In just 22 hours, the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has been released 85 million views, breaking MrBeast’s video record for the most views on YouTube in 24 hours. This rating excludes music videos, but the hype around this long-awaited game could break these records as well – right now, the most viewed video on YouTube in 24 hours is the music video for BTS’ K-Pop Sension “ghee“, which was reviewed 108 million times In that time period.
The excitement of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) has been a decade in the making. The last game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, was released over ten years ago in September 2013. According to Guinness World Records, broke the record for “highest revenue generated by an entertainment product within 24 hours”, and grossed $815.7 million on the day of release from sales of 11.21 million copies. And it remains Second bestseller The video game of all time, only surpassed by Minecraft.
Rockstar Games, publisher of the Grand Theft Auto series, planned to release the trailer on Tuesday morning. But the trailer was It leaked On X (Twitter) A day ago, Rockstar just posted the trailer anyway and the leaked version was removed.
“Our trailer has been leaked, so please watch the real movie on YouTube,” Rockstar said books On the tenth; X’s post itself received 1.1 million likes and 82 million views.
Excluding music videos, MrBeast previously held the record for most views on YouTube in 24 hours. The philanthropist’s video in August, which pitted contestants from “every country” in the world against each other in a series of competitions, received a rating. 59.4 million views On his first day. In another of YouTube’s most popular videos, the twenty-five-year-old recreates the Netflix hit “Squid Game” (no, no one was hurt during the filming). Given the nature of Grand Theft Auto, we can only hope that MrBeast doesn’t try to recreate a bank robbery or prison escape.
We’ll update this post if Grand Theft Auto manages to topple the BTS boys from their butter-carved throne – in the meantime, here’s the trailer for GTA 6, which will be released in 2025.