Last year, Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins ditched Twitch for Microsoft's streaming platform Mixer, holding a fake press conference to tell the world he switched sites because in 2018 he was making $500,000 a month on Twitch, He was believed to have been picked up for a hefty sum, which, according to CNN Business, was between $20 million and $30 million.

Ninja has certainly made the most of his fame, collaborating with Adidas on sportswear, publishing books, hosting, and most recently, Ninja's Fortnite skins, all of which were made possible by using racist language on the live stream or (unless you are Ellen He seems to have been overshadowed by controversies, such as using racist language in his livestreams and stating that he would never deliver with women (unless it was Ellen).

His wealth has grown to the point where he can be fairly indifferent about losing tens of thousands of dollars, as he always is when he spends time on interviews and events instead of streaming to subscribers. in 2018 he Fortnite Celebrity Pro-Am, more than 40,000 subscribers left him simply because he was away for two days.

According to Justin Warden, CEO of Ninja, a talent management firm that works with Ader, he can afford to lose a few bucks. By moving to a mixer, he claims, Ninja has gained tens of millions of dollars; Warden, along with Ryan Morrison of talent agency Evolved, says that streamers with 10,000 simultaneous views on Twitch can sign a $10 million deal with Microsoft and smaller streamers could sign a $1 million deal, he predicts.

These figures are considerably excessive, especially when compared to the revenues of other industry players. In the U.S., according to PayScale, an entry-level programmer earns $51,683, while the average developer earns $65,423, slightly above the national average. Even before the contract, Ninja earned nearly $10 million a year.

Ninja's firm has not confirmed these figures.