The first trailer for this massive open-world sequel garnered a staggering near 100 million views within the first 24 hours of its release. However, there is a chance that a large portion of those views were generated via ads.Grand Theft Auto VI has not just broken records it’s shattered the very expectations of what a game trailer can achieve. For example, Subway Surfers’ “ Official Google Play Trailer” has reached over 361 million views on YouTube in 11 years, and Clash of Clans’ “ Welcome to Clan Capital” has generated 150.5 million views in just over a year. There are many mobile games with impressive results. If we take a look at the free-to-play segment, League of Legends has several cinematic videos with over 100 million views, including “ The Call” (156 million), “ Warriors” (151 million), and “ Awaken” (121 million). Cyberpunk 2077‘s “ Official Gameplay Trailer” - 33.7 million views (in 3 years).Hogwarts Legacy‘s “ Official Reveal Trailer | PS5” - 34.1 million views (in 3 years).
In just over 24 hours, the GTA VI reveal surpassed the GTA V first trailer, which had amassed over 101 million views in 12 years, to become the most popular video on Rockstar’s YouTube channel. But it is still a remarkable achievement for Rockstar, especially when compared to other video games. Despite the bold predictions, it failed to surpass the record of K-pop band BTS, whose two music videos - Dynamite and Butter - reached 101 million and 108.2 million views in 24 hours, respectively. Beast’s record.Īt the moment of writing, the GTA VI trailer has over 105 million views. In fact, the GTA VI trailer reached 60 million views in 12 hours, meaning it took the video even less than 24 hours to break Mr. Beast’s Every Country On Earth Fights For $250,000, which generated 59.4 million views in its first day. The most viewed non-music video on YouTube in 24 hours - surpassed Mr.The most liked video game reveal - 8.9 million likes in 24 hours.The most viewed video game reveal on the platform in 24 hours - 90.42 million views.According to Guinness World Records, the first GTA VI trailer broke three YouTube records within a day of its premiere: