The 90-second long teaser clip has been seen nearly 82 million times on YouTube as of Tuesday afternoon
Good things come to those who wait—except in the age of video streaming, where content can sometimes arrive sooner than expected. In fact, Rockstar Games was forced to release the first trailer for its upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 early after it was leaked online on Monday evening.
The 90-second long teaser clip has been seen nearly 82 million times on YouTube as of Tuesday afternoon, while it received 8.3 million likes, and more than 681,000 comments—most praising the footage in the short clip.
According to data from data analytics company Sparkers and shared with GameIndustry.biz, the debut trailer for the forthcoming title—which gamers won’t get to play until sometime in 2025—reached millions of views quicker than any game trailer to date.
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1
GTA 6’s trailer even outpaced the first preview clip for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which was posted on August 17, 2023, and nearly hit the 40 million mark in just six and a half hours.
“The speed at which the GTA 6 reveal reached millions of views is a sign not only of how long people have been waiting for a new Grand Theft Auto—ten years and counting—but also of how good a job Rockstar has done in keeping its audience engaged via GTA Online,” explained James Batchelor, editor-in-chief for GamesIndustry.
