Guinness World Records received more than 57,400 applications in 2023, said spokesperson Kylie Galloway. That's a jump from 38,000 applications it received in 2014.

Guinness’ records management team reviews the applications, which can take 12 to 15 weeks after submission, said Kylie Galloway, a spokesperson for Guinness World Records North America, in an ...

The first Guinness World Records was published in 1954 in a limited run of 1,000 copies. (It was originally called The Guinness Book of World Records). Today there are more the 100 million copies ...

The book that makes us ooh and ahh, and squirm in our seats is more than 65 years old. ... “It’s amazing how many “ordinary people” end up being a Guinness World Records holder,” says ...

It had a lime green cover and 198 pages of records, including the smallest pub in the world and the cow with the highest lifetime milk yield. "Guinness, in producing this book, hopes that it may ...