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One of the world's most popular streamers, Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, admits trolls insult him every day because his audience size has declined.

Ninja rose to fame in 2018 after streaming Fortnite on service Twitch together with artists Drake and Travis Scott, as well as NFL player Juju Smith-Schuster.

He currently attracts a smaller audience than at the height of his fame—yet maintains 67 million followers throughout social media, and is the world's third most popular Twitch streamer.

He shared with the press that "detractors" seem fixated on the fact he was not quite as popular as he used to be.

"I believe I'm the only streamer on the planet who was pulling 100,000 viewers per stream regularly, but now I receive approximately 7,000 to 8,000 across Twitch and YouTube," he commented.

"This is a fact that the digital bullies remind me of daily and the last couple of years have been rough," he continued.

Ninja says that each day moderators have to remove people from his streams for making negative comments about his declining audience.

He confesses having to make an effort recently to overlook the trolls.

"It happens each day that I'm getting berated on the internet," he said.

Ninja is so well known to gamers that Fortnite released special "skins"—virtual gear that modify a in-game model—inspired by his image.

p>He is a leading income-generating streamers with an approximate wealth of $50 million.

Regardless of the hostility he deals with, he says he has no intention to quit gaming or retire from streaming.

"I remain passionate and have a community that is loyal and stands by me. I'm a player and performer by nature—it's in my blood," he remarked.

The 34-year-old was in conversation with outlets as he plans a 24 hour charity stream to promote education about skin cancer after he discovered and removed two atypical skin lesions last year.

He's aiming to raise $250,000 during the live streaming session where he will host doctors to spread awareness about the necessity of examining spots for signs of skin cancer.

As well as encouraging fans to donate, he's pledged to donate a generous contribution himself to cancer charities but emphasizes the money is only one part of the mission.

p>"My wife and I were going to give to this cause no matter what because it's is important to us for the foreseeable future but it's not only regarding us giving our money—the outreach effort too," he explained.

Ninja particularly wants to encourage younger people to get their moles examined and hopes that the stream will reach his and younger generations.

He says he'll be live for half the event of the livestream as he doesn't possess the endurance for longer marathon sessions in front of the webcam.

"I'm 34—I need my sleep, you know!" he remarked.