Currently, several pages report that the King of Twitch, Fortnite player Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has lost 90% of his subscribers on Twitch in the last 10 months. What is behind this?
This is the news: The site Metro reported that Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has lost 90% of his subscriptions in the last 10 months.
This means that the actual King of Twitch has suddenly been defeated and is now only running in the background.
“The End of Ninja”
This is the interpretation: A reading from German media and YouTubers is now that “Fortnite” as a trend is over and Ninja has declined.
He is not as excited as he used to be, seems tired. Somehow close to burnout.
On the German site buffed it says: “But his time seems to be slowly running out. The reason is that Fortnite is slowly losing popularity and Ninja has probably become too mainstream for many of his fans due to TV appearances, etc., but on the other hand, he is no longer number 1.”
On YouTube, statements by Ninja are also quoted, stating that he is losing subscribers because his fans think they no longer need to support him, he has enough anyway.
The idea that Ninja seems drained and tired also fits with his break: After all, the star player took a break in January and February. Currently, he also streams significantly less than during his “peak times.”
Ninja himself said that he didn’t live his life in 2018.
For him, losing subscribers is related to broadcasting less. After all, a break he took in June 2018 cost him 40,000 subscribers in 2 days.
What are subscribers: With “subscribers” we mean subscribers on Twitch. Unlike followers, subscribers support their streamer monthly with a small amount of money.
This subscription must be renewed monthly; otherwise, a streamer loses this source of income.
According to current estimates, Ninja is said to be far behind in 12th place.
Subscriber numbers on Twitch – the eternal mystery
Where do these numbers come from? The “subscriber” numbers on Twitch are not publicly accessible. They are actually a secret.
A meta-site “Twitch Stats” claims to know these numbers exactly.
Based on these numbers from Twitch, gaming sites report on the “ups and downs” of streamers and now attribute a crisis to Ninja.
Are these numbers reliable? Not really. Generally, one relies on “official statements” from the streamers or simply estimates.
So Twitch Stats currently estimates the streamer Shroud at 82,525 subscribers. The shooter player is considered a big winner of the rise of Apex Legends.
Shroud himself tweeted a few days ago that he has 60,000 subscribers.
Also making headlines was an incident a few weeks ago, when the streamer Summit1G was suddenly at the top of Twitch Stats in January 2018. “Sea of Thieves” had catapulted him to the top of the Twitch Stats.
Summit1G himself denied having so many subscribers. According to him, these are just estimates.
Back then, Fortnite player Tfue mentioned his current subscriber count on Twitter.
It was much higher than Twitch Stats had estimated until then. Subsequently, Twitch Stats ranked him higher. So the numbers aren’t really reliable.
What now with Ninja? Ninja is currently listed with 25,533 subscribers. This puts him in 12th place.
Metro compares him, however, with the number of subscribers he had 10 months ago in April 2018. At that time, he had 263,000 subscribers.
This means he has lost 90% of his subscribers compared to then.
Numbers from April 2018 were totally inflated
What is it really about? In fact, the loss of subscribers is due to something else: Ninja’s numbers were inflated in April due to a promotion by Epic.
For they made a deal with Twitch – Fortnite players could subscribe to Amazon in March and April 2018, then received a Fortnite skin, Twitch Prime, and a “free month subscription” – many gave that to Ninja back then.
These “free subs” have long since disappeared with time. One can assume that Ninja has been far away from the “250,000 subscribers” he once had months ago.
However, the actual figure is not known, only the estimates from Twitch Stats.
Currently, Twitch Stats simply estimates that Ninja’s decreased streaming presence due to the break has caused some subscriptions to slip from his “normal curve.” This estimate, together with the melting away of the “free subscriptions,” makes this headline arise.
They compare:
- the figures from April 2018, which were artificially inflated by Twitch Prime
- with the “estimated” current stats while Ninja is taking a break
This speaks against “The End of Ninja”
Is Ninja still popular? In contrast to the “subscriber” numbers, the follower numbers of Twitch streamers are publicly accessible and thus legitimate.
In February 2019, Shroud is also the fastest-growing channel with more than 512,000 new followers. He is followed by LoL pro Rekkles, who has just opened his channel, and Tfue, Ninja’s rival.
But Ninja already ranked 4th with over 267,000 new followers.
But the “End of Ninja” while he is simultaneously the fourth fastest-growing channel on Twitch – that probably doesn’t work – even if some clearly want to see that.
