Introduction

Richard Blevins, who is better known as Tyler Blevins is an American Twitch steamer. Many of his online followers also refer to him as “Ninja” as a stage name of sorts. He has successfully been able to convert gaming, his passion into a thriving business having over seven million followers on the platform today.

Early Life

Blevins was born on June 5, 1991. Blevins has been a big gamer from a long time back. He got his start professionally as a gamer in 2009 when the game called Halo 3 was hot. He represented a wide array of teams including Cloud9, Renegades, and Team Liquid. Though he has reached great heights with Twitch, he is still associated with a gaming group called Luminosity Gaming.

Though his popularity has risen significantly over this year, he has actually been with the Twitch platform since 2011. Also, he used to work, go to college, play soccer, and at the same time be involved in gaming. The point that he wanted to make was that it is very important to first secure your future and that of your family before making such a bold decision to pursue gaming full-time.

Tyler Blevins Career

His YouTube following has increased tremendously today with millions of subscribers today while before it was only a 5 digit number. After shifting to Fortnite which has become the most loved online game, he reached his first major milestone of 500,000 followers on Twitch in September of 2017.

But, 2018 has proved to be his biggest year so far in his career. Blevins realized Fortnite was going to be big among users worldwide and planned accordingly focusing his attention on this loved online game and it seems that the fruits of his work are starting to reap.

Tyler Blevins Net Worth

In a recent coverage about Blevins from Business Insider, it was reported that Blevins bags in about $500,000 every month, which is a very huge number. His current net worth stands at $5 million and it is set to be significantly higher in the coming years according to the exponential growth that he is experiencing.

More than 160,000 paid subscribers are there in his $5 per month service where he reportedly nets about $3.5 per user every month. There are also product placements and sponsorships that he does on his channel. His channel ahs seen exponential growth in the last couple of months. One of these reasons could be because of a recent partnership that he did with the rapper Drake where they played the game together. Their match was watched by around 635,000 users which meant that it made a new record for most viewers in a single stream.

Personal Life

He has also gotten into controversies. He once outrage many by using the “N-word” in a one of his videos. Many even speculated that his following may decrease just like it did to PewDiePie back in 2016 for a series of rants that were a bit too aggressive. However, Blevins was quick to realize his mistake and quickly took to his social media platforms to apologise for the event.

He is also a philanthropist. In a recent charity show in 2018, he helped to raise a total of $110,000 which went on to be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He also gave away $50,000 in prize money in the first Fortnite Battle Royale Esports event.

Profile:

Full Name: Richard Tyler Blevins

Nick Name: Tyler Blevins

Date of Birth: June 5, 1991

Age: 26 years old

Born Place: Lake Villa, Illinois, United States

Sun Sign: Gemini

Wife: Jessica Goch

Profession: Twitch Streamer, Internet Personality

Height: 5 feet 10 inch or 178 cm

Net Worth: $5 million