{"id":69097,"date":"2019-08-08T03:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/streaming-star-ninja-hits-1-million-subscribers-on-microsofts-mixer-just-days-after-twitch-switch\/"},"modified":"2019-08-08T03:05:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T10:05:58","slug":"streaming-star-ninja-hits-1-million-subscribers-on-microsofts-mixer-just-days-after-twitch-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/streaming-star-ninja-hits-1-million-subscribers-on-microsofts-mixer-just-days-after-twitch-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming star Ninja hits 1 million subscribers on Microsoft\u2019s Mixer just days after Twitch switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Ninja logo via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins said he wanted to \u201cget back to his streaming roots\u201d when he announced he was jumping<\/a> from Amazon\u2019s Twitch to Microsoft\u2019s Mixer last week. Those roots are apparently sprouting the same rabid fanbase, as the esports star announced he\u2019s already attracted 1 million subscribers on his new platform.<\/p>\n

Blevin\u2019s tweeted about the milestone on Tuesday, thanking his followers and saying he hasn\u2019t felt this good in a long time. The Verge reported the news here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ninja (@Ninja) August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Blevins, a \u201cFortnite\u201d star, is one of the biggest names in gaming, and he was far and away the most-watched streamer on Twitch<\/a> last year.\u00a0 He has 22 million subscribers on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Blevins\u2019 deal with Mixer, terms of which were not disclosed, comes with a limited-time free subscription to his streaming channel, which in addition to his immense popularity, is likely boosting the numbers in these early days.<\/p>\n

The Mixer platform is much smaller than Twitch, which accounted for more than 70 percent of live-streaming video hours watched in the second quarter of this year, according to Tech Crunch<\/a>. Mixer (3 percent) also competes with YouTube Live (19.5 percent) and Facebook Gaming (5.3 percent).<\/p>\n

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(Ninja logo via Twitter) Tyler \u201cNinja\u201d Blevins said he wanted to \u201cget back to his streaming roots\u201d when he announced he was jumping from Amazon\u2019s Twitch to Microsoft\u2019s Mixer last week. Those roots are apparently sprouting the same rabid fanbase, as the esports star announced he\u2019s already attracted 1 million subscribers on his new platform…. Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t