New GTA 6 trailer fails to break the 24-hour view world record, here's why

The second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI has been released, and according to a recent report, it has amassed a stunning half a billion views.

Unfortunately, Rockstar won't be taking home another Guinness World Record like they did when the first trailer for the highly anticipated GTA 6 was released, as that earned the developer the crown for the most-viewed YouTube video in a 24-hour period that isn't a music video with its 90,421,491 view count. Within approximately the same period of time, Trailer 2, which was only released a few days ago, raked in about 75 million YouTube views, falling short of the 90.4 million to break the record.

However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the second trailer for GTA 6 has amassed a stunning 475 million views across all platforms within 24 hours. A notable difference between the two trailers is that Trailer 1 was a YouTube exclusive and not posted elsewhere, meaning those who wanted to watch the trailer had to rush to find it on YouTube, compared to Trailer 2, which had a multi-platform release.

The popularity of Trailer 2 has also been passed onto the song that can be heard playing over the incredibly high fidelity in-game graphics, "Hot Together" by The Pointer Sisters, as the publication reports the number of streams for the track on Spotify have increased by a staggering 182,000% since the trailer has been released.