GTA 5 cumulative unit sales worldwide 2015-2025
As of February 2025, Grand Theft Auto V has sold over 210 million units worldwide. Published and developed by Rockstar Games and first released in 2013, GTA V is one of the best-selling video games of all time. Of the millions of units sold around the world and across all platforms, some 20 million copies were sold in 2020 alone, marking the game's best-selling year since its initial release.
The enduring popularity of GTA 5
Despite being released over a decade ago, GTA 5 is still one of the most popular video games worldwide, as evidenced by the thousands of viewers of the title regularly drawn on the video streaming platform Twitch. In October 2024, Grand Theft Auto V streams on Twitch were watched by an average of 128 thousand concurrent viewers. The monthly time spent GTA V streaming content watched on Twitch amounted to approximately 94 million hours.
GTA VI is looming on the horizon
After over a decade on the market, millions of U.S. dollars in revenues, and regularly topping download rankings and sales charts, it is hard to argue that Grand Theft Auto 5 is Rockstar’s golden goose. However, even the best-performing cash cow eventually gets put out to pasture. In November 2023, Rockstar's president Sam Houser said the first trailer for GTA 5’s sequel, GTA 6, would come out in the beginning of December to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary. Following years of speculation, social media leaks, and gaming journalism hints, Grand Theft Auto 6 was finally and formally revealed in December 2023.
Rockstar’s GTA VI Twitter posts and YouTube trailers immediately broke records in terms of likes and user engagement – on social media platform X, Houser’s pre-announcement of the official announcement gained over one million likes alone. Grand Theft Auto Six is scheduled to be released in 2025 for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
