About

World Most Amazing Records collects the stories behind the world's biggest, smallest, fastest, oldest and strangest records: from giant wine glasses and record-breaking pencils to the tallest buildings on Earth.

What we do

We have been writing about record-breaking people, places and things since 2006. Every record page aims to answer three questions quickly:

• What is the record today? The current holder, the measurement and the date.
• How did it get here? The history of the record and the people who held it before.
• How was it measured? The rules behind the attempt, explained in plain words.

How we check our facts

Records change all the time. When we update a page, we check it against the official record organisation (for example Guinness World Records or the Limca Book of Records) and reliable news reports, list our sources at the end of the article, and show the date we last checked it. If a record has been broken since, we say so.

We are an independent blog. We are not affiliated with Guinness World Records or any other record-keeping organisation. For the latest certified record, always check the official website of the organisation concerned.

Spotted a mistake or a new record?

We would love to hear from you. Please use our Contact page to send corrections, new record stories or questions.