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How did TFue and Summit1G surpass Ninja in Twitch subs?

By James Bevins

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 21: Twitch streamer and professional gamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins streams during Ninja Vegas '18 at Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino on April 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blevins is playing against more than 230 challengers in front of 700 fans in 10 live "Fortnite" games with up to USD 50,000 in cash prizes on the line. He is donating all his winnings to the Alzheimer's Association. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 21: Twitch streamer and professional gamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins streams during Ninja Vegas '18 at Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor Hotel and Casino on April 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Blevins is playing against more than 230 challengers in front of 700 fans in 10 live "Fortnite" games with up to USD 50,000 in cash prizes on the line. He is donating all his winnings to the Alzheimer's Association. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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Ninja, the king of the Twitch community for nearly all of 2018, has fallen in rank to the likes of TFue and Summit1G when it comes to subscribers.

Ninja, the king of the Twitch community for nearly all of 2018, has fallen in rank to the likes of TFue and Summit1G when it comes to the amount of Twitch subscribers they have thus far in 2019. While Summit has re-gained a massive amount of viewers from playing Sea of Thieves, both Ninja and TFue almost exclusively play Fortnite, so why the sudden shift in subscriber counts?

Well, it wasn’t necessarily as sudden as some may think, but there has certainly been an exponential increase in subs and viewers within the last couple of months. TFue has been closing the sub and viewer gap with Ninja ever since late October after him and his teammate Cloakzy took home first place in the TwitchCon duos event.

While Ninja is obviously a top-tier player and a great entertainer, TFue attracts a different audience and in all honesty, is a better player than Ninja…but you didn’t hear that from me Ninja fans.

While Ninja generally maintains a kid-friendly and PG stream, TFue tends to act and do as he wants, which includes cussing from time to time, but that doesn’t make him any more or less entertaining. When you go into his stream it’s just a different type of environment, and it’s apparent that many people are attracted to it.

TFue’s stream is more laid back and relaxed, he rarely yells or screams or really has much of a change in emotion, but it is competitive. Running through kids left and right, TFue has mastered building and editing to a point only very few have reached, Ninja not quite included. With multiple tournament wins under his belt, the reason I watch TFue is not for the entertainment and personality factor, but just his raw skill and gameplay.

According to Twitchstats.net, TFue is at 36,877 subscribers for the month of January and shows no sign of stopping. Over 9,000 subs behind, Summit1G is currently in second place with 27,820 subs, followed by Ninja at 20,022, but TimTheTatMan is giving him a run for his money with 19,987.

Can we officially crown TFue the king of Twitch, or should we wait to see if he maintains the top spot in the next few months?

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