Ninja amasses a million subscribers on Mixer in less than a week

[Shawn Knight]

The big picture: Part of Ninja’s early success on Mixer may be related to an ongoing promotion. From now through September 30, users can claim a free one-month subscription which eliminates ads on the platform and includes nearly two dozen custom emoticons.

Tyler Blevins, better known by his online persona Ninja, has managed to attract more than one million active subscribers on Mixer. The admission comes less than a week after the pro gamer announced he was leaving Twitch for Microsoft’s platform.

Ninja revealed the news on Twitter on Tuesday, thanking users for their support and adding that he hasn’t felt this good in a long time.

Today we hit 1,000,000 active subscribers on mixer ^-^ thank you for all the incredible support. I haven't felt this good in a long time. pic.twitter.com/kdLgBJk0Ud

— Ninja (@Ninja) August 6, 2019

For what it’s worth, Ninja has 825,706 followers on Mixer as of writing although followers aren’t the same as subscribers. The latter are paying members that could contribute as much as $5.99 per month to the service. Do the math and it’s quick to see how that could add up to some substantial revenue.

Microsoft reportedly paid big bucks to lure Ninja away from Twitch. According to one source, the Redmond tech giant shelled out around $50 million to land the streaming superstar.

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[TomSEA]

"...and adding that he hasn’t felt this good in a long time."

If I had just been given 50 million dollars, I'd feel pretty damn good too.

 

[gusticles41]

I wonder what his contract is like. I'm sure he wont' be going back to Twitch anytime in the foreseeable future, even if Mixer is a bust.

But I guess $50mil would be enough to make me take all sorts of chances.

 

[Nobina]

They pulled that number out of their *** btw.

 

[toooooot]

Hey. I wrote they gave him 50 millions. Am I your source? Like where do we go from here?

 

[ThrakazogZ]

We'll see how many subs he has after the free month everyone got for creating a mixer account expires.........

 

[Will86c]

Never heard of him.

 

[Ludak021]

I wonder what his contract is like. I'm sure he wont' be going back to Twitch anytime in the foreseeable future, even if Mixer is a bust.

But I guess $50mil would be enough to make me take all sorts of chances.

Probably has clauses like "has to stream XY hours per day" "has to do that for X years" "can't do this and that"
Basically 0 time to enjoy 50 mil. and has to suffer until he fulfills the contract.
I had high paying jobs that left me with almost 0 free time to enjoy the money, so I quit them. That's no way to live, that's live to work. Screw that. (that is my personal opinion. I am perfectly aware that there are people that will put up with anything if money is good, because retirement plans...)