Grand Theft Auto VI trailer breaks MrBeast’s record for most YouTube views in 24 hours

In conscionable 22 hours, nan first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has racked up 85 cardinal views, breaking a MrBeast video’s grounds for astir YouTube views successful 24 hours. That ranking excludes euphony videos, but nan hype astir this long-awaited crippled could smash past those records excessively — correct now, nan astir viewed YouTube video successful 24 hours is nan euphony video for K-Pop sensation BTS’ opus “Butter,” which was viewed 108 cardinal times successful that timespan.

The excitement for Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) is simply a decade successful nan making. The past crippled successful nan franchise, Grand Theft Auto V, was released much than 10 years ago, successful September 2013. According to Guinness World Records, it collapsed nan grounds for “highest gross generated by an intermezo merchandise successful 24 hours,” earning $815.7 cardinal connected merchandise time from nan waste of 11.21 cardinal copies. It remains nan second-best-selling video crippled of each time, falling short only of Minecraft.

Rockstar Games, nan patient of nan Grand Theft Auto franchise, planned to merchandise nan trailer connected Tuesday morning. But nan trailer was leaked connected X (Twitter) a time early, truthful Rockstar conscionable posted nan trailer anyhow and sewage nan leaked type taken down.

“Our trailer has leaked truthful please watch nan existent point connected YouTube,” Rockstar wrote connected X; that X station itself has 1.1 cardinal likes and 82 cardinal views.

Excluding euphony videos, MrBeast antecedently held nan grounds for astir YouTube views successful 24 hours. The stunt philanthropist’s August video, successful which he had contestants from “every country” successful nan world look disconnected successful a bid of contests, sewage 59.4 cardinal views successful its first day. In different 1 of nan twenty-five-year-old YouTuber’s astir celebrated videos, he recreated nan Netflix deed “Squid Game” (no, nary 1 was harmed successful filming). Given nan quality of Grand Theft Auto, we tin only dream that MrBeast does not effort to recreate a slope robbery aliases a situation break.

We’ll update this station if Grand Theft Auto manages to dethrone nan BTS boys from their butter-sculpted throne — successful nan mean time, here’s nan trailer for GTA 6, which will beryllium released successful 2025.