Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Net Worth [The Reason to Start Gaming Young]

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Have you ever wondered about how much Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is worth? Ninja, officially Richard Tyler Blevins, is a Detroit-born professional gamer who has played extensively on numerous teams for the Halo 3 games, achieving immense critical acclaim during his career for his excellent gameplay and skills. However, his career accelerated rapidly in 2017 after he began playing Fortnite Battle Royale, a game developed by Epic Games. In addition, Ninja is also a highly-renowned YouTuber and Twitch streamer and has even released several books, including the highly praised “Get Good: My Ultimate Guide to Gaming.”

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins

Net Worth (2022):	$45 Million
Career:	Video Game Streamer / Professional Gamer
College:	Silver Lake College
Place of Birth:	Detroit, Michigan
Full Name:	Richard Tyler Blevins
Date of Birth:	June 5, 1991 (age 32)
Height:	6 ft 1 in

Frequently Associated With

• Epic Games
• Fortnite
• Halo
• Twitch
• Jessica Blevins

What is Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’s Net Worth?

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’s net worth is estimated to be approximately $45 million in 2023.

Ninja’s net worth is increasing rapidly from previous years (Ninja’s net worth was about $15 million in 2021) in line with new achievements and an ever-growing fanbase, which inevitably follows with growing merch deals.

How Much Does Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Make Per Month?

While it’s not known exactly how much Tyler Ninja Blevins makes per month, estimates suggest that he likely makes around $500,000 per month. This would equate to an annual income of around $6 million in total, or approximately 15% of his total current net worth.

How Does Ninja Make Money?

Ninja has numerous income streams for his gaming work which allow him to make a staggering sum of money annually.

With more than 18 million followers on Twitch, Ninja is the single biggest streamer in the platform. The largest sources of income are by far ad revenue from streaming platforms, Twitch subscriptions, and brand deals paying him to promote products live on his streams.

Streaming community experts estimate that in 2022 alone, Ninja earned upwards of $16 million from Twitch. On top of that, he’s making additional income from merchandise and brand endorsements.

Ninja’s Early Life

Ninja was born Richard Tyler Blevins on June 5^th 1991, in Detroit, Michigan, although he moved to the Chicago suburbs at a very young age. He had always held an immense interest in games and playing, and as a child, he spent a lot of time playing soccer, especially for Grayslake Central High School.

However, after graduating from high school, just in line with the rapid rise of multiplayer gaming, he decided that he wanted to get into professional video gaming as a career instead. As such, this would lead him down his early career towards becoming a professional gamer as we know him today.

How Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Got into Gaming

While Ninja is best known these days for his work and exceptional performance on Fortnite Battle Royale, he actually started out in the world of professional gaming in 2009 when he played Halo 3, which was only two years old at the time on the Xbox 360.

During his career playing Halo, he has joined several teams, including Renegades, Team Liquid, Cloud9, and Luminosity Gaming (the latter being his most recent team, which he joined in 2017 and would stick with for numerous other games as well).

Tyler’s career in the streaming field started quite softly in 2011 but started to catch on around 2016. At this time, he began streaming new games, such as H1Z1 (Z1 Battle Royale), which began to propel his career to a wider audience. He also played PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), which led to his first win of a Gamescom Invitational Squads classification.

How Ninja Became a Gaming Megastar

Shortly after attending the PUBG Gamescom Invitational, he started streaming Fortnite Battle Royale, which was a relatively new release and a very big deal among online viewers. His career growth was a prime example of being in the right place at the right time, as his career suddenly skyrocketed after Fortnite Battle Royale saw a sudden surge in popularity between 2017 and 2018.

This sudden jump resulted in his Twitch channel quadrupling in size to two million followers within just half a year. Furthermore, very shortly after hitting the two-million followers mark, his account would again surge in popularity, and he became the first ever streamer on Twitch to hold a total of 3 million followers.

Since the early days, Tyler Blevins has continually committed himself to releasing more and more content and has grown his accounts to over a whopping 18 million followers on Twitch and over 23 million YouTube subscribers.

In addition, he’s had over 565 million views on his content on Twitch, and a whopping 2.49 billion views on YouTube; together, that accounts for a massive 3 billion views across his streaming and gaming channels alone.

