Hobbies are great projects to take up when you're bored. They are fun, interesting ways to burn our extra time.

Learning a new hobby is also a great way to keep yourself busy and your mind occupied. Unfortunately, some of us don't discover our hobby naturally on our own. Maybe you need just a little push in the right direction! List of Hobbies

Here is a GIANT list of hobbies that I've compiled from around the web that you can use to get ​ started and get busy.

This list of hobbies will include everything from indoor and outdoor hobbies. Weird hobbies. Fun hobbies. Productive hobbies. And every other hobby that you can think of from around the globe!

If I've missed one, please feel free to contact me or comment below! ​ ​

List of Sport Hobbies and Competitive Interests Airsoft American football Archery Australian Football Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Bicycling Billiards Body Building Bowling Boxing Cheerleading Chess Tournaments Cooking Competitions Color Guard Cricket Curling Cycling Dancing Darts Debate Disc Golf Dodgeball Dog Sport Falconry Fantasy Football Fencing Field hockey Figure skating Fish Tournaments Fishing Flag Football Floorball Golfing Handball Horseback riding Hot Air Ballooning Ice Hockey Ice Skating Lacrosse Marksmanship Paintball Racquetball Roller Derby Roller Skating Rugby Running Sailing Skateboarding Skeet Shooting Skiing Snowboarding Soccer Speed skating Surfing Swimming Table Tennis (pingpong) Tennis Ultimate Disc Volleyball Wrestling

List of Outdoor Hobbies

Air Sports Aircraft Spotting Astrology Astronomy Backpacking Base Jumping Baton Twirling Beach/Sun Tanning Beachcombing Beekeeping Bell Ringing Belly Dancing Bicycle Polo Bird watching BMX Boating Bonsai Tree Building A House For Habitat For Humanity Bus Spotting Butterfly Watching Camping Canoeing Cave Diving Climbing Cloud Watching Driving Dumpster Diving Equestrianism - Horseback Riding Fishing Fishkeeping Flower arranging Flower collecting and pressing Flying Flying Drones Flying Discs Foraging Fossil hunting Four Wheeling Frisbee Golf – Frolf Gardening Geocaching Hiking/Backpacking Hunting Inline skating Jogging Judo Jump Roping Kayaking Kite Boarding Kite Flying Kite Surfing Knapping Knife making Knife Throwing Lawn Darts Metal detecting Mountain biking Mountain Climbing Mountaineering Motorsports Motorcycles Parachuting Paragliding or Power Paragliding Pinochle Polo Rafting Railfans (trainspotting) Rappelling Rock Balancing Rock climbing Rockets Sand art Sand Castles Scouting Scuba diving Sculling or Rowing Sculpting Shark Fishing Shooting sport Skimboarding Skydiving Slacklining Slingshots Snorkeling Spelunking Squash Stone Skipping Storm Chasing Surf Fishing Survival Tour Skating Weather Watcher Windsurfing Wingsuit Flying Ziplining Boomerangs Hang gliding Gun Shooting

Card Games to Play Android:Netrunner Apples to Apples Asshole B/RTR Spades Bang! Bidwhist Blackjack Bluff Bridge Bohnanza Boss Monster Canasta Cardfight!!Vanguard CardsAgainstHumanity Cassino Citadels Contract Coup Crazy Eights Cribbage Dominion Double Solitaire Dutch Blitz Egyptian Ratscrew Euchre Exploding Kittens Family Business Famous Fight the Landlord Fluxx Gin Rummy Gods' Gambit GoFish Golf Guillotine Hanabi Hearts Hearthstone Jaipur Kings in the Corner Legendary: Marvel Legendary Encounters:Alien Ligretto LoveLetter LuckandLogic MageRage Magic:The Gathering Memory Game MilleBornes Monopoly Deal MONSTER REJECTS -The Monsters That Nobody Loves Munchkin Nerts Old Maid Phase Pinochle PokémonTradingCardGame Poker President (card game) Presidential Poker Race for the Galaxy Ratuki ROOK Rummy Scrabble Slam Screw The Dealer SentinelsoftheMultiverse Skat Skip Boo Solitaire Speed Spit Splendor Spoons Star Realms Sushi Go The Code Card Game Twenty-two UNO Up and Down the River War Werewolf Whist Wonders You're So Bad! Card Game Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game

Collecting Antiques Artwork Books Buttons Cards Coins Comic Books Deltiology (postcard collecting) Diecast Cars Elements Guns Hats Insects Metals Movie Memorabilia Music Albums Records Sea glass Seashells Sports Cards (Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey) Stamps Stones Swords Tools Toys Trains Video Games Minerals

