Ephemeral Remy (Canada) has claimed an iconic body art record with around 40 layers of tattoos covering his skin.

Tomomi Nishikubo set two Guinness World Records by riding backward down a ski slope on one wheel, performing the Fakie Nose Manual.

Discover what happened when one of the best-preserved T. rex skeletons ever found went on the rampage at an auction in New York City

The biggest and best records broken at the FIFA World Cup 2026 as Spain defeat Argentina.

Crowd of over 22,000 people – and the musician himself – formed the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’ A tight plastic cap is not an attractive option for protective headwear in 30C heat. Yet 22,141 people opted for just that – along with a white shirt, black tie and aviator sunglasses – in Hyde Park, London, on Friday afternoon. It was both a homage to the rapper Pitbull, the night’s headliner at the BST festival, and part of setting a Guinness World Record for the “largest gathering of people wearing bald caps”. “I’m speechless. Who would have thought a first-generation Cuban would be record-breaking and record-making?” said the rapper, accepting the award in an all-black suit. Continue reading...

A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.

“I knew I had something special,” Graham Barratt said of the elephant garlic bulb he harvested in June, which earned him his 10th Guinness record in two years.

As the world's most premature baby, who was born 133 days early in 2024, turns two years old, GWR finds out how he's getting on!

The claw-some feline who tied this historic record is fittingly named Toby!

This silver replica of the iconic sculpture was created out of Michelangelo’s mould.

A new accolade for Paige. 

Memory master Fabian Saal (Germany) has broken four impressive records by recalling World Cup results from years gone by.

Meet inspirational Guinness World Records ICON Hari Budha Magar (Nepal), who became the first double amputee to climb the Seven Summits.

Guinness World Records has named Jonathan the tortoise an 'Icon.' It's the latest award for the oldest land animal, falsely reported dead in April.

Town crier Joseph McGrail-Bateup (Australia) officially has the loudest shout in the world.

Discover which new records were set, on cycles of all shapes and sizes, at a biking bonanza held in the City of London

On what would’ve been her 100th birthday, hundreds of Marilyn Monroe fans turned up to Palm Springs Pride to celebrate the iconic actress.

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, let's take a look back at the record-breaking history of the global football tournament.

Sunil Joseph (India) is proud to have turned his hobby into a world record after amassing the largest collection of paper cups.

StorageReview and Micron Technology united to claim this computational crown.

Canadian environmentalist Antoine Moses returned to the record books after planting thousands of mangrove trees in Mombasa, Kenya within 24 hours.

Raye was surprised backstage at The O2 in London with the Guinness World Records certificates marking her iconic BRIT Awards success.

A look at some of the most extreme weddings in history, from ones deep underwater to ones with hundreds of flower girls and bridesmaids.

Robert Gordon McAfee is defying his age (and gravity)!

In celebration of the veteran broadcaster's 100th birthday, GWR looks back on his distinguished life's work and the records set along the way

The Mali nonuplets, the most children delivered at a single birth to survive, are celebrating their 5th birthday.

Ann Bancroft (USA), the first woman to ever go to the North Pole, has reflected on her epic life-changing journey 40 years on.

Discover all the record titles set or broken during the TCS London Marathon 2025: the 46th instalment of the iconic London appointment with the Abbott Six World Marathon Majors.

Amaze, amaze, amaze! A Lego version of the 'Project Hail Mary' spaceship soared into the stratosphere and set an altitude record.