London, UK (July 2024) – Guinness World Records, the global authority on record breaking achievements will launch the brand-new Guinness World Records 2025 (GWR2025) edition on 12 September 2024.
As we look ahead to our 70th anniversary year in 2025, the launch of this year’s book marks the beginning of our next chapter. Starting off with a feast of features that show how the book has evolved over the last seven decades before highlighting what incredible looks like today.
Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief, Guinness World Records says: “Guinness World Records 2025 marks 70 years of the publishing sensation that has now sold more than 150 million copies. This new edition – fully revised and updated with 1,000-plus images – acknowledges our platinum anniversary while continuing the annual tradition of reporting on all of the latest record-breaking achievements. Over the past year, we’ve reviewed nearly 30,000 applications, and the result is a book packed with thousands of awesome facts and feats for the whole family to enjoy.”
This year’s exciting new cover design by 3D digital artist Chris Labrooy resonates with the latest addition to the Guinness World Records mission statement: to find the fun! Informed by his interest in twisting “familiar everyday things into new typographic and sculptural forms”, Chris’s lively artwork offers up an appetite-whetting taster for the chapters in GWR 2025. You’ll spot references to the sporting world, engineering, exploration, gaming, and flora and fauna, among others, on this year’s cover.
What you’ll find featured in the book:
- We’re celebrating our landmark year by bestowing platinum-grade ICON status on a select group of record breakers – including Taylor Swift and LeBron James – who epitomize what it means to be a Guinness World Records title holder.
- Poster-style Flashback features within each chapter explore the history of one key record category. We also speculate about the ultimate limits of record-breaking – for instance, will we ever see a sub-3-second Rubik’s Cube solve?
- Look out for our Dear GWR… features throughout the book. We’ve delved into our archives to find some never-before-seen record applications that didn’t quite make the cut. It’s our affectionate tribute to human inventiveness – and the evergreen fascination with securing a hallowed GWR certificate!
- The anniversary edition kicks off with a chapter that revisits GWR books from our last 70 years. See how the design has evolved from 1955 to 2015 – as well as some of the records set in each decade – before jumping into GWR 2025’s shiny new content!
PLUS!
Delve into chapters on the natural world, humankind and recordmania; discover the kids’ zone and the explorers’ club and read all about lots of fascinating records in arts & entertainment, science & technology and sports. Meet the new Young Achievers, inspirational record breakers all aged under 16, and look out for our eye-catching gallery spreads which offer visual showcases for eye-popping photography, from ink-credible tattoo aficionados to the influencers shaping trends in social media.
The book celebrates the greatest achievements in videogaming by exploring the biggest titles, the fastest speedrunners, the most prolific collectors, the highest-earning esports stars and the most critically acclaimed developers.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2025 (RRP £22) and GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS GAMER’S EDITION 2025 (RRP £12.99) are available for purchase in stores and online from 12 September 2024, with discounts widely available.