Acrobatics | Acting |
Animals (e.g. Fostering) | Animation |
Aquariums | Archery |
Architecture | Astronomy |
Baking | Beekeeping |
Birdwatching | Board Games |
Bonsai | Botany |
Bowling | Boxing |
Calligraphy | Camping |
Canoeing | Chalk Art |
Cheesemaking | Chess |
Citizen Science | Coin Collecting |
Collecting | Comedy |
Comic Books | Computing & Coding |
Confectionery | Cooking |
Cosplay | Crafts |
Creative Writing | Cultural Activities |
Cycling | DIY Cosmetics |
DIY Fashion | Dance |
Darts | Design |
Digital Art | Do It Yourself (DIY) |
Drawing | Electronics |
Embroidery | Environment (e.g. Beach Cleanups) |
Fandom | Farming (Hobby Farm) |
Fashion Design | Festivals |
Filmmaking | Fishing |
Fitness | Floral Design |
Flying | Game Mods |
Gardening | Go |
Hiking | Home Improvement |
Horseback Riding | Improv |
Inline Skating | Journaling |
Juggling | Karaoke |
Kayaking | Kite Flying |
Knitting | Knowledge Games |
Languages | Learning |
Magic | Maker Culture |
Makeup | Martial Arts |
Media Production | Metal Detecting |
Metalworking | Model Building |
Motor Sports | Mountain Biking |
Music | Nail Art |
Origami | Paintball |
Painting | Photography |
Podcasting | Pool |
Pottery | Puzzles |
Quilting | Reading |
Remote Control Vehicles | Reuse & Repair |
Robotics | Rock Climbing |
Roller Skating | Running |
Sailing & Boating | Scouting |
Scrapbooking | Scuba Diving |
Sculpting | Sewing |
Singing | Skating |
Skiing & Snowboarding | Skydiving |
Slow Culture | Snowshoeing |
Sports | Stamp Collecting |
Street Art | Street Fashion |
Subculture | Surfing & Bodyboarding |
Swimming | Tactical Urbanism |
Tennis | Trainspotting |
Travel | Vegetable Gardening |
Video Games | Video Production |
Weightlifting | Woodworking |
Word Games | Yoga |
Creative & Cultural
Hobbies that involve creative expression and/or cultural participation.
Physical Activity
Hobbies that involve movement, exercise and physical abilities such as balance.
Nature & Outdoors
Hobbies that involve animals, natural environments or exploring the outdoors.
Games
Games and video games can be viewed as a hobby where they are difficult to master such that there is much to learn.
Learning & Knowledge
Learning about some area in a serious way but on a nonprofessional basis.
Collecting
Collecting things and learning about them in the process. Many of these are long established hobbies with specific names. For example, coin collecting is known as numismatics and book collecting is bibliophilia.
Notes
The word hobby extends from the 16th century English "hobyn" meaning a small horse or pony. These were a common leisure activity at the time.Historically, hobbies were viewed as childish, trivial or as a form of vanity. This has changed as the amount of free time available to people has increased due to shorter working hours and modern conveniences. For example, universities may consider hobbies in admissions and hobbies can be a factor in professional success. Hobbies may indicate valuable character traits. For example, a job candidate who has sailed across oceans on a small sailboat may have greater levels of personal resilience and self-direction than a job candidate who spends their leisure time watching television or following celebrities on social media.| Overview: Hobbies | ||
Type | ||
Definition (1) | Serious leisure. | |
Definition (2) | Ongoing leisure activities that build talent. | |
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