Cristiano Ronaldo no longer "king" in social media

According to Hookit Engagement 100 rankings for April, 26-year-old gamer Tyler  “Ninja” Blevins has come from nowhere to become sports’ biggest social media star knocking off megastar Cristiano Ronaldo as the highest profile athlete on Earth. https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/994275530076835840 The star gamer, who has become the highest profile streamer on Amazon’s Twitch platform, making his name on super-popular game “Fortnite”. According to Forbes, Blevins has 4 million Twitch subscribers, including 160,000 paid subscribers. He earns $3.50 for every new paid subscriber — as well as a small fortune in YouTube revenue and fan donations on Twitch. Blevins was ranked No. 3 on Hookit’s Engagement 100 in March — but jumped superstars LeBron James and Ronaldo in April to claim the top spot. He becomes just the fourth star to earn the No. 1 rank, with Ronaldo only previously ousted from the top spot by Brazilian superstar Neymar and Colombian World Cup hero James Rodriguez since the metric was first run in April, 2014. https://twitter.com/esportslaw/status/993893838518272001

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