Guinness World Records 2025

The 2025 Guinness World Record Book celebrates 70 years of record breaking achievements. Once again nearly 30,000 applications were reviewed and there is a QR code to find bonus content. The 2025 GWR book begins with Chapter one showcasing the last seven decades of the Guinness World Records (GWR). There is a fresh new cover look designed by 3D digital artist Chris Labrooy and the book itself contains over 1000 images. The endpapers show all previous covers and it is interesting to see how it has visually changed over time.

The opening page highlights icons from all over the world and asks the reader to see whom they might know. Immediately recognisable are Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Sir Donald Bradman, Elton John, Sir David Attenborough and HRH Queen Elizabeth.  The history of the GWR follows the opening pages is a fascinating look at the past with some familiar and unfamiliar records, events and people discussed. Chapter headings this year include Natural world, Humankind, Recordmania, Explorer’s Science & Technology, Arts & Entertainment, Kids Zone, and Sport. There are flashback pages at the beginning of each chapter and the Kids Zone chapter has U16 records.

Platinum is the traditional gift for a 70th anniversary and there is a double page devoted to many things platinum including Elvis Presley receiving the highest amount of platinum records.

This latest GWR book is packed full of so much to read about, absorb and discuss. The images are striking, the records often hilarious, e.g. the most underpants (44 pairs) pulled on in a minute was by Nicholas Manning from Queensland, plus there is so much history to be revisited.  There is definitely something for everyone.

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Themes: 70th Anniversary, Record-breaking Achievements.

Kathryn Beilby