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[Bryank75]

His average on Twitch was 37,702, on Mixer it is 26,438. Those stats are a bit distorted as well, Ninja’s first stream on Mixer reached a peak of about 85,000 viewers while his most recent complete stream peaked at 18,000.

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[Diddy X]

That's way better than the 99% loss I had predicted

 

[DGrayson]

Its all figures for him in the short term. He might not care if the contract is paying him more in guaranteed money than he is losing in no. of viewers.

BUT in the long term this could hurt his visibility and ultimately his bottom line.

 

[Cunth]

Next

 

[Kazza]

Am I right in thinking Mixer will be quite pleased with that figure? They can't have expected his whole audience to come with him, and 70% seems like a decent figure.

 

[Lupin3]

I expect that number to continue downwards, and I also fully expect Ninja not to care all that much since he's probably set for a handful of lifetimes anyway.

But hey, I've been wrong before. Not being an astronaut or a cowboy by now proves that.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Am I right in thinking Mixer will be quite pleased with that figure? They can't have expected his whole audience to come with him, and 70% seems like a decent figure.

That’s also a whole lot of people who may stick around and check out other streamers, or slowly come to like the site (Mixer is pretty excellent, technically).

30% seems like the low end of what Ninja stood to lose here, and was likely accounted for in the contract. I think this is actually pretty positive news for him and Microsoft.

 

[Birdo]

That's actually quite impressive. I was expecting a way bigger drop.

It will rise, I'm sure.

 

[GymWolf]

Do people finally realized how stupid his hairs are??

 

[Bryank75]

Next

Bugha seems to be the new thing on Twitch at least.

Asmongold has huge viewership since WOW vanilla launched.

 

[amnesia]

Ninja said he's going back to the roots. That means Halo and I think the new Halo is going to be huge for him (and for Microsoft in general).

 

[Katsura]

Its all figures for him in the short term. He might not care if the contract is paying him more in guaranteed money than he is losing in no. of viewers.

BUT in the long term this could hurt his visibility and ultimately his bottom line.

True but does he have long term sustainability? Does any streamer? I can't blame him for cashing out while he is still on top

 

[The Alien]

Well, technically his Twitch views/audience reduced by 100%.

 

[GenericUser]

Ninja probably doesn't give a single fuck. He never has to worry about financial problems again in his whole life. I sure as hell wouldn't give a fuck about loosing 30% of my zoomer audience and being rich as hell in return.

 

[Serianox]

Mixer has to be really happy that they managed to get the majority of his viewerbase to move over to their platform. Especially considering that this type move has generally resulted in the streamer losing most of his audience in similar situations since the death of Own3d.tv. As for Ninja this is the best case scenario for him since he gets to keep making similar money to what he would make on average on Twitch on top of the massive pile of money he got from Mixer.

 

[kraspkibble]

i'm sure he really cares....

where's the image of the guy wiping his tears with money?

 

[Grinchy]

Didn't he just get some exclusive deal where he gets to be the first person on the internet to stream the new Gears? I can see events like that being pretty huge for his numbers and for Microsoft trying to push their titles on Fortnite kids.

 

[Spaceman292]

If I had that much money I probably wouldn't be able to remember my own name. I'd be toooo hiiiiigh.

 

[Kerotan]

Yeah it will continue downwards. Bad decision for his popularity but in fairness definitely worth it for $50m. He'll make millions more over the next few years regardless. I'd have done the same. I wonder will MS poach more big streamers because they'll need to if they want mixer to take off.

 

[JORMBO]

Sounds like a good trade for the 50 million they gave him. I'd just ride out the contract and retire if it was me

 

[BLAUcopter]

Dat paycheck tho.

 

[Holammer]

Of course he'll lose part of his audience if he leaves for a dating site.

 

[angelic]

 

[Outrunner]

Thos 30% were twitch bots.

 

[BloodySpree]

I wonder if the curtains match the drapes?

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

 

[Dr.Morris79]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

Never seen 'Ninja' before but watching that he seems like a complete prick. And people give money to him?

