Guinness World Records

reference book listing world records

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Guinness World Records is an organization that began in 1955. It maintains an official website at guinnessworldrecords.com and operates regional sites including guinnessworldrecords.de, guinnessworldrecords.ae, and guinnessworldrecords.com.br. The entity has 13,000,000 social media followers.

The organization provides various online services, including a registration page, FAQ section, official shop, and login portal. It also publishes privacy policies, terms of service, and cookie policies on its websites. Users can search for the organization using the DuckDuckGo bang "gwr".

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Guinness
Genre: reference work
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English language
Main subject: world record
Official website: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn
Image: 6764 Guinness.JPG

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Commons category: Guinness World Records
title: Guinness World Records
topic's main category: Category:Guinness World Records
inception: 1955-00-00
publication date: 1955-00-00
registration page URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/account/register
language of work or name: English language
editor-in-chief: Craig Glenday
social media followers: 13000000
FAQ URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.jp/records/faqs
official shop URL: gwrstore.com
privacy policy URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/using-this-website/privacy-policy
terms of service URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/using-this-website/privacy-policy
contact page URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/contact
login URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/Account/Login
cookie policy URL: www.guinnessworldrecords.jp/using-this-website/cookie-policy
DuckDuckGo bang: gwr
related category: Category:Guinness Book record holders

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Encyclopedic overview

Guinness World Records (/ˈɡɪnɪs/), known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. Sir Hugh Beaver created the concept in order to settle arguments debated in pubs, and twin brothers Norris and Ross McWhirter co-founded the book in London in late August 1955.

The first edition topped the bestseller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2026 edition, it is now in its 71st year of publication, published in 100 countries and 40 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guinness World Records” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.