Even your best effort would be put to shame by the burp that shook the world! The loudest burp ever recorded was a truly extraordinary feat, and one that came as a bit of a shock to the person responsible.

Everyone's let one loose a few times, shaking the walls of their childhood classroom and creating a tidal wave of raucous laughter.

There are few things funnier than a rambunctious rift.

But one particular burp truly rocked the world in an unbelievable way.

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So, who can boast about letting out the mother of all burps? We take a look at the world record holder for the largest belch ever recorded and measured – and yes, that's a thing!

On the 29th of July 2021, Neville Sharp made history. Sounding out at a whopping 112.4 decibels, Sharp's burp has been confirmed by Guinness World Records as the loudest burp in the history of mankind. Louder than an electric drill, or even a trombone, the world's loudest burp can, without a shadow of a doubt, be put on the list of humanities greatest achievements.

The world record attempt was completed in Darwin, the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory. Breaking a previous record that had stood for more than a decade, Sharp's burp was the culmination of years of training from his older sister Sandie, who got him belching like a champ since age six.

Speaking to Guinness World Records, Neville explained that the primary reason he went for the record is so that he could describe himself as a world record holder. His second reason for the attempt was everything to do with national rivalry.

"My reason for attempting to break this record was to be a world record," Neville Sharp quipped. "The secondary reason was because the world record has been held by an Englishman for over 10 years."

It's now time to move a bit further forward in time, to earlier this year when Kimberly "Kimycola" Winter made history for the loudest burp ever recorded from a woman. At an insane 107.3 decibels, Guinness World Records eagerly handed Winter her world record for the loudest female burp, and even published a pretty hilarious video to go along with it.

Kimberly prepares a little differently for her magnificent murmurs, explaining that she simply takes a deep breath in and tries to manipulate it into something that is "monstrous and magical". As a result, it is quite clear that she uses the standard burp-on-command method that we describe below.

"I prepared for the world record attempt by simply just taking notes, eating different combinations, drinking different drinks, just seeing what was going to make me burp the loudest," she explained. "And then simply I used that same trick on the radio to break the record."

In 2023, Kimberly Winter ate a big breakfast and gathered in the iHeartRadio station, where she broke the record live on-air on the Elliot in the Morning show. At 107.3 decibels, she broke a record that stood for more than 14 years.

It's finally time to get to the really important stuff. Do you want to be able to chortle like a champion? Are you keen to burp louder than your friend Frank? With a few simple and easy steps, you'll be belching with more gusto than anyone you've ever witnessed before. How? Let's take a look.

Here's our nine-step guide to burping extra loud!

Step 1: Breathe in as much air as you can, holding as much of that air inside the chamber of your mouth as you can.

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Step 2: Close your mouth and hold the air inside instead of exhaling – don't breathe through your nose!

Step 3: Swallow the air that's in your mouth as if you were swallowing water.

Step 4: Repeat these steps a few times, until your stomach feels as full as after a good Sunday roast.

Step 5: Once you've finished eating air, stand up and stretch out, allowing the gas and air you have swallowed to settle at the top of your stomach.

Step 6: Give yourself a nice little jiggle. Flail around, dance, run on the spot for a bit – the important thing is to get some movement in, to build up more gas.

Step 7: It's time to release, start by arching your back backwards and pointing your mouth up to the sky like you're about to try to hit one of Beyoncé's high notes.

Step 8: Release the air, push with your stomach and diaphragm, and try your best not to throw up!

Step 9: Enjoy the thunderous sound that will inevitably follow.

So, folks, there you have it! Burping loud is an extraordinary and remarkably useful skill to have. Who knows, with enough practice, you might one day challenge the world's loudest burper!