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<\/p>\nOne of the world’s most popular streamers, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, says trolls “berate” him every day because his number of viewers has fallen.<\/p>\n
Ninja was propelled to stardom in 2018 after he played Fortnite on streaming site Twitch alongside rappers Drake and Travis Scott, and NFL player Juju Smith-Schuster.<\/p>\n
He now has fewer viewers than at the height of his fame – but still has 67m followers across all platforms, and is the world’s third most popular Twitch streamer.<\/p>\n
He told the BBC “haters” seem obsessed with the fact he was not quite as popular as he once was.<\/p>\n
“I think I’m the only streamer on the planet who was pulling 100,000 viewers [per stream] consistently, but now I get like seven or eight thousand across Twitch and YouTube,” he said.<\/p>\n
“So that’s something that the internet and trolls remind me of every day and the last couple of years have been rough,” he said.<\/p>\n
Ninja says every day moderators have to remove people from his streams for being rude about his viewership falling.<\/p>\n
He admits to having to work hard lately to ignore the trolls.<\/p>\n
“It’s literally every day that I’m getting berated online”, he said.<\/p>\n
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Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins has been streaming for 14 years [BBC]<\/p>\n
Ninja is so well known to gamers that Fortnite created special “skins” – digital items that change a character’s appearance – in his likeness.<\/p>\n
He is one of the highest earning streamers with an estimated net worth of $50m, according to Esportsinsider<\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite the hostility he faces, he says he has no plans to stop playing or retire from streaming.<\/p>\n “I still love it and have a community that is strong and stays with me. I’m a gamer and an entertainer at heart – its in my blood,” he said.<\/p>\n