Do you have any popular hobbies? When I meet someone new, one of the first questions I ask is “Whats your favorite hobby?” Most shrug and aren’t to sure they even have a hobby. They quickly divert the question back to me where I rattle off a list of the hobbies I enjoy. However, if most people took the time to think about it they would realize they have several hobbies; most of which are located on our 50 Most Popular Hobbies list.
50 Popular Hobbies
- Reading
- Watching TV
- Family Time
- Going to Movies
- Fishing
- Computer
- Gardening
- Renting Movies
- Walking
- Exercise
- Listening to Music
- Entertaining
- Hunting
- Team Sports
- Shopping
- Traveling
- Sleeping
- Socializing
- Sewing
- Golf
- Church Activities
- Relaxing
- Playing Music
- Housework
- Crafts
- Watching Sports
- Bicycling
- Playing Cards
- Hiking
- Cooking
- Eating Out
- Dating Online
- Swimming
- Camping
- Skiing
- Working on Cars
- Writing
- Boating
- Motorcycling
- Animal Care
- Bowling
- Painting
- Running
- Dancing
- Horseback Riding
- Tennis
- Theater
- Billiards
- Beach
- Volunteer Work
So there we have it! The 50 most popular hobbies. How many hobbies do you have?
Unfortunately for all of us hobbies take time. The majority of Americans spend 50 hours at work slaving for a paycheck. That only leaves about 20 hours a week for a hobby or in most of our cases a list of hobbies. With only 20 hours its best to choose popular hobbies you can do in parallel.
For instance you could pack up the family and take them camping. At the campsite you could swim, fish, read ghost stories, go hunting for dinner (since you didn’t catch any fish), cook up your fresh squirrel, and take a quick hike before it gets to dark. Around the campfire you could play some music and get some much needed sleep. If I counted correctly you’d have done 20% of the 50 most popular hobbies all in one weekend!
Of course there are many other hobbies which are considered to be a little bit more extreme, such as online gambling at spinpalace.co.uk, bungee jumping, or sky diving. These often cause a major adrenaline rush which generally puts them in the extreme hobbies category. They are still popular choices, especially for vacations.
these are tooooooooo boring!!!!!!
I agree!!
i love daning
And i like trains
voooooom
I like trains more
There should be interesting ones like cars and laser pointers
I’m interested in 13 major “hobby groups”,that is, what are most important to myself. Sports is a hobby group. Badminton is just a sub-hobby in that group. I have also some minor hobbies and several interests which I don’t recognise as my hobbies yet such as religion. I cannot count how many subhobbies I have now if eg. I have to divide toys into Lego, action figures, model cars, teddy bears, etc.
Are most people interested in everything in a hobby group, eg. dainties or only interested in a hobby category eg. ice-cream?
So a more accurate way of counting a person’s number of hobbies would be his number of sub-hobbies in every hobby group.
no, it’s entertainig!
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every one should have one hobby, so that wen ever they want to to kill time it a great thing to back upon instead of keeping your mind empty….everyone should have one hobby:)
Well not everyone realizes thier hobbies and so they visit this website to be able to pin piont the hobbies they have.
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that childish u kid
I have several hobbies. I like to crochet, reading, computer and camping.
playing chess..
chess freinds
I sometime envy all of this. If i want to pick up something(like I would love to build one of those wood models of buildings you guys get there) I can’t because it’s unavailable here. I could go visit friends but the public transport sucks big time(I’ll probably have to climb onto some guys face if I take a bus, then there’s the robbers, who shoot first steal later). I could buy something online, but I don’t have a credit card and even if i did not all products are available for shipping and even if they are the excise duty makes them way too expensive. Also I don’t have a job cuz the only ones i can get(with my current lvl of education, which is 10+2, I’ll graduate in another few months) will pay not more than 100$ even after working everyday for 13 hours straight. So at the end of the day all I can do is sit on the computer while banging my head against a wall. Btw I’m from India. Can any of you guys get one of those build yourself architecture models if you’re ever coming down here?
