What records has GTA 6 broken?

Which GTA 6 trailer records has Guinness recognised?

Guinness World Records published its entry for Trailer 1 on December 6, 2023. It said the trailer drew 90,421,491 YouTube views in its first 24 hours, the most for any videogame trailer, and 8.9 million likes, also a videogame trailer record. Guinness added that it was the most viewed non-music YouTube video in 24 hours, ahead of a MrBeast video that had reached 59.4 million.

VGC separately reported on December 3, 2023 that Rockstar’s post announcing the trailer date became “the most-liked gaming-related tweet of all time”, with more than 1.8 million likes in 24 hours. That is VGC’s description, not a Rockstar claim.

What did Rockstar say about Trailer 2’s views?

Trailer 2 arrived on May 6, 2025. The next day, Rockstar told The Hollywood Reporter that it had drawn more than 475 million views across platforms in its first day, and called the release “the biggest video launch of all time”, wording VGC also carried. We couldn’t find the figure on Rockstar’s Newswire, so it rests on Rockstar’s statement to the press.

Be careful lining this up with Trailer 1. The 475 million counts every platform, while Guinness’s number is YouTube only. VGC noted that Trailer 2 had about 84 million YouTube views when it published. VGC and The Hollywood Reporter both put Trailer 1’s first day at 93 million, which differs from Guinness’s figure, and we haven’t seen an explanation for the gap. Our pages on Trailer 1 and Trailer 2 hold the rest.

Has GTA 6 broken pre-order or sales records?

Not by any published figure, though Sony and Microsoft now each claim a record for their own store. In Take-Two’s prepared remarks for its August 7, 2026 earnings call, the company said GTA 6 had an “exceptional start to pre-orders”. On the call, chief executive Strauss Zelnick called the level of pre-orders “unprecedented and astonishing”, Shacknews reported, citing Variety, while saying the company didn’t know how that would turn into sales.

Take-Two’s November 9, 2026 results used similar language, again without numbers. Zelnick said in the release that pre-orders were “continuing to reach unprecedented levels”, and his remarks prepared for the call said they were “tracking far in excess of our initial expectations”. “Unprecedented” is a description of demand, not a published record.

On November 10, 2026, Sony’s PlayStation Blog said Grand Theft Auto VI “is now the most pre-ordered game in the history of PlayStation Store”, and Microsoft’s Xbox Wire called it “the most pre-ordered title of all time on the Microsoft Store”. Each is one company’s claim about its own store. Neither gives a number, so the two can’t be added together, and neither is a record across all stores.

None of these statements includes a number, and the game doesn’t launch until November 19. Outside estimates exist, and we cover them, labelled as estimates, on our sales page.

What we don’t know yet

Take-Two’s November 9, 2026 results gave no pre-order count, and Sony’s and Microsoft’s store claims came without one, so until launch figures are published there is no official sales record or pre-order total to list. We also haven’t seen a Guinness entry for any other GTA 6 video.