In 2019, Tyler Blevins (also known as Ninja) ranked first as the top-earning video gamer worldwide with annual earnings of approximately 17 million U.S. dollars during the measured year. This includes streaming revenues from advertising, subscriptions, and donations, as well as product endorsement deals and merchandise sales. Second-ranked was Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie) who earned 15 million U.S. dollars through various activities.
Estimated annual earnings of leading video gamers worldwide in 2019
(in million U.S. dollars)
All earnings are from January 1, 2019, through January 1, 2020. All figures are pretax, and fees from agents, managers and lawyers are not deducted. Estimates are based on SocialBlade, TwitchTracker, Captiv8 and Pollstar, as well as interviews with industry insiders. For the purposes of the list, Forbes defines a professional gamer as anyone who makes their income playing games, both competitively and casually.
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