Overview
- Guinness validated a 2.5 million turnout on Copacabana Beach in 2025 using official data, aerial imagery and drone-based counts.
- Guinness representative Camila Borenstein presented the record certificate on the Copacabana stage to Mayor Eduardo Paes days before the 2026 festivities.
- City leaders clarified that the 2.5 million figure covers Copacabana only, with total attendance across Rio often estimated near 5 million.
- This year’s program includes a 12-minute fireworks display launched from 19 offshore platforms synchronized with about 1,200 drones.
- Plans call for multiple stages, a deployment of 3,500 police officers in Copacabana and ESG measures, with performers including Gilberto Gil, Ney Matogrosso, Belo, Alcione and Alok.