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Ninja raked in nearly $10 million in 2018
Twitch superstar Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has finally settled the debate over just how much he earned in 2018. CNN reports that the gaming phenom pulled in close to $10 million last year, a little tidbit that he revealed to CNN during his press campaign on New Year's Eve in New York City. (He also tried to get the good people of Times Square to "floss." They weren't having it.)
Ninja has more than 20 million subscribers on YouTube, and 12.5 million followers on Twitch, 40,000 of whom are paid subscribers. Ninja told CNN that he thinks of himself as an entrepreneur, comparing his stream to a coffee shop. "They're gonna find another coffee shop if you're not there ... you have to be there all the time," he said to CNN.
And when he says "all the time," he means it. The streamer said he goes live for roughly 12 hours a day, which adds up to about 4,000 hours of gaming over the year.
Also at Fortune.
Previously: Tyler Blevins ("Ninja"): The First Gamer on the Cover of ESPN Magazine
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(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday January 03 2019, @03:49AM (9 children)
I...
Uh...
/logoff
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:00AM (7 children)
FYI, the video compares Ninja to a "comedian" named "Lele Pons". Be careful, you might log off permanently if you watch that one.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:12AM
Sounds more like a "steamer" to me.
(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:13AM (5 children)
Your plan, takyon, get Soylentils to permanently logoff, is going swimmingly. How about some aristarchus submission, to stem to exodus?
(Score: 2, Funny) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:19AM (1 child)
How about you take another nice vacation? Perhaps to Siberia, or Mars.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday January 03 2019, @04:23AM
Been there, done that. No alt-right types in either place, so my task is here! (Well, there was Maria, but she is imprisoned now, for bonking a NRA type. Patriotism, the first and last refuge of scoundrels?)
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Thursday January 03 2019, @01:13PM (2 children)
@aristarchus...
Reading your submitted articles and comments are much more pleasant than seeing "Ninja."
By far.
(but seriously, don't let this seem like an endorsement or let it go to your head.)
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Thursday January 03 2019, @02:24PM (1 child)
Now that's a low bar.
Reading aristarchus is also better than getting shot in the leg or learning you have terminal cancer. For now...
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(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday January 03 2019, @11:42PM
Thanks for the compliment, takyon! I knew you had it in you!
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Friday January 04 2019, @11:57PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves