Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Net Worth (Money & Salary)

What is Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ Net Worth?

Known as “Ninja,” Tyler Blevins is an American gamer and internet personality with a net worth of $50 million. He gained immense popularity by playing “Fortnite,” achieving over 24 million subscribers and 2.5 billion views on YouTube, in addition to having 18.5 million followers on Twitch. With a subscription fee of $5 per month, his monthly earnings from gaming can range between $500,000 and $1 million.

Ninja entered into a partnership with Red Bull Esports in June 2018, and by September of the same year, he became the first Esports athlete to feature on the cover of “ESPN The Magazine.”

On August 1, 2019, he publicly announced his transition from Twitch to Mixer, a platform owned by Microsoft; at that time, “Ninja” held the record for Twitch’s highest-followed active channel. Following the closure of Mixer, he made a return to Twitch, receiving a substantial financial package for his return… details on this deal will follow in subsequent paragraphs.

Early Life

Born as Richard Tyler Blevins on June 5, 1991, in Detroit, Michigan, Tyler was raised in Grayslake, Illinois, alongside his mother Cynthia, father Chuck, and older siblings John and Chris. His heritage is Welsh, and it was Chuck who first introduced Tyler to video gaming during his childhood. While a student at Grayslake Central High School, Blevins was involved in soccer and worked at Noodles & Company. During this time, he started entering video game competitions, joined professional gaming teams, and began live-streaming his gameplay while enrolled at Wisconsin’s Silver Lake College.

Career

Blevins began his professional gaming journey in 2009 with “Halo 3.” He has been associated with various organizations like Team Liquid, Cloud9, and Renegades, and began his streaming career in 2011, featuring games such as “H1Z1” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” (“PUBG”). He joined Luminosity Gaming in 2017, playing “Halo,” “H1Z1,” and “PUBG,” where he achieved victory in the “PUBG” Gamescom Invitational Squads classification that year. The launch of “Fortnite Battle Royale” propelled his popularity on Twitch, with a follower increase of 1.5 million between September 2017 and March 2018. Ninja set a record for most concurrent viewers on an individual Twitch stream with 635,000 when he played “Fortnite” with celebrities like Drake, Travis Scott, and Juju Smith-Schuster in March 2018. This success led Epic Games to pair gamers with entertainers during E3 2018, and Ninja subsequently won the “Fortnite Battle Royale” event alongside electronic musician Marshmello. In April 2018, he surpassed his previous Twitch record, attracting 667,000 viewers during Ninja Vegas 2018.

In 2018, he collaborated with Red Bull Esports for the Red Bull Rise Till Dawn “Fortnite” event in Chicago. Ninja estimated his earnings to be nearly $10 million that year, and in 2020, Epic Games recognized his impact on “Fortnite” by introducing a Ninja cosmetic skin in the game. Reports from Reuters indicated that Blevins received $1 million from Electronic Arts for promoting “Apex Legends,” a battle royale game, in 2019. Following his departure from Twitch in August 2019, he began streaming exclusively on Mixer; after its closure in July 2020, he returned to streaming on YouTube. Early in 2020, it was reported that Ninja earned over $500,000 monthly from his “Fortnite” streams.

In 2015, he and his family were contestants on “Family Feud,” and they participated in “Celebrity Family Feud” in 2019. Additionally, in 2018, he released “Ninjawerks: Vol. 1,” an album featuring tracks from various electronic musicians, including Alesso, Tycho, and Nero, released under the Astralwerks label. In 2019, Ninja appeared in an NFL ad titled “The 100-Year Game,” which was broadcast during the Super Bowl, and in August of that year, he published his book “Get Good:

“My Ultimate Guide to Gaming.” In 2019, he participated in Fox’s “The Masked Singer,” showcasing his talent by performing Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” and Devo’s “Whip It” while dressed in an ice cream cone costume; he was eliminated as the second contestant during the premiere of the second season, following figure skater Johnny Weir.

In April 2023, it was revealed that Ninja was taking on the role of Chief Innovation Officer at GameSquare to transform the esports gaming landscape. GameSquare Esports Inc. aims to merge with Engine Gaming and Media to establish itself as the leading and most impactful esports and media corporation in the sector.

Microsoft Deal/Payout

As previously mentioned, Tyler shocked the gaming community in August 2019 when he revealed he had inked a deal with Microsoft to stream exclusively on Mixer. Fellow esports icon Shroud followed him to Mixer just two months later.

In June 2020, Microsoft made the announcement to shut down Mixer, integrating its platform into Facebook Gaming. Reportedly, Facebook offered Ninja and Shroud double the payout they were earning from Microsoft to join them, but both declined the offer. Consequently, Microsoft had to activate a buyout clause, resulting in Ninja allegedly receiving $30 million while Shroud got $10 million to part ways. In August 2020, both returned to Twitch. After two years back on Twitch, Ninja stated he would take a break from streaming, but he later declared his comeback in September 2022, streaming on all platforms concurrently, including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook.

Considering the buyout alongside the earnings from the single year of the Mixer arrangement, Ninja is estimated to have made $40 million from Microsoft.

Controversies

Blevins has mentioned that he avoids streaming with female gamers to shield his marriage from speculation. He faced a 48-hour suspension from Twitch in 2016 after he revealed the address of a donor who had made a racist donation accompanied by a screen name. In 2018, while rapping along to Logic’s “44 More” during a stream, Ninja inadvertently used a racial slur; he later expressed remorse and clarified that it wasn’t his intention to utter that specific word.

Personal Life

Tyler met fellow gamer Jessica Goch at a “Halo” tournament in 2010, and their relationship began in 2013. The couple wed in August 2017 and spent their honeymoon in the Caribbean. Goch, now referred to as Jess Blevins, not only managed Ninja but also gained popularity as a streamer with over 224,000 YouTube subscribers and 500,000 followers on Twitch.

In October 2022, Jessica announced her decision to step away from her role as Ninja’s manager to seek new opportunities.

Charity Work

Tyler is dedicated to charitable efforts, having raised over $110,000 for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention during a charity stream in 2018. While competing in an April 2018 “Fortnite Battle Royale” esports event, he donated $2,500 to the Alzheimer’s Association for each game victory. Additionally, Ninja assisted in amassing $340,000 at the #Clips4Kids event and contributed $1 million to charity afterIn 2018, winning the “Fortnite” Pro-Am event occurred. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Tyler and Jess made a generous donation of $150,000 to Feeding America.

Awards and Honors

Blevins achieved recognition at the Streamy Awards in 2018, where he secured the awards for Gaming and Live Streamer. That same year, he was recognized as Esports Personality of the Year at the Esports Awards and earned the title of Content Creator of the Year at The Game Awards. In 2019, he again won the Live Streamer award and was awarded Twitch Streamer of the Year at the Shorty Awards. Notably, “Time” magazine listed Ninja among the 100 most influential people in the world for 2018.

Real Estate

Ninja and Jess acquired a spacious 6,700-square-foot mansion in the Chicago suburbs in 2018. This 5-bedroom property features a game room along with a theater.