for publicity for their escorting work.
They get 100-200 dollars per scene their first few months. They make dough from dumbasses who offer then 5k-10k to fuck them through instagram.
Porn has been associated with organized crime since it's been a thing. Porn studios launder money for the cartel and mafia.
Whores like Riley Reid have probably made most of their money whoring themselves out to NBA stars and collecting their sex toy royalties.