Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins has officially gone from being the most subscribed-to Twitch streamer to – not second place – but third.
According to Twitch Stats, Ninja takes third position with nearly 40,000 subscriber. At the time of writing, he has 39,769.
Unfortunately, that’s not quite enough to beat the one and only Shroud, who’s currently boasting 41,673 subs and takes the second spot.
So who’s the top dog of Twitch right now? It’s Timthetatman of course, who’s just slightly ahead of Shroud with a mammoth 42,025 subscribers.
Sorry, Ninja!
Ninja’s probably not going to suffer too much from losing out on the stats table. He’s one of the highest-paid gamers in the world after moving from esports to streaming.
He’s most well-known for his Fortnite streams, which have elevated him to multi-millionaire status thanks to his popularity in the gaming scene.
Posting his achievement on Twitter, Ninja confirmed that he’s spent nearly 4000 hours chasing that oh-so-sweet Victory Royale, and that’s a LOT of time.
I have streamed 3800 hours of fortnite this year.
— Ninja (@Ninja) December 2, 2018
Putting that into perspective, that’s either 158.3 days or 228,000 minutes, which is a helluva lot of Fortnite. It’s actually 12 hours of streaming a day – at least according to Ninja.
I have streamed 3800 hours of fortnite this year.
— Ninja (@Ninja) December 2, 2018
At the time of writing, Ninja, Timthetatman or Shroud have yet to comment on the change of events.
Hey, maybe the three of them will duke it out in a stream sometime!
In Shroud’s latest HyperX interview, he gave advice to “small streamers.”
The advice: pick a game that isn’t popular. Roughly 500-2K viewers on Twitch, smaller communities = less competition.
The best I’ve heard and something I think all of us (at this size) should consider 👍
— NicholasNiko (@NicholasNiko17) December 18, 2018
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