Racing

Running Races Adventure running Cross country running Fell running Marathon running Road running Track running Trail running Tower running

Orienteering Races Orienteering sports combine navigation with a specific method of travel. Reference: Wikipedia ​ Foot Mountain Bike Ski Trail Radio Canoe Mounted Rogaining SportLabyrinth Mountain Marathon Car

Racewalking Swimming Races

Cycling Races Bicycle: Track cycling Road bicycle racing Mountain biking BMX (Bicycle Motocross)

Skiing Races Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing

Skating Races Kicksled Speed skating Roller skiing

List of Animal Races

Ostrich racing Bull racing (or Buffalo racing) Buffalo racing in Kerala Bull racing in Madura Camel racing Greyhound racing Sled dog racing, such as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Horse-racing, see also United Kingdom horse-racing and Equestrianism Chariot racing Flat racing Thoroughbred horse races, such as Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing or a Derby. Trotting Steeplechase Kambala Karapan sapi Lobster Racing Pigeon racing Pig racing Ostrich racing Snail racing Skijoring Turtle Racing Zebra Racing

List of Motorsport Racing

Air racing All-terrain vehicle

Auto Races Board track racing Drag racing Dirt track racing Ice racing Open wheel racing Formula racing Midget car racing Sprint car racing Offroad racing Pickup truck racing Production car racing Rally racing Rallycross Road racing Sports car racing Stock car racing Touring car racing Truck racing

Kart racing Lawnmower racing

Motorcycle Races Grand Prix motorcycle racing Pocketbike racing Production Bike Racing Superbike racing Track racing Flat Track Speedway Grasstrack (aka Long Track) Motocross Supercross Beachcross Supermoto (aka Supermotard)

Snowmobile racing

Watercraft Canoe racing Canoe orienteering Drag boat racing Dragon boat racing Hydroplane racing Jet sprint boat racing Offshore powerboat racing Outrigger Canoe racing Rowing Sailing Yacht racing

Model Races Drone racing Radio-controlled model racing Slot car racing

Other Types of Races Some races involve multiple modes of transport:

Adventure racing Kinetic sculpture racing Surf lifesaving

List of Fun & Useful Things to Learn Many of the things on this list of fun things to learn comes from Evencool.com. See the complete article here for even more great information. ​ ​ Learn to Crochet Bartending Home Decorating Learn to Juggle Learn to Play Craps Learn to Spin a Pencil Learn to Chant Learn to Change a Car Battery Learn to Speak A Foreign Language Learn to Play Slot Machines Learn to JamSkate Learn Fly Tying Learn to Make Money Online Learn to Dance Bachata Learn to Massage Learn to Disco Learn to BreakDance Learn to Knit Learn How to Make a Power Tool Drag Racer Learn BMX Bike Tricks How to Find Clothing Bargains Learn to Talk Like a Pirate Learn to Speed Read Learn to Speak in Public Learn how to Invest Money

Build Models Scale model building Live steam models Matchstick models Military models Model aircraft Model cars Model commercial vehicles Model construction vehicles Building models Architectural models Model figures Model military vehicles Rail transport modelling Model rockets Model ships Freelance model Cardboard engineering Firearm models (See Airsoft guns) Gundam Models

Self Defense and Martial Arts Hobbies Aikido Boxing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Capoeira Eskrima, Arnis & Kali Hapkido Jeet Kune Do Judo Jiu-Jitsu Karate Kendo Kenpo Kickboxing Krav Maga Kung Fu Military Martial Arts Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Muay Thai Ninjutsu Sambo Taekwondo Tai Chi Tang Soo Do Wing Chun Wrestling

Writing Hobbies Music Creative Songs Poetry Novels Articles E-Books Children's Books Letters

Arts & Crafts

Acting Airbrushing Blacksmithing Book Restoration BookBinding Building Dollhouses Cabaret Calligraphy Candle making Cartooning Ceramics Coloring Crocheting Cross-Stitch Digital Arts Digital Photography Drawing Embroidery Fashion Felting Glassblowing Graffiti Gunsmithing Handwriting Analysis Illusion Impersonations Jewelry making Knitting Knotting Lacemaking Lapidary LARPing Letterboxing Macramé Nail Art Needlepoint Origami Painting Papermache Papermaking Photography Pole Dancing Pottery Puppetry Quilting Scrap-booking Sewing Singing Sketching Soapmaking Storytelling String Figures Tatting Taxidermy Textiles Topiary Whittling

