■ Guinness World Records 2023

Guinness World Records 2023

The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world! With bonus digital content throughout, we reveal the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space.

With ever more focus on diversity and inclusion, we showcase the most inspirational, eye-catching, mind-blowing achievements from the past year, across a multitude of topics such as gaming and the human body, engineering and wildlife. As lockdown restrictions ease, humanity's horizons are expanding once again, and our world is experiencing unprecedented change - in the environment, culture, technology and society.

Keeping up with this dizzying revolution are the Guinness World Records adjudicators, who've been busier than ever documenting the Officially Amazing. The result is Guinness World Records 2023!

This year, we're going into SPACE! So fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the view as we explore astronomical superlatives in a chapter dedicated to the latest developments in the New Space Race.

Beyond the space chapter, we continue to seek out and celebrate the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth.

New topics include fashion, bird watching and rock climbing. Plus, there’s an entire section on gaming and a spread dedicated to social media juggernaut, TikTok!

Extra Content
We’ve got so much record-breaking news we’ve added a whole constellation of online content. Use your phone to scan the QR code wherever you see our two astronauts.

Young Achievers
Showcasing under-16s making a big impact on the world, including a Tetris world champion, a chess grandmaster, two break-dancers and an eight-year-old with an amazing aptitude for arithmetic!

Gaming
Encompassing classics such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, right up to Minecraft and Fortnite, we’ve dedicated an entire section to videogames in our Top 25 Gaming Records mini-feature.