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EA’s Battlefield 1 is the most popular YouTube game trailer so far this year

Every month, gamers watch more than 144 billion minutes of gaming videos and livestreams on YouTube. Trailers are one of the most-watched kinds of content, and so far this year, Electronic Arts’ trailer for the official unveiling of Battlefield 1 is the most popular of the year, with more than 36 million views.

Call of Duty and Fallout 4 both have multiple entries on the leaderboard, and Doom continues a tradition of a live-action trailer for a game. Gears of War 4 has also been popular with 16 million views.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.