The GTA 6 Hype Index
The Grand Theft Auto VI Wikipedia article is being read 10,997 times a day (up 9% week over week). Its all-time peak is 341,519 reads on 2023-12-05 (First trailer, released early after a leak). The public Discord invites discord.gg/gta and discord.gg/gta-vi show 229,168 and 61,545 members. Every number comes from a public API anyone can check, last collected 2026-10-07.
Daily Wikipedia attention
Daily reader views of the Grand Theft Auto VI Wikipedia article, the cleanest public proxy for mainstream attention. The all-time peak since 2022-09-01: 341,519 reads on 2023-12-05.
The biggest days
The highest daily readings since 2022-09-01, at least two weeks apart so one spike is listed once, with the dated event each one falls on when we have a source for it. Days are UTC days.
| Day | Reads | Falls on |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-05 | 341,519 | First trailer, released early after a leak |
| 2026-08-28 | 96,567 | An Extended Look released |
| 2025-05-06 | 85,823 | Second trailer |
| 2025-11-07 | 74,548 | Launch moved to November 19, 2026 |
| 2026-06-25 | 71,991 | Price confirmed and pre-orders opened |
| 2026-05-26 | 21,503 | The original release date, since moved |
Community size
Approximate member counts of two public GTA Discord invites, one snapshot per collection day.
| Community | Members | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto (discord.gg/gta) | 229,168 | 2026-10-09 |
| Grand Theft Auto VI (discord.gg/gta-vi) | 61,545 | 2026-10-09 |
Methodology
Wikipedia figures are daily user pageviews of the English article, from the public Wikimedia REST API (all access methods, bots excluded), back to 2022-09-01. The collector re-reads the last 14 days with every news desk cycle, so a day’s figure settles within two weeks. Discord counts are the approximate member counts Discord publishes on public invites, one snapshot per collection day. Nothing is estimated, interpolated or hand-entered, and days with no data simply do not appear. Pageviews measure attention on one article, not the number of players or buyers.
Track the moments that move these lines on the countdown and the release timeline, or follow the daily verified news.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the GTA 6 Hype Index?
Daily readers of the Grand Theft Auto VI Wikipedia article since September 2022, plus the member counts of two public GTA Discord invites, collected from public APIs. It answers "how big is the hype" with numbers anyone can check instead of vibes.
Where does the data come from?
Wikipedia pageviews come from the Wikimedia REST API and Discord member counts from Discord public invite metadata. Both are public endpoints, so anyone can reproduce every figure on this page.
How often does it update?
The collector runs with every news desk cycle, up to six times a day, and re-reads the last 14 days of Wikipedia views each time, so a day’s figure settles within two weeks. Community counts are one snapshot per collection day. The last-collected date is shown on the page.
Can I use the data?
Yes. The full series is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 as CSV and JSON from this page: credit GTA6 Times and link to the page.