Origin. Rockstar's first delay post went up on 2 May 2025 and passed 750,000 likes; the second, on 6 November 2025, passed 545,000. Replies under both filled with memes before most news sites had a headline.
How people use it. Progress bars reset to zero: one countdown account's "0% complete" post got about 140,000 likes after the first delay and about 39,000 after the second, so the same joke wears thin. Add aging jokes, mock grief and fresh "we got X before GTA 6" lines. Daily Dot rounded up reactions on day one, and Newsweek collected the second wave.
Example. A loading bar stuck at 0% with "389 days remaining" underneath.
Sources
- 1 X, @RockstarGames: GTA VI moves to 26 May 2026 (2 May 2025) x.com
- 2 X, @RockstarGames: GTA VI moves to 19 November 2026 (6 November 2025) x.com
- 3 X, @GTAVI_Countdown: "0% complete" after the first delay (2 May 2025) x.com
- 4 Daily Dot: memes about the first GTA 6 delay (2 May 2025) dailydot.com
- 5 Newsweek: GTA 6 delay memes and jokes (7 November 2025) newsweek.com