Franklin's own voice ranks every GTA hero, and Niko Bellic gets defended

Shawn Fonteno, who played Franklin in Grand Theft Auto V, sat down for an NPC Show clip that has the comments arguing over his list.

Channel: GeekHeavy Story of October 9, 2026Trari Newsroom

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GTA 5's Franklin Ranks Every Grand Theft Auto Protagonist | NPC Show CLIP

Who better to rank Grand Theft Auto's leading men than one of them? GeekHeavy's only upload of the week hands the job to Shawn Fonteno, the actor who voiced and performed Franklin Clinton in GTA V. The description frames it around GTA 6 on the horizon, with Fonteno looking back at the series' main characters and inviting viewers to check whether their favorite made the cut.

The cut is where the trouble starts. The comment section has turned into a defense of Niko Bellic, the Eastern European hero of GTA IV, with viewers saying he belongs well above where Fonteno put him, ahead of CJ and Franklin both. One fan even says Franklin is not the best protagonist in his own game, which is a fair point in a story with three of them.

The clip is the channel's busiest video right now by a long way. Further back, a Short on Batista taking over as Kratos in the God of War series and a Winnie the Pooh horror short are still picking up a few viewers each day.

Overall the channel ran a little ahead of its usual daily pace, with the subscriber count holding steady. Among the gaming commentary channels of similar size, ENDYMIONtv and Dumbsville had the busy weeks, while GeekHeavy kept to a quieter rhythm.

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The numbers

Here is how GeekHeavy's week looks in figures.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

ENDYMIONtv

2,402,209

IGN Guides

401,754

Dumbsville

291,700

MandJTV Extra

270,015

Game Sack

261,539

HappyConsoleGamer

185,239

Larry Bundy Jr

123,261

GeekHeavy

62,646

PARTYCHAT

0

subscribers

367,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

103,290,728

views per day

11,183

typical day: 9,491

first-day views of each video posted this week

GTA 5's Franklin Ranks Every Grand Thef…

1,387

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Larry Bundy Jr

435,000

MandJTV Extra

430,000

ENDYMIONtv

423,000

IGN Guides

396,000

PARTYCHAT

382,000

GeekHeavy

367,000

HappyConsoleGamer

344,000

Game Sack

328,000

Dumbsville

313,000

As of October 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.