Twitch streamer Ninja is renowned for his skills at playingFortnite Battle Royale. Ninja secured the duo kills record along with his teammate King Richard before two, talentedFortniteplayerssmashed through the record againjust weeks later. Ninja is clearly very, very good at this game and it seems that his ability to get Victory Royales is paying off in a big way.
In a post to his official Twitter account, Ninja informed everyone that he had just reached three million followers on Twitch, which would make him the first broadcaster on the livestreaming platform to reach that impressive milestone. “I am astounded,” wrote Ninja, who also announced plans to stream “all freaking night” in celebration. Unfortunately, Ninja lost his voice during theFortnitestream. This didn’t stop the streamer from sticking to his guns, though, as seen in the clip he posted to Twitter (embedded below).
After revealing that he’d reached three million followers, Ninja was met with many congratulations from around theFortniteplayer community and the wider games industry. The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley replied to say that it was “incredible,” gaming chair provider DXRacer gave congratulations too, as did controversial YouTuber and DramaAlert creator Keem. WhileFortnite Battle Royalehas a lot of high profile players (includingprofessional rugby players), Ninja is one of the most prominent and his streams of the game have helped keep existing players engaged and have given newcomers a reason to be excited.
Ninja’s success isn’t just good news forFortnite, however, as Twitch will also benefit from the interest surrounding the streamer’s channel.Twitch gets more viewers than CNN and MSNBC, helped by high profile streamers such as Dr. Disrespect and Tyler1 - Dr. Disrespect returned to Twitch after a brief hiatus and Tyler1’s stream saw huge numbers when he was unbanned fromLeague of Legends. Analysts raised questions about whether Twitch could sustain this even outside of major streaming events but the success of Ninja and other majorFortnitestreamers could help the platform going forward.
Fortniteis available now in early access on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