Animal Hobbies Animal Fancy Aquarium (Freshwater & Saltwater) Freshwater Aquariums Rescuing Abused Or Abandoned Animals Whale Watching

Indoor Hobbies and Games

Action Figures Amateur Radio Antiquing Antiquities Conworlding Cosplaying Crossword puzzles Cryptography Dolls Dominoes Electronics History Home Theater Inventing Jigsaw puzzles Juggling Laser Tag League of Legends Lego building Lockpicking Machining Magic Magic the Gathering: Card Game Mahjong Marbles Meditation Metalworking Meteorology Gymnastics Hula Hooping Poker Puzzles R/C Boats R/C Cars R/C Helicopters R/C Planes Reading Books Reading to Children Reading to the Elderly Robotics Roleplaying Shortwave listening Speedcubing (Rubik's cube) Stand-up Comedy Sudoku Table football Tesla Coils Tetris Tutoring Children TV watching Video Games Warhammer Watching movies Watching sporting events Wood carving Woodworking Worldbuilding Janggi (Korean Chess) Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Chesee Music, Dance and Instruments

Types of Dances Acro dance Bagpipes Banjo Bass drum Bassoon Beatboxing (wikipedia link) Bell Belly dance Bernie dance Bollywood dance Breakdancing Calypso Cheer dance Compas dance Double bass Fire dance Flamenco Flying Men Dance Foxtrot Glockenspiel Gongs Greek Classical Guitar Hip Hop Kizomba Line Dance Linya vrak dance Modern Imaginative Native American Quickstep Soca dance Tango Viennese Waltz Waltz Zumba

Instruments Reference: Article on types of instruments ​

Bagpipes Banjo Bass drum Bassoon Bell Bongo Castanets Cello Clarinet Clavichord Conga drum Contrabassoon Cornet Cymbals Double bass Dulcian Dynamophone Flute Flutophone Glockenspiel Gongs Guitar Harmonica Harp Harpsichord Lute Mandolin Maracas Metallophone Musical box Oboe Ondes-Martenot Piano Recorder Saxophone Shawm Snare drum Steel drum Tambourine Theremin Triangle Trombone Trumpet Tuba Ukulele Viola Violin Xylophone Zither

