Guinness World Records, 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 reference book
published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural
world. The brainchild of Sir Hugh Beaver, the book was co-founded by twin brothers Norris and Ross
McWhirter in Fleet Street, London, in August 1955.

Guinness World Records

Editor

Craig Glenday[1]

Country

United Kingdom[2]

Language

ArabicBulgarianChineseCroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFijianFilipinoFinnishFrenchGermanGre
ekGujaratiHindiHebrewHungarianIcelandicItalianJapaneseKoreanLatvianLithuanianNorwegianPersianPol
ishPortugueseRomanianRussianSlovakSloveneSpanishSwedishTamilTurkish

Subject

World records

Publisher

Jim Pattison Group

Published in English

27 August 1955 – present

Media type

Booktelevision

Website

guinnessworldrecords.com

The first edition topped the best-seller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955.[3] The following
year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2022 edition, it is now in its 67th year of
publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its
database.

The international franchise has extended beyond print to include television series and museums. The
popularity of the franchise has resulted in Guinness World Records becoming the primary international
authority on the cataloguing and verification of a huge number of world records.[4][5][6][7] The
organisation employs record adjudicators to verify the authenticity of the setting and breaking of
records. Following a series of owners, the franchise has been owned by the Jim Pattison Group since
2008, with its headquarters moved to South Quay Plaza, Canary Wharf, London in 2017. Since 2008,
Guinness World Records has orientated its business model toward inventing new world records as
publicity stunts for companies and individuals, which has attracted criticism.[8][9][10]

History

Evolution

Defining records

Change in business The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles

Other media and products

References

External links

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