Records, bizarre things, sensations - the world's bestselling record book from Guinness World Records is back. Guinness World Record 2026 fascinates with the best new records and the most popular record classics. Great achievements, ingenious skills and fun records - there are no limits to the ideas and topics in this year's edition of Guinness World Records. Crazy ideas, unbelievable facts and spectacular photos will make children and adults marvel, shudder, cringe and laugh. Whether for Christmas, a birthday or Easter - the gift with a guaranteed wow effect. Welcome to the new 2026 edition of the world's best-selling record book, updated with thousands of new records. Guinness World Records (GWR for short) is the globally recognised authority on records. Since its first edition in 1955, the iconic yearbook has sold more than 150 million copies in over 100 countries and 21 languages. With its TV programmes, Guinness World Records reaches over 750 million viewers a year: over 12.9 million people follow the GWR YouTube channel, which is viewed over 481 million times a year. GWR is also followed by 38 million on Facebook and 26.9 million on TikTok.