what is the longest running soap opera

According to multiple sources, including Guinness World Records, the longest running soap opera is Coronation Street, which premiered in December 1960 and is still airing to this day, clocking up 61 years on British TV screens as of December 2021. It is followed by General Hospital, which is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after Guiding Light. Days of Our Lives is also one of the longest-running soap operas, having been on air for 56 years.