I highly doubt that the numbers are real. It was published on substack for sale, not NIH. It's a smut story, not a scientific journal. The whole thing looks like it was manufactured to appeal to redditors who browse /r/dataisbeautiful. It's porn for people who watch rick and morty or who have ever referred to themselves as a "sapiosexual". Porn for bazinga brains.

She probably didn't even write it. Her onlyfans is a whole business. It has thousands of monthly subscriptions. She probably has hired writers.

It's as real as "there's hot singles in your area waiting to chat with you right now" or "step-bro I am stuck in the washing machine".

The marketing is clever. Free viral marketing. I saw it posted all over reddit. The ad is even on Hexbear. Good for them.