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The firstGrand Theft Auto 6trailer has surpassed 200 million views. This astonishing milestone was recorded shortly following the seven-month anniversary of theGTA 6reveal.
The sixth mainline entry in the long-running open-world franchise was initially scheduled to be unveiled on June 30, 2025. ButRockstar ultimately released theGTA 6trailer a day earlyafter a low-quality version of the video leaked online. The promo had already garnered 93 million views on YouTube by the following day, setting a new viewership record for a 24-hour debut of any non-music video on the Google-owned platform.
GTA 6 Trailer Hits 200 Million Views In 7 Months
The trailer is still enjoying decent momentum, having just surpassed 200 million viewson YouTube. The new milestone was recorded in the late evening hours ET on July 13, so exactly seven months and eight days following the video’s premiere. Its viewership influx has slowed down considerably over the past few months, with the video needing nearly a week to go from 199 million to 200 million views. Be that as it may, this milestone is yet another piece of evidence cementing theGrand Theft Auto 6reveal traileras one of the most popular video game previews ever produced.
The video still has plenty of time to improve its current viewership record, as the game itself is currently more than a year away from hitting the market. Specifically, Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactivenarrowed down theGrand Theft Auto 6release windowback in May, revealing that the much-anticipatedGTA 5sequel is targeting a fall 2025 launch. The game will ostensibly receive several more trailers in the meantime, all of which have the potential to draw new and returning viewers to its original reveal trailer. That’s precisely what happened withGTA 5, whose first trailer is still its most-watched YouTube promo video, boasting 111 million views as of July 2024.
GTA 5received exactly six trailers prior to its release, with the first two being one year apart. Some industry watchers expect Rockstar to follow a similar marketing pattern with its upcoming game, predicting thesecondGrand Theft Auto 6trailerto debut in or around December 2024, followed by another promo in spring 2025. The company’s track record indicates that the first extended look at theGTA 6gameplay will plausibly be offered as part of the game’s third or fourth trailer, presumably no later than summer 2025.
The game itself has so far only been confirmed for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PC gamers will hence likely have to wait until at least 2026 before they’re able to playGTA 6.
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