...Okay.

 

[Dunki]

Who cares. Bascially after these 3 years he can go into retirement anyway^^

 

[joe_zazen]

Never seen 'Ninja' before but watching that he seems like a complete prick. And people give money to him?

...Okay.

There is a life lesson there.

 

[xStoyax]

Post is from August 13th. Got anything more up to date? By now it's probably more than 30%

 

[jakinov]

I don't watch Ninja except for last night to see Gears gameplay but he kept wanting to play WoW; and wasn't he famous as a Fornite player. I know WoW classic is popular right now but a segment of his viewers could simply be hoping for more Fornite.

 

[oagboghi2]

He left a porn streaming site to a gaming site. Obviously his numbers would fall somewhat

 

[TeamGhobad]

only 30%???

i take that as a win. all they need to do now is to get the doc, shroud, a few boob streamers and they are golden.

 

[Lupin3]

Post is from August 13th. Got anything more up to date? By now it's probably more than 30%

Not that it can count as science or even hard facts, but when I checked his WoW stream yesterday, he had just below 10k viewers.

 

[xStoyax]

Not that it can count as science or even hard facts, but when I checked his WoW stream yesterday, he had just below 10k viewers.

I just noticed one of his streams this week only had 349 views lol

 

[zeorhymer]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

I'd yell at them for being a disappointment to their parents for acting like shits.

 

[Woo-Fu]

I'd be "retiring" from streaming as soon as my various contracts allowed me to do so. Let the money do the work from here on out and spend your time on more interesting activities.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

He was paid to reel in people who would not have gone on mixer - it's likely to have worked at some level.

This is like paying for any exclusive on any media.

More importantly, dose he use PR approved "slurs"?

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

don't worry, they will recover.

 

[Thabass]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

Kid deserved it, honestly.

 

[NickFire]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

Well, good luck finding children over the age of 18 to yell at.

 

[quickwhips]

A friendly reminder that Ninja yells at children under the age of 18:

For that kid ninja yelling at him was the most important day of his life. For Ninja it was Tuesday.

 

[Lionel Richie]

For that kid ninja yelling at him was the most important day of his life. For Ninja it was Tuesday.

You don't know that, that kid could grow up to be an important and productive member of society unlike danger hair streamers.

 

[Kenpachii]

didn't he banked like 50m for the transfer?

Yea even if his only viewer was him mom at this point for the rest of his life i don't think he cares.

 

[TaroYamada]

First reply had it pretty much nailed down, I anticipated much worse and I have to believe that Mixer is pleased with the figure at this point.

 

[Neolombax]

Why do people enjoy watching him?

 

[Ten_Fold]

I mean ninja made a lot of money off of moving to mixer, Which boost mixer’s viewer count even though it lowered ninja’s. Still I think Microsoft could use a few more high profile twitch streamers, and even find someone who gets lots of views on twitch and regularly plays gears 5.

 

[lukilladog]

I would not be surprised if games moving to Epic store also lose 30% or more customers

 

[-Arcadia-]

Why do people enjoy watching him?

He was a practical prodigy at Fortnite during the early days. Considering that the game was also brutally hard for first-timers, you could go check Ninja out, learn some things, watch some insane and entertaining gameplay, and Ninja can be pretty likable himself.

Add in the rise of Fortnite, Ninja making headlines for streaming with people like Drake, and you pretty much have it.

As for today? Not sure. The game has changed a crazy amount and he isn’t the best anymore, by a long shot. He also just seems miserable all the time, with his multimillion dollar job and opportunities, while whining that the game isn’t being made specifically the way he wants. That’s not a problem unique to him, though. I guess an object in motion tends to stay in motion, even when it comes to hype.

 

[ultrazilla]

Only clicked to find out if Ninja's 15 minutes of fame are up.

Leaving disappointed.

 

[V4skunk]

Why do people enjoy watching him?

Dr Disrespect all day. He acts manly and has a tache. He also pwns noobz