--- title: Fortnite Superstar Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins Says He Made Nearly $10 Million Last Year. Here's How description: Fortnite streaming star Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins says he made close to $10 million from streaming and endorsements in 2018. authors: - name: Julia Glum role: Managing Editor url: https://money.com/author/julia-glum/ bio: Julia Glum joined Money in 2018 and specializes in covering financial trends that affect everyday Americans' wallets. She also writes Dollar Scholar, a weekly newsletter that teaches young adults how to navigate the messy world of money. education: University of Florida at_money_since: 2018 articles: 453 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - Newsweek - International Business Times - CBS News - Good Morning America - WUSA9 - Pix 11 - The New York Times - Mashable - The Washington Post - CNBC - Politico social: - https://x.com/superjulia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-glum published: '2019-01-02T20:30:46.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T13:33:33.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Fortnite word_count: 413 canonical: https://money.com/fortnite-tyler-ninja-blevins-earnings-endorsements/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Allison Hagendorf, left and Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins on stage at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, in New York, December 31, 2018.](https://img.money.com/2019/01/190102-tyler-ninja-blevins.jpg) *Allison Hagendorf, left and Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins on stage at the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, in New York, December 31, 2018.* If your New Year's resolution was to spend less time playing video games, you should close this article now. There's no hope for kicking the habit once you learn that gaming turned a 27-year-old into a multi-millionaire in 2018. Tyler "Ninja" Blevins [told CNN recently](https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/31/tech/ninja-fortnite-stream/index.html) that he earned about $10 million *in the past year* from Fortnite, the online battle royale game that has exploded in popularity. With 20.7 million YouTube subscribers and 12.8 million followers on the live broadcast platform Twitch, Ninja is arguably the world's biggest streamer right now. He's even played with Drake. "I don't think anyone thought it was possible to get this big through live streaming," he [told *ESPN The Magazine*](http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/24710688/fortnite-legend-ninja-living-stream) last year. Ninja's giant audience is helping him rake in the cash. Not only does he get a cut from Twitch subscription fees, which range from $4.99 to $24.99 a month, but he also [sells merchandise](https://teamninja.com/) and profits from several high-profile sponsorships. His recent Twitter [posts](https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=from%3Aninja%20ad&src=typd) include ads for Uber Eats, Samsung and Doritos. On New Year's Eve, he hosted a 12-hour live stream from a Times Square rooftop in partnership with [Red Bull](https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/18030602/fortnite-ninja-tyler-blevins-new-york-city-times-square-new-years-eve-red-bull-event). The money didn't necessarily come easily: Ninja streamed [over 3,800 hours](https://twitter.com/Ninja/status/1069353251785474049) of Fortnite during 2018. That's about $2,600 an hour before taxes, but he worked significantly more than the 2,080 hours a standard full-time employee does in a year. It can be hard to take breaks, too: In June, Ninja [lost](https://twitter.com/Ninja/status/1006871220065746944) 40,000 followers when he took 48 hours off from streaming. He says he's taken one trip in the past eight years. "The longest vacation I’ve ever taken was my honeymoon, and that was like six days," he [told the *New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/sports/ninja-fortnite.html) last month. "And that was devastating. It was a calculated risk." When he's not streaming, what's Ninja spending his small fortune on? Ninja told ESPN he prioritizes taking care of his family, and he's previously said he likes to donate to charity. On Black Friday, he [raised](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/1066430612725276672) $52,000 for the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Fund; [this summer](https://twitter.com/Ninja/status/1006720184239808513), he donated $500,000 in prize money to the Alzheimer's Association. He also participated in a GuardianCon charity stream that reached $2.7 million, [according to Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2018/06/12/fortnite-superstar-ninja-wins-twitchs-first-e3-celebrity-pro-am-and-1-million-for-charity/#20d594a140a2). "2018 was hands down the greatest year of my life. I have been working toward this goal my entire life, gaming since I was a kid," Ninja [tweeted](https://twitter.com/Ninja/status/1080024898519609344) Tuesday, then offered some advice to his fans. 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