According to the Guinness World Records official website, they do not provide cash prize or a monetary payout to those who set or break records.
As the world's unrivalled authority on record-breaking achievement, our role is to celebrate the world's best, to inspire ordinary people and to entertain and inform. For these reasons, we do not pay record-breakers for their achievements or for carrying out a record title attempt.
If you are successful, congratulations - you will receive an official Guinness World Records certificate (further certificates and merchandise can be purchased in the GWR Store). If not, do not give up, you can apply again or pick a different record to attempt.
As it turns out, there is. Anyone can break or set a world record. No matter how old you are, where you're from, or what language you speak, you, too, can be a Guinness World Record holder.
Applications made by individuals for existing record categories are free of charge. There is an administration fee of $5 to propose a new record title.
All existing record titles (those already in our records database) are free of charge through the standard application process.
This process can take up to 12 weeks. If you are successful, you will receive an official Guinness World Records certificate; if not, you can try again.
Guinness World Records do not pay any money to those who break or set records. However, they do award an official certificate of the achievement free of charge.
There are many prolific record holders in the Guinness World Records (GWR) archives. But none of their achievements quite match those of title holder Ashrita Furman, from Brooklyn, New York, who has become famous as the man with the most Guinness World Records titles.
Meet Ashrita Furman
Now aged 68, Furman, a New York-based health food store manager holds the Guinness World Record for the most Guinness World Records. While he has set more than 600 official records, currently he holds 530 of them.
Michael Jackson has earned 39 Guinness World Records. How many can you name without looking it up?
Standard Application
New records cost $5 USD, but otherwise there is no charge for this option. It just takes extra time. After your application is accepted, it typically takes at least 12 weeks to get your specific guidelines for setting the record.
The people behind the Guinness World Records used to make money by, well, selling books. But with the rise of the Internet came a decline in book sales, and so they had to create a new business model — selling publicity.
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