When people think of Twitch, many people instantly think of Michael “shroud” Grzesiek and Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, who are arguably the faces of the popular streaming platform. As two of the most viewed content creators on the site, they consistently bring in a crazy amount of viewers when they go live. It’s inevitable, however, that people start to compare the two since they’re the top dogs fighting at the top of the mountain.<\/p>
As people look back, 2018 was undeniably Ninja’s year in terms of pure viewership. The blue-haired streamer\u00a0was constantly racking up incredible view counts<\/a>, with an average of over 78,000 concurrent viewers throughout last year and he averaged an astonishing 342 million total views. His claim to fame exploded alongside\u00a0Fortnite<\/em> when the game began to pick up steam in 2018 as well.<\/p>
The beginning of 2019, however, has been different for the former Cloud9 player. Similarly to Ninja exploding in popularity with Fortnite<\/em>, the release of Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends<\/em> has propelled Shroud to the top of the Twitch food chain. In the month of February, Grzesiak saw an average of 66,961 concurrent viewers<\/a> when he played Apex<\/em>. He has also gained over 776,000 followers in that time period. These numbers were easily the most on Twitch during that month, and are similar to Ninja’s growth during his historic 2018.<\/p>
H\/T The Esports Observer<\/a>
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