{"id":5812,"date":"2025-01-30T14:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:01:59","slug":"zara-dar-quits-phd-for-onlyfans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/zara-dar-quits-phd-for-onlyfans\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara Dar\u2019s Unexpected DM From a Tech Genius\u2014And Why It Changed Her Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, OnlyFans star and PhD dropout <a href=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/zara-dar-onlyfans-career\/\">Zara Dar<\/a> made headlines after she revealed that she has quit her studies and joined OnlyFans full-time. The video became very viral and got mixed reactions from her fans. Some people applauded her decision while others slammed her for leaving her bio-engineering career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Zara Dar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zara.darz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zara Dar<\/a> is a former PhD student who left her studies to pursue being an OnlyFans model. She was born in Texas and earned her computer science degree from the University of Texas. She is known for her Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) knowledge. She shares her knowledge on her YouTube channel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@zara-dar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zara Dar (Darcy)<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Zara Dar Quit Her PhD?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"YouTuber Zara Dar\" class=\"wp-image-5816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image2-12.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: zara.darz, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zara Dar announced about a month ago on her YouTube channel in a video titled \u201cPhD dropout to OnlyFans model\u201d that she has quit her studies. She said in her YouTube video \u201cI have cried so much over this decision to quit my PhD because it&#8217;s a stressful decision, not that I am particularly sad. Moving on to doing OnlyFans and content creation full-time it&#8217;s not just a career choice it feels kind of like a gamble on the direction of my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe had already spent a couple of years in graduate school but could imagine a future in academia. She could imagine herself wearing a polished suit and working with a team, or even the alternative route of becoming a professor and having students work under her. However, that kind of lifestyle came with its tradeoffs, which influenced her decision to drop out of her PhD. People whose lifestyles I thought I envied are tied to someone else\u2019s vision. They will spend their lives working for a company and doing things they don\u2019t necessarily enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A DM from one of my followers. Well said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GIj6pAK28j\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GIj6pAK28j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zara Dar (@zaradarz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zaradarz\/status\/1871295397509177648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zara Dar continued \u201cTheir work might win someone else\u2019s wealth and fame while they stay in the background. Expendable, they will constantly worry about getting laid off and planning their lives around their salaries, budgeting to pay bills, and likely renting a place to live. She imagines a different life for herself where she was not bound by the expectations of an academic institution or the constraints of a corporate office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Much Zara Dar is Earning from OnlyFans?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"OnlyFans model Zara Dar\" class=\"wp-image-5817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image3-10.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: zara.darz, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zara Dar also revealed that she has earned $1 million in revenues from her OnlyFans account. She also said she is not posting any adult content on the platform. She mainly focuses on teaching while adding a \u201cHot for teacher\u201d vibe to those who fantasize about it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said \u201cPeople may not know this, but I publish the same STEM videos on both YouTube and P*rnhub. While YouTube generally generates more views, the ad revenue per view on P*rnhub and OnlyFans are nearly three times higher. The platform pays $1K per view while YouTube only pays $340 per view.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Zara Dar Facing Criticism?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Internet sensation Zara Dar\" class=\"wp-image-5818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/myfriendshipquiz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image4-8.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credits: zara.darz, Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zara Dar\u2019s decision to join OnlyFans and leave her post-graduate diploma degree was faced with mixed reactions on the internet. While some users have supported her decision because of the low income of the degree, others have disagreed and said that she should have finished her studies and found a better way to earn money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She recently took over her X(formerly Twitter) page and explained her points in a thread. She said that money was not the main reason for her decision, it was the current state of academia that made her quit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After I made a video about why I dropped out of my PhD to pursue OnlyFans full-time, I have been seeing a lot of misinformation on social media, whether intentional or not. I have not given any exclusive interviews yet. So, I would like to clarify the facts here.<br><br>A thread \ud83e\uddf5\ud83e\uddf5\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gzcej6kkXw\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gzcej6kkXw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zara Dar (@zaradarz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zaradarz\/status\/1871374290861576671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 24, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said that she will be posting STEM-related content on her YouTube while sharing new content on OnlyFans. She also clarified that she is not Pakistani as some fans believe confusing her with beauty influencer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZaraNaeemDar\" target=\"_blank\">Zara Dar<\/a>. She also said that her full last name is Darcy which is shortened to Dar\/Darz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, OnlyFans star and PhD dropout Zara Dar made headlines after she revealed that she has quit her studies and joined OnlyFans full-time. The video became very viral and got mixed reactions from her fans. Some people applauded her decision while others slammed her for leaving her bio-engineering career. Who is Zara Dar? 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