Interesting list; of the 50 activities listed, I found only a handful I would actually classify as hobbies. The rest are pastimes, sports, or other forms of avocation. A hobby is much more than merely what one does away from work: it is an activity in which one participates for personal growth as well as pleasure. One learns from a hobby, whether it’s a skill like needlepoint, macrame or building ships in a bottle, or an in-depth knowledge, such as one acquires as a collector, gardener or gourmet cook. There is also a creative aspect, as in amateur astronomy or photography where one becomes adept at the using the tools of the trade, so to speak.
You really need to re-examine your list. Many activities that should be on it are missing and the overwhelming majority of the activities shown are not hobbies at all.
My hobby is reading online about popular hobbies. I do it everyday.
Iknow right me too but i do it like a pattern. One day yes one day no and so on and so on but sometimes i skip xD
Music is one of the most popular hobbies and social networking. Im sure there are more but they are not on the list!
This doesn’t help me I need a hobby for summer so I don’t get bored nothing here to help ****************
Sleeping is not a hobby!
Slving a rubiks cube
Thats lame
what are job opptunity in india…..can get a respectable pay?????
plz answer to my query….
the hobbies are vary from one person to another and the region one from.but i agree with your top 50 choices.
I didn’t think sleeping was a hobby. If it is that is my favorite one. I need a real hobby that will hold my interest. I was looking for some suggestions. I like to step. That is dancing. I would like an intellectual hobby. Anyone have any good suggestions?
karate!!!!! it is epic! it is lot better than fricking dancing
I have several hobbies. All quite creative. I like to read, write, draw, take photo’s and perform in the community theater
nice
So you nice hobby i am impress
I like gardening.It’s cheap n fasinating!
I came to this site as a general reference to spark more ideas, not necesarily for my own hobby but to find alike pastimes my husband and I may share!
i love travelling from one place to anothere
same here
dancing makes our body fit and strong
doing ketche (felt) is my hobby. you can create beautiful things with ketche, like bags, vests, ipad covers etc.
I like TELEVISION A.K.A PONIE SHOWS ADVENTURE TIME AND MUCH MUCH MUCH MORE
Whichever your hobby, you can use Odysen to add a little focus and share it with others in your network.
Playing Pool is one of my favorite hobbies
Karaoke is also so much fun to go out and
be with friends and act like a rock star haaa
I’m very surprised, no one likes sword collecting?!
Why aren’t video games, board games, cartoons, comics, action figures, teddy bears and Lego in the list?
I LOVE FISHING!!!
Since when is sleeping a hobby! Are there any sleeping clubs I can join? Or a class I can take to improve my performance and skill at it? A lot of things on this list are dubious as actual hobbies i.e. sitting in front of a TV
Where is Photography and Gaming?? Computer is on here, but I think Gaming should be a stand alone. And Photography not on the list??? Come on!
Photography is the best.. traveling and reading are good too..
What about stamp and coin collecting, metal detecting, rock/fossil collecting??
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Tsk! I agree these are sooo boring! How about asking questions, is THAT a hobby? With the way people are going I would not be surprised if it was. Sheesh!
I love to travel but as a single mom I couldn’t afford it and living where I am I wouldn’t trust many locals to travel with me or their broad. I don’t care if it is on scooter, boat, train, car, hot air balloon, rickshaw, just let me see the world! I love trains the most! I would love to do oral storytelling even though I am equally good at writing but I would rather write true and factual things, never was about creative writing but I love Lord of the Rings movies (not the book), etc.
Most people like bowling, swimming, reading, or socializing like me but get unique! For the love of God! Whoever said karaoke, is my new bestest friend! lol I have never tried ziplining but I want to try! I have been horseback riding and canoeing in a foreign country and LOVE IT! Hey trying to do some things to make some money too, so what’s with all of this?
You forgot genealogy. A LOT of $$ is spend each year by ppl looking up their family history. Just a few years ago, the #1 hobby was gardening and the #2 was genealogy. I don’t consider watching movies a hobby. It what lot of ppl do that do not have hobbies. Walking isn’t so much a hobby as a form of exercise and keeping healthy.
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nice info , i like dancing
why not video game, cartoon in list?