Video games are just a source of entertainment for many, but there are a select few like American Twitch streamer Tyler Blevins (Ninja) who have turned the interesting pastime into a lucrative career. The internet personality is not only a professional gamer but also a YouTuber. His first competitive tournament came in 2009 when he competed in a Halo 3 event in Orlando with very little success. As of May 2019, he held the records via Twitch as the most followed streamer with well over 14 million followers and an average of 40,000 per week.
Tyler Blevins (Ninja) is very present on social media platforms with a subscription of over 10 million on YouTube, an Instagram account with over 3.5 million fans and more than 1.9 million followers on Twitter. In April 2018, it became clear that he was a social media heavyweight, an internet superstar. Tyler has turned his hobby into a successful career with a lot of dedication and perseverance. Credit goes to his innate talent, however, as the talent for streaming seems to run in his bloodstream – he actually learned the intricacies of gaming from his father.
Tyler Blevins (Ninja) – Bio (Age)
June 5, 1991 is his date of birth and he was born Richard Tyler Blevins in Greyscale Illinois, although he is known online as Ninja. Tyler is the youngest son of Cynthia and Chuck Blevins, who also have two older sons, Chris and John Blevins. When he was only one year old, his family moved to the Chicago suburbs, where he spent his formative years playing both video games and sports.
During his days at Grayslake Central High School, Tyler Blevins (Ninja) played soccer and became passionate about video games. After graduating, he decided to pursue video games professionally. The young streamer has always been a savvy hand when it comes to streaming his formative years, and despite being the youngest of the Blevins brothers, he had a knack for winning them on Halo before he even won ten. Tyler got serious about the games upon realizing the profits involved and began joining professional organizations, entering tournaments and live streaming his games and before long the professional streamer was making money.
It’s important to note that the entire Blevins family, in fact, it’s their father who tutored Tyler and his brothers in the arts. His family made several appearances in episodes of the TV game show Family Feud in 2015.
Meet his wife Jessica Goch
Tyler Blevins (Ninja) gave up the single life to embrace marriage in 2017. He exchanged vows on Aug. 12 with longtime girlfriend Jessica Goch, who is also a fellow streamer. However, their first meeting dates back to 2010 when the duo almost missed the chance to meet.
They didn’t meet up with JessicaFast at a Halo tournament because she had to drive more than three and a half hours through a snow storm to get there. At the time of their meeting, they both had other love interests, but got back together after three years via Twitter.
Currently, both are residents of a closedcommunity very close to Chicago – a neighborhood where several players of the Chicago Bears team play. While at their former residence, fans typically waited at the door to meet Tyler, and as they headed to a safer area, fans attempted to send messages to their mailbox.
Tyler Blevins (Ninja) net worth (income and earnings)
As the most followed streamer on Twitch, TylerBlevins (Ninja) makes a ton of money every day. According to what he shared with CNBC in an interview in March 2018, he makes over $500,000 a month from his Twitch subscribers alone. The sum of the earnings he generates from all of his social media channels has contributed to his net worth of $6 million.
Height
Tyler Blevins (Ninja) is an exceptionally tall guy, standing at a gargantuan height of 6ft 2in which is approximately 1.88m.
