‘Grand Theft Auto VI' Trailer Scores Breaking 475 Million Views In One Day
Grand Theft Auto VI might have been pushed to 2026, but that isn't dampening the hype from fans as they eagerly await Rockstar Games' upcoming sequel, as the title's second trailer has received over 475 million views across platforms within a day of its release on 6 May.
This news comes courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, with Rockstar claiming that the trailer marks its biggest video launch to date. Viewership has also led to the increased popularity of its soundtrack, with Hot Together by The Pointer Sisters, the song featured in the trailer, seeing its streams on music platform Spotify increase by a staggering 182,000% since its release.
' Grand Theft Auto cuts through popular culture like almost nothing else,' Spotify's global head of editorial, Sulinna Ong, said in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter. 'Music has been synonymous with the series since the very beginning, so it's great to see fans both new and established connecting with an iconic track in this way.'
This excitement should come as no surprise considering that Grand Theft Auto VI is by far the biggest upcoming game over the next year. For comparison, the first trailer for the game, which was released in December 2023, garnered 93 million views in the same time frame, which was also impressive as it was a YouTube exclusive, and made it the biggest non-music video launch on the platform at the time.
With its latest milestone, the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer has also shattered a record previously held by Marvel for the first Deadpool and Wolverine trailer, which debuted to 365 million views in its first 24 hours, similarly surpassing its other highly anticipated films like the upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps , which saw an announcement trailer debuting to 202 million viewers in the same time frame.
Amidst the excitement, Rockstar has also recently confirmed that its latest trailer featured a mix of gameplay and cutscenes, and was captured on the PS5, and if its gameplay looked so good that it could be mistaken as a cutscene, it only spells good news for the upcoming title. Grand Theft Auto VI will be released on 26 May 2026 for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a PC release coming after.
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