The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 has achieved a remarkable feat by surpassing the views of the initial Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer on YouTube, making it Rockstar’s second most popular video yet. Released unexpectedly on May 6, it has garnered more than 123 million views so far, eclipsing the first trailer of Grand Theft Auto 5, which took 13 years to reach 123 million views.

In recent years, following substantial leaks in 2022, Rockstar Games unveiled the initial trailer for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto installment in December 2023. Since then, anticipation has grown tremendously, a sentiment illustrated by the overwhelming success of the latest trailer, which broke records, achieving over 475 million views across all platforms within just 24 hours. Rockstar claims that this trailer marked the biggest and fastest growing video launch in internet history, underlining the intense excitement for this release.

As it has been nearly 12 years since the launch of Grand Theft Auto 5 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, fans are evidently eager to move on from Los Santos.

Despite the substantial accomplishment of the second trailer, it still needs to reach additional milestones to surpass the first trailer’s record and become Rockstar’s most viewed YouTube video, which has amassed over 263 million views. With just under a year until Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, anticipation will likely only ramp up as fans eagerly await further updates.