Guinness World Records Day
Guinness World Records identifies GWR Day as an annual celebration first held in 2004 and publishes the date for each edition
Date and recurrence
Annual Guinness World Records event; 20 November in the 2025 edition
The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is Guinness World Records / international record-breaking community. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Sources
- Guinness World Records — GWR DayOfficial Record Breaking Event
Frequently asked questions
When is Guinness World Records Day?
Annual Guinness World Records event; 20 November in the 2025 edition The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Annual Guinness World Records event; 20 November in the 2025 edition.
Does Guinness World Records Day fall on the same date every year?
No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.
Is Guinness World Records Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: Guinness World Records / international record-breaking community. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Guinness World Records Day?
The stored designation basis is: Guinness World Records identifies GWR Day as an annual celebration first held in 2004 and publishes the date for each edition. Supporting provenance includes Guinness World Records — GWR Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Guinness World Records Day international or country-specific?
The record has international or global institutional scope: Guinness World Records / international record-breaking community. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.