Certificate World Records

Abhishant Kumar received four Brainbench Computer Fundamentals certificate.

Abhishant Kumar received two Brainbench Computer Literacy certificates.

Abhishant Kumar received two Brainbench UK certificates.

Jireh A. received 51 ALISON certifications.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he earned LinkedIn's Marketing Strategy Certification, awarded for passing a free online exam on planning advertising campaigns on LinkedIn, on February 18, 2026. In the video he shows his laminated certificate from LinkedIn Marketing Labs, with his name, the certificate number and its verification link, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter matched the certificate number on LinkedIn's own verification page, which lists him as the student with a completion date of February 18, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. His marketing plan clearly works.

Zoilo Adalia was 11 years old on October 6, 2015, when the free online learning platform Alison awarded a certificate for its course Understanding the Ebola Virus and How You Can Avoid It. In a phone screen recording, Zoilo opens the certificate with that name and award date, then follows its verification link to Alison's own learner verification page, which confirms the course, the completion date and a 95% score on the final assessment. Zoilo's stated date of birth, September 4, 2004, puts the age that day at 11 years and one month. At an age when most kids are dodging homework, Zoilo passed a course on dodging Ebola.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he finished Building AI-Powered Search with MongoDB Vector Search, a free MongoDB University course that ends with a short skill check, on February 23, 2026. In the video he shows the printed MongoDB proof of completion in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, along with its MongoDB Skill badge for Vector Search Fundamentals, and says he is the youngest MongoDB certified. RecordSetter opened the Credly link printed on the certificate, which shows MongoDB issuing the badge to him on February 23, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers MongoDB course certificates, which are separate from MongoDB's exam-based certifications. Vector search, mastered at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when IBM issued him its Big Data Foundations Level 1 badge on March 26, 2026, for completing Big Data 101, a free beginner course on IBM's Cognitive Class learning site. In the video he shows the printed IBM certificate in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, with the issue date, the badge and a Credly verification link, and says he is the youngest IBM Level 1 certified in the whole world. RecordSetter opened the Credly link printed on the certificate, which shows IBM issuing the badge to him, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers IBM course certificates and badges, which are separate from IBM's exam-based professional certifications. Big data, decoded at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when SAP Learning issued him a course completion badge for Getting Started with SAP Emarsys, a free beginner course on running marketing campaigns with SAP's customer engagement software, on March 8, 2026. In the video he shows the printed certificate in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet, with the issue date, the badge and a verification link, and says he is the youngest SAP certified in the whole world. RecordSetter opened that link on SAP's own badge page, which shows the badge issued to him on March 8, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Campaign launched at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when the International Free Evangelical Bible School, a tuition-free online Bible school based in the Netherlands, awarded him its Diploma of Biblical Studies on August 8, 2026. In the video he shows the printed diploma with his name, the school and the award date, then leafs through the five course certificates that led to it, in Bible study and tools, introduction to the Bible, Old Testament, New Testament and Christian theology, each earned by passing the school's exam. RecordSetter read the diploma and certificates in the footage, checked the school's diploma requirements on its own website, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Five exams stood between him and the diploma, and he passed every one.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he completed Social Media Marketing, one of the free online business courses in the HP Foundation's HP LIFE program, on January 18, 2026. In the video he shows his laminated HP LIFE certificate of completion in his name and says he is the youngest person to be certified by HP LIFE. RecordSetter matched the certificate's serial number on HP LIFE's own certificate page, which shows his name, the course and the date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. The likes can follow.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he completed an Amazon Web Services training course on responding to a ransomware attack in the cloud, AWS Security Incident Response - Ransomware Use Case, on February 17, 2026. In the video he introduces himself and shows the AWS Training & Certification completion certificate in his name, in a clear plastic sleeve on the carpet. RecordSetter read the name, course and completion date on the certificate in the footage and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers AWS course certificates, which are separate from AWS's exam-based certifications. Ransomware, consider yourself warned.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he passed the final test of "International trade in fisheries and aquaculture products", a free online course from the FAO elearning Academy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on March 18, 2026. In the video he shows the printed certificate in his name, with its date, verification link and QR code, and says he is the youngest person certified by the FAO Academy. RecordSetter entered the certificate's code on the FAO elearning Academy's own verification page, which lists it as valid in his name and issued March 18, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Global fish trade policy, conquered at 16.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he completed two free Anthropic Academy courses on working with Claude, "Introduction to agent skills" and "Introduction to subagents", on March 22, 2026. In the video he leafs through three printed Anthropic certificates of completion in clear plastic sleeves and says he is the youngest person certified by Anthropic. RecordSetter scanned the QR codes on two of the certificates, which open Anthropic Academy's own verification pages showing his name and a completion date of March 22, 2026, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied; the record covers course certificates, which are separate from Anthropic's exam-based certifications. Agent skills, unlocked at 16.

Abhishant Kumar received 208 certificates in a quarter.

Doug McManaman balanced 14 world record certificates and the RecordSetter Book of World Records on top of a pole on his chin for 21.00 seconds while kneeling.