Ninja tops PewDiePie in 2019\u2019s video gamer rich list Adidas \/ JinxForbes have released the top 10 list of the highest-earning gaming content creators from 2019, which features star streamers like Ninja and shroud, as well as prominent YouTubers like PewDiePie and Markiplier. Over the past few years, gaming has proved to be a very lucrative lifestyle for those who have reached the pinnacle of video game entertainment. In fact, the top 10 gamers in terms of 2019 earnings earned a combined $121 million from their content creation, sponsorships, and partnerships, a whopping figure that will raise the eyebrows of anyone not familiar with the industry. That figure and the top 10 earners, were revealed in a report published by Forbes on January 29 \u2013 a list that features four streamers and six YouTubers. It\u2019s important to note that this list does not include those who are solely pro gamers, as Forbes chose to focus purely on influencers. It\u2019s clear that Forbes chose to go with a much broader definition of \u201cgamer,\u201d since they chose to include the likes of PewDiePie and Markiplier, two YouTube icons whose channels don\u2019t really focus too much on gaming anymore. Top-10 highest-paid gamers of 2019 It comes as no surprise that this list is topped by Ninja, who apparently made a whopping $17 million in a massive year for the superstar streamer. He announced sponsorships with Adidas, Red Bull, underwear brand PSD, signed a deal with Microsoft that saw him move from Twitch to Mixer, starred in an NFL Super Bowl commercial and even got his own skin in Fortnite. He is joined on the list by shroud, another top streamer who moved to Mixer in 2019. Widely regarded as one of the most talented gamers out there, especially for first-person-shooters, the former CS:GO pro enjoyed a highly successful year playing a wide variety of games, most notably Apex Legends and Escape from Tarkov. LIST OF 2019 TOP-10 EARNERS, ACCORDING TO FORBES Tyler \u2018Ninja\u2019 Blevins \u2013 $17 million – Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg \u2013 $15 million – Preston \u2018Preston\u2019 Arsement \u2013 $14 million – Mark \u2018Markiplier\u2019 Fischback \u2013 $14 million – Michael \u2018shroud\u2019 Grzesiek \u2013 $12.5 million – Daniel \u2018DanTDM\u2019 Middleton \u2013 $12 million – Evan \u2018VanossGaming\u2019 Fong \u2013 $11.5 million – Sean \u2018Jacksepticeye\u2019 McLouglin \u2013 $11 million – Timothy \u2018TimTheTatman\u2019 Betar \u2013 $8 million – Nick \u2018NICKMERCS\u2019 Kolcheff \u2013 $6 million – With the trajectory that esports and gaming entertainment is on, expect these figures to be even higher once the 2020 list rolls around. A lot of these content creators are in the prime of their careers so there\u2019s no telling what new set of accomplishments they\u2019ll boast this time next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ninja tops PewDiePie in 2019\u2019s video gamer rich list Adidas \/ JinxForbes have released the top 10 list of the highest-earning gaming content creators from 2019, which features star streamers like Ninja and shroud, as well as prominent YouTubers like PewDiePie and Markiplier. Over the past few years, gaming has proved to be a very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}