World's richest streamer portrait: 27-year-old top of the Forbes 30 Under 30, earning $ 10 million / year thanks to live stream gaming

This 27-year-old gamer named Tyler Blevins, also known as Ninja, had a memorable 2018 year when he became the first streamer on Twitch to reach 10 million followers, the first professional video player. appeared on the cover of ESPN magazine, helped drop the ball on Times Square on New Year's Eve and was voted by Forbes on the list of 30 Under 30 in 2019.

In 2018, Ninja is the top treamer star on the Twitch platform based on the number of hours viewed.

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The account of Ninja on this platform has 12.5 million followers, an average of 12,457 new followers per month. Among them, 400,000 people accept to pay each month (US $ 4.99; US $ 9.99 or US $ 25) to enjoy some benefits when viewing Ninja live stream.

In addition, YouTube's Ninja also attracts more than 20 million subscribers to watch pop-up ads. Thanks to videos that have seen millions of views, this guy has earned a considerable amount of money.

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Ninja's live stream once reached a record, 630,000 viewers at the same time.Photo: CNN.

70% of Ninja's income comes from 2 platforms, the rest comes from advertising contracts with businesses like Red Bull, Samsung or Uber Eats.

Blevins confirmed that he earned more than $ 500,000 per month, in interviews with CNBC and CNN.

Thanks to the support of Red Bull, Ninja has built a modern online studio with $ 20,000 for broadcasting equipment in its basement. After appearing on popular TV shows such as "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" and "E: 60" by ESPN. In 10/2018, Ninja became the first professional gamer to appear on the cover of "ESPN Magazine".

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Ninja spends most of his time working. Every day this guy spends 12 hours playing games in his basement studio and live streaming for everyone to see.

The famous game Ninja is one of the most popular games in the game in 2018, Fortnite: Battle Royale. This is a free game with over 200 million players globally, up 60% since June 2018. Only in 2018, Ninja spent 4,000 hours (equivalent to more than 140 days) playing Fortnite regularly and was considered by many to be the best player on the planet.

Ninja shared more, although the success of Fortnite's game lasts for a long time, he is now enjoying the best moments in his life.