Richard Tyler Blevins, famously known as Ninja, is an American Twitch streamer, YouTuber and professional gamer. He began streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and gradually picked up fame when he first started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017. His popularity started rising drastically in March 2018 when he played Fortnite with Drake and Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream, breaking a peak viewer count record on Twitch.

In this article, you will get to know more about this streamer, his earnings, personal life, streaming setup, and more.

Ninja- Earnings, personal life, setup and more

Ninja was born on June 5, 1991 and is of Welsh descent. He was born in Detroit area, but he later moved with his family to the Chicago suburbs when he was an infant. He attended Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Illinois, where he payed soccer.

After graduating, he decided to become a professional video game player, enter tournaments, join professional organizations and live stream his games.

Ninja started playing Halo 3 professionally in 2009. He played for various organizations like Cloud9, Renegades, Team Liquid and most recently, Luminosity Gaming. He became a full time streamer in 2011, playing H1Z1, then moved to Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds. He joined Luminosity Gaming in 2017 first as a Halo payer, then to H1Z1, later moving to PUBG, where he won the PUBG Gamescom Invitational Squads classification in August 2017.

After the PUBG Gamescom Invitational, he began streaming the newly released Fortnite Battle Royale which made his viewership grow that in turn led to the increase in the popularity of Fortnite in the early 2018. His followers on Twitch grew from 500,000 in 2017 to over 2,000,000 in March.

Earnings

Ninja’s net worth is estimated to be approximately $25 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. This includes his YouTube channel, merch sales and various sponsorship deals.

It is said that his exclusivity deal with Mixer was worth upwards of $20 million and Forbes suggests that he earned $17 million in total during 2019. If his other miscellaneous revenue is also combined, his net worth may be even more.

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Streaming setup

Ninja’s perfect seamless aim while playing comes from Logitech G Pro Wireless gaming mouse. Its advanced Lightspeed technology uses a 2.4Hz wireless signal and unique components to ensure a smooth gaming experience. It weighs only 80 grams, making it the most lightweight gaming mouse in the market.

A gaming setup is incomplete without a reliable gaming keyboard. Ninja runs a SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL mechanical keyboard. This keyboard uses SteelSeries’ proprietary Omnipoint switches, allowing gamers to manually select the activation point of their switches. Having the extra room gives Ninja the space he needs to frag out and keep his aim consistent.

Ninja also uses Beyerdynamic’s DT 990 PRO headphones, a studio grade audio solution popular among streamers. The headphones leave nothing to be desired in terms of audio quality, and it shines above its competition in comfort.

Ninja keeps his eyes up to speed by using an Alienware AW2518H, a 25-inch LCD monitor with a TN panel. This 240Hz monitor features a one millisecond response time, allowing Ninja to keep a competitive edge while battling against some of the most competitive players around.

Personal Life

Ninja is a married man, to Jessica Blevins. He also claims that she is the woman behind his massive success. Jessica was not only Tyler’s wife, but also his manager up until recently. Jessica is an influencer in her own right with 995k Instagram followers and 46,000 Twitch followers.

In an interview, Jessica was asked how she manages Tyler. She said that she starts her day way earlier than Tyler and asks for 10 minutes to get answers and input from her morning calls talking to publicists, lawyers, or any new opportunities. While Ninja streams, she does the same thing. She tries to get him off stream at around 6pm and the couple then spends time together watching Netflix or eating dinner together. Jessica also claims that their personal life sometimes takes a backseat and not everything goes good going. However, they always try to make up for those days which they call ‘date days’.

Also read: Are Ninja and Jessica still together? Fans concerned as Jessica steps down as the streamer’s manager

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