Ninja (gamer)

Ninja
Blevins in 2023
Personal information
Born	Richard Tyler Blevins (1991-06-05) June 5, 1991 (age 34) Taylor, Michigan, U.S.
Education	Grayslake Central High School
Occupations	Live streamer YouTuber
Spouse	Jessica Goch ​ (m. 2017)​
Organizations	Cloud9 Renegades Team Liquid Luminosity Gaming
Signature
Website	teamninja.com
Twitch information
Channel	Ninja
Also known as	NinjasHyper
Years active	2011–present
Genre	Gaming
Games	Fortnite League of Legends PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Z1 Battle Royale Halo Apex Legends Call of Duty: Warzone Valorant
Followers	19.2 million
YouTube information
Channel	Ninja
Years active	2011–present
Genre	Gaming
Subscribers	23.7 million[1]
Views	2.5 billion[1]
Associated acts	MrBeast DrDisRespect Marshmello Dude Perfect TimTheTatman CouRageJD DrLupo Drake Myth LazarBeam SypherPK Trevor May
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2017 1,000,000 subscribers 2018 10,000,000 subscribers 2018
Last updated: March 12, 2023

Richard Tyler Blevins (born June 5, 1991), better known as Ninja, is an American online streamer, YouTuber and professional gamer. Blevins began streaming through participating in several esports teams in competitive play for Halo 3, and gradually picked up fame when he first started playing Fortnite Battle Royale in late 2017. Blevins gained the notice of mainstream media in March 2018 when he played Fortnite together with Drake, Travis Scott and JuJu Smith-Schuster on stream, breaking a peak viewer count record on Twitch. Blevins has over 19 million followers on his Twitch channel, making it the most-followed Twitch channel as of December 2024.^[update]