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Guinness World Records

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Summary

Guinness World Records is a periodical[1]. It ranks in the top 0.053% of periodical entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,209 views/month, #1 of 1,868).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: literary work[3], written work[4]
  • Editor: Craig Glenday[5], Norris McWhirter[6], Tim Footman[7], Ross McWhirter[8], David A. Boehm[9]
  • Publisher: Guinness World Records Limited[10]
  • Owned by: Guinness World Records Limited[11]
  • Genre: reference work[12]
  • Named after: Guinness[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Commons category: Guinness World Records[15]
  • Language of work or name: English[16]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[17]
  • Website account on: PopJam[18]
  • Inception: 1955[19]
  • Publication date: 1955[20]
  • Has edition or translation: Guinness World Records 2012[21]
  • Official website: https://guinnessworldrecords.com[22], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.de/[23], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.ae/[24], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.br/[25], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.es/[26], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.jp/[27], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.cn/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Guinness World Records[29]
  • Main subject: world record[30]
  • Title: Guinness World Records[31]
  • Different from: Guinness World Records: The Videogame[32], Guinness World Records Limited[33]
  • Editor-in-chief: Craig Glenday[34]
  • Terms of service URL: https://guinnessworldrecords.com/using-this-website/terms-and-conditions[35], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.de/using-this-website/terms-and-conditions[36], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.ae/using-this-website/terms-and-conditions[37], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com.br/using-this-website/terms-and-conditions[38], https://www.guinnessworldrecords.es/using-this-website/terms-and-conditions[39]

Why It Matters

Guinness World Records has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 215 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . cbsnews.com. cbsnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Guinness World Records 2019. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Guinness World Records 2019. Retrieved . craigglenday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ~2026-55312-52 · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_ol
    Sitelink count → 105
    Logo image → Guinnessworldrecords.svg
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ Official website: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.de/"
  2. 14w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 36474, 20583
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wikisimpsons article id: 20583, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296190023|Guinness Book of World Records (#296190023)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/810"
  3. 21w ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
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    Genre → reference work
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    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Guinness book of records, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779097876633"
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