This Man Took The Biggest Selfie In The World

A little over a year ago, Ellen de Generes shared what was to become the most retweeted ever selfie on Twitter. It was during the Oscars and, before that, no-one thought a selfie could make history.

And this gave ideas to a few. Tom Bittman, founder of WoS (Wall of Selfies) – a new app entirely dedicated to selfies – decided to take it a step further and make the world biggest selfie.

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In fact there already was a world record and it was detained by Microsoft and Coca-cola (1,151 people int the pic). But this young French man (he is only 16) managed to put his name with brio in the Guiness book: his selfie counted 2,530 people in the background!

Tom Bittman, the kid behind @wallofselfies, took the world’s largest selfie with 2,530 people.

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To succeed in his record attempt, Tom Bittman was helped by a local electro music festival. The organisers allowed him to climb on stage to take his selfie with the crowd. On the technical side, Tom used a fish-eye and a 3.5m long selfie stick to put his iPhone at the necessary distance to grab everyone in the frame.

A 3.5m long selfie stick and 2,530 people. This is what it took for the world’s largest selfie.

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Tom Bittman is not unknown in the world of selfie as he recently launched WoS: Wall of Selfies, an app that allows people to categorised selfies throughout the world. His app is already a success in the US, India and Brazil and Tom does not hide that his Guiness record was a stunt to try and attract more investors.

Still, congratulations Tom. Until someone else takes a selfie with 2,531 people of course.