Over the years, Ninja has played and released content for numerous games. Some of the most notable and popular games he has played include Fortnite, League of Legends (LoL), PUBG, Call of Duty: Warzone, Valorant, Halo Series, Apex Legends, and Z1 Battle Royale.

Ninja’s Exclusive Deal with Mixer

In 2019, Ninja, along with other gamers such as Shroud, signed a contract with Microsoft to stream exclusively on Mixer, the company’s platform to compete with Amazon’s Twitch. Ninja’s contract was reportedly about $30 million dollars.

According to Ninja, he tried very hard to promote the platform, spending a lot of his own money to help grow Mixer. However, even after all that work, in 2020, Microsoft made the decision to close Mixer. Microsoft bought out Ninja’s contract, which contributed significantly to Ninja’s current net worth of $40 million, making him a free agent to stream wherever he liked but now with a huge chuck of change.

Games that Ninja Plays

Here are some popular games that he has played in the past:

1. Fortnite
2. Valorant
3. Among Us
4. Minecraft
5. Apex Legends
6. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)
7. Call of Duty: Warzone
8. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
9. Halo
10. Rocket League

Ninja’s Gaming Awards

Ninja has won five gaming awards, including two Streamy Awards in 2018 and another in 2019, as well as Content Creator of the Year at the Game Awards 2018 and Twitch Streamer of the Year for the Shorty Awards 2019.

He was also nominated for many other awards, including Favorite Male Social Star and Favorite Gamer for the Kids’ Choice Awards in 2020 and 2021.

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ Wife and Family (Dogs)

Ninja is married to fellow gamer Jessica Blevins, the couple married in 2017. Jessica also acted as Ninja’s manager until October 2022.

Ninja and his wife currently have no children, but they do have three adorable dogs named Navi, Chance and Cloud.

Love our little family @Ninja (pictures by Janimal photography) pic.twitter.com/lBSYSCiNtc

— Jessica Blevins (@JessicaBlevins) August 14, 2022

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ Life Outside of Gaming

Outside of his gaming career, and actively supports several charities. For example, in 2018, he donated over $100,000 to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Other causes he has supported include the Alzheimer’s Association and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. He occasionally engages in fundraising activities to further support these causes.

He also participated in Celebrity Family Feud in August 2019, after originally partaking several years prior in 2015 (before he became one of the most famous gaming icons online).

In addition to this, Ninja had a cameo as himself in the 2021 film “Free Guy.” He also did the voice-over for a Party Monster in the 2022 film “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.”

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins on Family Feud

In 2015, Ninja first appeared on Family Feud with his family, creating a hilarious interview video between Ninja and Steve Harvey.

A short few years later, Ninja reappeared on Family Feud, this time as a celebrity. Resulting in yet another hilarious interview.

Ninja’s New Look: No More Iconic Blue Hair

Ninja has finally changed his iconic bright blue hair to something more mainstream. Following the reveal, fans have had differing opinions on how they feel about this new hair change. It is unclear if this will be a temporary look or permanent. Ninja did comment to say that his wife claims he looks 10 years younger now.

new me. pic.twitter.com/8xopa8FPTM

— Ninja (@Ninja) May 21, 2021

Ninja and GameSquare

In February 2023, Tyler Ninja Blevins signed on with GameSquare as their Chief Innovative Officer, to help the company start changing the Esports world and possibly make it profitable.

Esports has always struggled to find a way to make it profitable other than via team merch, and companies like GameSquare have always counted the loss in money as a way of marketing.

With the addition of Ninja, a forerunner of the Esports scene, GameSquare is hoping to change that. The new position comes with a nice 1 million stock options and another 1 million restricted stock units.

Fans of Ninja, however, do not have to worry. Ninja will continue producing content under GameSquare, and any money made from those content will go to Ninja only.

Final Thoughts

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is one of the most highly-rated streamers and YouTubers. He is also an incredibly celebrated professional gamer and most well-known for his performances on Fortnite Battle Royale and Halo 3.

However, he has also created a broad range of merchandise and has published several books, allowing him to bolster his income with further passive income streams. This has contributed to his immense overall net worth of approximately $40 million, making him one of – if not the – highest value gamers in the world.

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