YouTube has released the latest edition of its quarterly Trailer Leaderboard, and a popular video game series sits at the top. The launch trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare notched close to 21 million views between April and June, outpacing the next-most popular trailer by nearly three million views.
Call of Duty has always been a favorite of the YouTube gaming community, so Advanced Warfare‘s position in the Trailer Leaderboard is no surprise. A trailer for Mortal Kombat X also had a big Q2, scoring more than 10 million views and the #3 spot. This contrasts sharply with the Q1 Trailer Leaderboard, where just one video game made the top ten. This trend can be partially traced to E3; the biggest event on the video game industry’s calendar takes place each June.
In general, this edition of the Trailer Leaderboard saw smaller view counts than the Q1 edition, a decrease that can be traced to Q2’s relative lack of blockbuster movie trailers. Seven trailers surpassed 10 million views in Q1, but only one–the third trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past, which scored more than 18 million views–reached that mark in Q2. Next quarter, more trailers will arrive for big-budget holiday movies, which should push the average view count back up. For instance, a new teaser for Mockingjay has already drawn nearly 10 million views in just two days.
Here is a chart displaying the top 10 trailers in this quarter’s leaderboard:
| Rank | Title | Url | Username | View Count |
| 1 | Official Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare Reveal Trailer | CALLOFDUTY | 20,944,564 | |
| 2 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Official Trailer 3 [HD] | 20th Century FOX | xmenmovies | 18,009,783 | |
| 3 | Who’s Next? – Official Mortal Kombat X Announce Trailer | MKCommunityManager | 10,958,043 | |
| 4 | Orange Is The New Black – Season 2 – Official Trailer | NewOnNetflix | 8,507,775 | |
| 5 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX | ApesMovies | 8,383,880 | |
| 6 | Official Extended Trailer | GOTHAM | FOX BROADCASTING | FoxBroadcasting | 8,029,518 | |
| 7 | Disney’s Cinderella Official Teaser Trailer | DisneyMovieTrailers | 7,510,082 | |
| 8 | The Interview – Official Teaser Trailer – In Theaters This Fall | SonyPictures | 6,003,616 | |
| 9 | TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Trailer #2 | TMNTMovie1 | 5,690,122 | |
| 10 | Hercules: Trailer #2 | IGNentertainment | 4,194,986 |
More information on the YouTube Ads Leaderboard can be found on the website Think With Google, where the list was first published.
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