Gaming has now become one of the most popular things all over the world. People used to have a harsh mental attitude towards games and gamers. But a lot of things have changed in the past few years, and some credits also go to gamers like NINJA and PewDiePie. Tbe Fortnite Legend NINJA played a big role in making gaming famous as a career.
Richard Tyler Blevins, well known as NINJA all over the world, is an esports player and streamer. NINJA is a well-known face on the internet as in the mainstream media. You can also say that he is the only streamer to have gone mainstream, such as getting interviews by the news media and going to Hollywood.
The gamer has risen from zero to millions of subscribers in the content world, making him one of the most popular streamers. NINJA has 23 million subscribers on YouTube and 19 million followers on Twitch as of now. NINJA is best known for playing Fortnite, and he also played a big role in making the game famous as well. If NINJA is so famous, then what is the net worth of NINJA?
If you have these questions, then scroll down as I will also talk about his journey from Zero to Millions, how he became famous, and also about Ninja’s net worth.
What Is Ninja’s Networth in 2024? Ninja Gamer Net Worth
As per reports, the Gamer and streamer Richard Tyler Blevins, aka ‘NINJA’ has a net worth of $40 million. Which is very impressive for a streamer like Blevins. NINJA never revealed his net worth recently, but in 2018 his wife and manager Jessica Blevins talked about it specifically. Jessica tells CNBC that NINJA earned over $10 million from just playing games in his bedroom. As she stated, the couple doesn’t even spend that money on expensive things. Rather, they just bought a house.
In 2023, as per a report, Blevins earned a whooping of $500,000 per month just from Twitch. It was 2018 when Ninja became the face of gaming in the mainstream media. It was also the best year for Ninja, as he gained millions of subscribers on both YouTube and Twitch.
How does Gamer NINJA make money?
Paid Sponsorship: NINJA collaborated with big brands such as Samsung, Uber Eats, Red Bull, and Adidas. Brands like them pay a hefty amount of money. He collaborated with Samsung to promote one of their newly launched phones. With Adidas, he signed a multi-year apparel deal. Adidas launched a NINJA-named shoe after collaborating with NINJA.
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Membership To Watch Videos: In 2018, over 40k people on Twitch paid NINJA through buying his three-tier subscriptions of $4.99, $9.99, or $25 per month Through the subscription, people can watch his videos without ads. In 2023, those subscription numbers were very low. In 2023, NINJA accidentally showed his Twitch dashboard, where only 23k people were subscribed.
Through Ads: Streamers like NINJA mostly earn from Ads, when you watch an ad, you also support the streamer. NINJA makes nearly 500k dollars through ads and membership.
Merchandise: Every big content creator always launches their merchandise website where they sell their printed shirts and products. NINJA also launched his clothing line and merchandise website. Where fans could buy shirts and other accessories related to Ninja.
How NINJA Became Famous?
Pure Hard Work. Most people think NINJA just got famous because of his luck. This is very wrong, as NINJA has been streaming and uploading gaming content since the age of 20. Blevins was just 20 years old when he started streaming and uploading video games on YouTube and Twitch.
He used to play a lot of different games, but he was very good at Battle Royal Games. He used to stream and play “H1Z1” Battle Royale when it came out for the first time. It initially gained him some followers and subscribers, and then he started playing PUBG, which also turned out to be good for his channel. His life and channel took a big turn after Fortnite launched.
Fortnite launched in 2017, and it initially got very bad reviews from gamers. But NINJA thought of it as a fun and unique battle-royal game. So Tyler started streaming Fortnite, and his views deep down a lot due to Fortnite. But his channel soon began to grow. The game itself started to boom after it was released, and the only player good at the game was NINJA. He was the best Fortnite player at the time. He started to gain followers and subscribers in 2017.
NINJA became a mainstream gamer in 2018 when he collaborated with Hip-hop singer Drake. The singer and NINJA played a few Fortnite matches on Livestream, which also broke the record on Twitch. The live stream crossed 600k views on Twitch and created a history of the highest viewing live stream. NINJA never stopped after this.
In 2018, NINJA became a worldwide sensation. People were shocked to see that even gamers could earn so much money by just playing games. NINJA has now become the face of gaming and an idol of every streamer.
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