GTA 6 Trailer 2 Sets the Biggest Video Launch Record of All Time

GTA 6 Trailer 2 arrived on 6 May 2025 and immediately rewrote the record books. Within its first 24 hours, the trailer gathered more than 475 million views across multiple platforms, a figure Rockstar shared directly with The Hollywood Reporter. That total made it the biggest video launch of all time, according to reporting from GTABOOM and TheGamer in May 2025. The headline number 475 million views in a single day is a scale that even the largest entertainment releases rarely approach. To put it in context, the biggest Hollywood trailer launches fell well short. Deadpool and Wolverine drew around 365 million views, and Fantastic Four: First Steps landed near 200 million, per GTABOOM. Rockstar's second look at GTA 6 cleared both by a wide margin. The record most coverage got wrong Here is where the story gets more precise. A lot of early coverage framed the moment as a broken YouTube record. That framing does not hold up. On YouTube alone, Trailer 2 drew roughly 69 to 75 million views in 24 hours, according to RockstarINTEL and TweakTown. That figure fell short of Trailer 1's YouTube record for a non-music video, which sat at about 90.4 million views. So the all-time record Trailer 2 set is the cross-platform launch record. On YouTube by itself, Trailer 1 still holds the non-music mark. Both statements are true at once, and the distinction matters for anyone tracking how these releases actually perform. How the cross-platform total added up The 475 million figure came together because the trailer did not live on one channel. As GTABOOM reported, the launch was amplified by simultaneous reposts from official PlayStation, Xbox, and X accounts, alongside outlets and fan channels pushing the same video at the same time. Counting every one of those surfaces produces the cross-platform number, which is why it dwarfs the standalone YouTube tally. Where this fits in the GTA 6 timeline Trailer 1 released on 4 December 2023 and set the earlier non-music YouTube benchmark. Trailer 2 followed roughly seventeen months later and shifted the conversation to cross-platform reach. GTA 6 is scheduled to launch on 19 November 2026, so both trailers remain the primary public look at the game ahead of release. Why the distinction is worth keeping straight Records get repeated quickly, and the cross-platform versus YouTube split is easy to blur. Keeping the two apart gives a cleaner read on how Rockstar's marketing actually moved. For more breakdowns like this, follow our ongoing news coverage, and if you are already building your own community ahead of launch, browse the servers lining up for the GTA 6 era.