Ninja gets paid Epic Games to play Fortnite

On December 26 (Boxing Day), WIRED released an Autocomplete Videos interview with Ninja – the famous Fortnite streamer. The 10-minute video talks about the community’s most searched questions on Google, and one of them really stood out: Does Ninja get paid just to play Fortnite? And the answer is no. He then detailed how he got started with Fortnite, as well as streaming in general.

Ninja is one of the most prominent Fortnite streamers in the world. His videos have garnered millions of views, helping to make Fortnite one of the most popular video games of all time. This multiplayer battle royale game is Epic Games’ golden goose. Ninja became famous for his early switch to Fortnite, coupled with his extremely good gaming skills – the former Halo player has around 4,000 wins in Fortnite, few streamers have more wins than Ninja.

When the topic related to Epic Games directly supporting him was asked, Ninja was very careful in his answer:

I have to think carefully about the answer, because I don’t want to be misunderstood. I don’t think I get paid by them to do anything. Aside from what Epic Games did to everyone like the Support-A-Creator code, they didn’t really pay me. So no, Fortnite doesn’t hire me.

There are many questions about Ninja’s finances, with many gamers wondering how much the 27-year-old streamer earns and what he does with it. Ninja was modest in his answer, explaining that he bought the house to live with his wife and the rest to save. Of course, Ninja has the right to do whatever he wants from his stream income. And streaming isn’t entirely easy: Ninja said he often streams for up to 10 hours a day to keep his position as the top streamer. Every day he doesn’t stream, Ninja said he keeps losing subscribers. “Very bad,” he admits, but that is the reality of competition in streaming.

Ninja also answered other questions, like how he first met Drake before they played Fortnite together. In fact, Drake was the first contact; The popular singer follows Ninja on Instagram, telling fans that Ninja is followed by celebrities. Ninja then followed him back and the two sides began to openly communicate with each other, leading to Drake streaming with Ninja on Twitch, breaking many stream records. Fortnite became a big hit with a lot of celebrities participating: Arsenal soccer superstar Mesut Ozil and actress Roseanne Barr, etc.

There is a lot of interesting information about Ninja in the video above. It’s 10 minutes long, but it does reveal things about Fortnite’s most popular streamer – who often appears on Twitch, YouTube and just about anywhere.