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TheGrand Theft Auto 6trailer has surpassed 250 million views on YouTube. With this historic milestone, theGTA 6reveal now has more than twice the view count of Rockstar’s next most-watched YouTube video to date.
ThefirstGTA 6trailer was originally planned to premiere on December 5, at 9am ET. However, after the video leaked online, Rockstar ended up releasing it around 16 hours early. The trailer amassed 93 million views within 24 hours of going live, setting a new day-one viewership record for a non-music video on YouTube.
The trailer hit another major milestone on April 19, when it surpassed 250 million views. For reference, thefirstGTA 6trailer had 200 million viewsback in mid-July 2024, so it has managed to accumulate another 50 million views over the following nine months. Around the same time that it broke the 250-million-view threshold, the video also surpassed 1 million comments on YouTube.
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For added context, theGTA 6trailer currently has more than twice the number of views as Rockstar’s second most-viewed YouTube video—theGTA 5reveal. In fact, the firstGTA 6trailer outpaces not justGTA 5’s reveal, but also the combined views of Rockstar’s next four most-watched YouTube videos by roughly 15 million.
This viewership milestone was reached shortly after theGTA 6reveal trailer marked its 500-day anniversary. While the follow-up trailer is still nowhere to be seen, it’s ostensibly not too far away at this point, at least assuming that the game itself is still on course to hit the market in late 2025. Rockstar is still expected to share an extensive gameplay trailer before releasing its much-anticipated title.
Take-Two InteractiveCEO Strauss Zelnick discussed the long period of radio silence following theGTA 6reveal trailerduring a recent Bloomberg interview, explaining that the publisher wants to maintain both “anticipation” and “excitement,” which is why it’s holding off on sharing more about the game until close to release. As previously announced,GTA 6will initially launch exclusively on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. While historical precedent suggests a PC port is inevitable, it has yet to be officially confirmed. Many major publishers are anticipating theGTA 6release date with the same intensity as fans, as few are willing to launch their big-budget titles anywhere near Rockstar’s upcoming game. For the time being, the only thing that seems certain is thatGTA 6will launch at least a few weeks after September 23, which is when Take-Two is scheduled to releaseBorderlands 4.