Music Genres

Credit: This list of music genres comes from MusicGenreList ​

● Alternative ■ Art Punk ■ Alternative Rock ■ College Rock ■ Crossover Thrash (thx Kevin G) ■ Crust Punk (thx Haug) ■ Experimental Rock ■ Folk Punk ■ Goth / Gothic Rock ■ Grunge ■ Hardcore Punk ■ Hard Rock ■ Indie Rock ■ Lo-fi (hat tip to Ben Vee Bedlamite) ■ New Wave ■ Progressive Rock ■ Punk ■ Shoegaze (with thx to Jackie Herrera) ■ Steampunk (with thx to Christopher Schaeffer) ● Anime ● Blues ■ Acoustic Blues ■ Chicago Blues ■ Classic Blues ■ Contemporary Blues ■ Country Blues ■ Delta Blues ■ Electric Blues ■ Ragtime Blues (cheers GFS) ● Children’s Music ■ Lullabies ■ Sing-Along ■ Stories ● Classical ■ Avant-Garde ■ Baroque ■ Chamber Music ■ Chant ■ Choral ■ Classical Crossover ■ Contemporary Classical (thx Julien Palliere) ​ ■ Early Music ■ Expressionist (thx Mr. Palliere) ■ High Classical ■ Impressionist ■ Medieval ■ Minimalism ■ Modern Composition ■ Opera ■ Orchestral ■ Renaissance ■ Romantic (early period) ■ Romantic (later period) ■ Wedding Music ● Comedy ■ Novelty ■ Standup Comedy ■ Vaudeville (cheers Ben Vee Bedlamite) ● Commercial (thank you Sheldon Reynolds) ■ Jingles ■ TV Themes ● Country ■ Alternative Country ■ Americana ■ Bluegrass ■ Contemporary Bluegrass ■ Contemporary Country ■ Country Gospel ■ Country Pop (thanks Sarah Johnson) ■ Honky Tonk ■ Outlaw Country ■ Traditional Bluegrass ■ Traditional Country ■ Urban Cowboy ● Dance (EDM – Electronic Dance Music – see Electronic below – with thx to Eric ​ Shaffer-Whiting & Drew :-)) ■ Club / Club Dance (thx Luke Allfree) ■ Breakcore ■ Breakbeat / Breakstep ■ Brostep (cheers Tom Berckley) ■ Chillstep (thx Matt) ■ Deep House (cheers Venus Pang) ■ Dubstep ■ Electro House (thx Luke Allfree) ■ Electroswing ■ Exercise ■ Future Garage (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Garage ■ Glitch Hop (cheers Tom Berckley) ■ Glitch Pop (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Grime (thx Ran’dom Haug / Matthew H) ■ Hardcore ■ Hard Dance ■ Hi-NRG / Eurodance ■ Horrorcore (thx Matt) ■ House ■ Jackin House (with thx to Jermaine Benjamin Dale Bruce) ■ Jungle / Drum’n’bass ■ Liquid Dub(thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Regstep (thanks to ‘Melia G) ■ Speedcore (cheers Matt) ■ Techno ■ Trance ■ Trap (thx Luke Allfree) ● Disney ● Easy Listening ■ Bop ■ Lounge ■ Swing ● Electronic ■ 2-Step (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ 8bit – aka 8-bit, Bitpop and Chiptune – (thx Marcel Borchert) ​ ​ ■ Ambient ■ Bassline (thx Leon Oliver) ■ Chillwave(thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Chiptune (kudos to Dominik Landahl) ■ Crunk (with thx to Jillian Edwards) ■ Downtempo ■ Drum & Bass (thx Luke Allfree) ■ Electro ■ Electro-swing (thank you Daniel Forthofer) ■ Electronica ■ Electronic Rock ■ Hardstyle (kudos to Dominik Landahl) ■ IDM/Experimental ■ Industrial ■ Trip Hop (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya) ● Enka ● French Pop ● German Folk ● German Pop ● Fitness & Workout ● Hip-Hop/Rap ■ Alternative Rap ■ Bounce ■ Dirty South ■ East Coast Rap ■ Gangsta Rap ■ Hardcore Rap ■ Hip-Hop ■ Latin Rap ■ Old School Rap ■ Rap ■ Turntablism (thank you Luke Allfree) ■ Underground Rap ■ West Coast Rap ● Holiday ■ Chanukah ■ Christmas ■ Christmas: Children’s ■ Christmas: Classic ■ Christmas: Classical ■ Christmas: Comedy ■ Christmas: Jazz ■ Christmas: Modern ■ Christmas: Pop ■ Christmas: R&B ■ Christmas: Religious ■ Christmas: Rock ■ Easter ■ Halloween ■ Holiday: Other ■ Thanksgiving ● Indie Pop ● Industrial ● Inspirational – Christian & Gospel ■ CCM ■ Christian Metal ■ Christian Pop ■ Christian Rap ■ Christian Rock ■ Classic Christian ■ Contemporary Gospel ■ Gospel ■ Christian & Gospel ■ Praise & Worship ■ Qawwali (with thx to Jillian Edwards) ■ Southern Gospel ■ Traditional Gospel ● Instrumental ■ March (Marching Band) ● J-Pop ■ J-Rock ■ J-Synth ■ J-Ska ■ J-Punk ● Jazz ■ Acid Jazz (with thx to Hunter Nelson) ■ Avant-Garde Jazz ■ Bebop (thx Mwinogo1) ■ Big Band ■ Blue Note (with thx to Jillian Edwards) ■ Contemporary Jazz ■ Cool ■ Crossover Jazz ■ Dixieland ■ Ethio-jazz (with thx to Jillian Edwards) ■ Fusion ■ Gypsy Jazz (kudos to Mike Tait Tafoya) ■ Hard Bop ■ Latin Jazz ■ Mainstream Jazz ■ Ragtime ■ Smooth Jazz ■ Trad Jazz ● K-Pop ● Karaoke ● Kayokyoku ● Latin ■ Alternativo & Rock Latino ■ Argentine tango (gracias P. Moth & Sandra Sanders) ■ Baladas y Boleros ■ Bossa Nova (with thx to Marcos José Sant’Anna Magalhães & Alex Ede for the reclassification) ■ Brazilian ■ Contemporary Latin ■ Cumbia (gracias Richard Kemp) ■ Flamenco / Spanish Flamenco (thank you Michael Tait Tafoya & Sandra Sanders) ■ Latin Jazz ■ Nuevo Flamenco (and again Michael Tafoya) ■ Pop Latino ■ Portuguese fado (and again Sandra Sanders) ■ Raíces ■ Reggaeton y Hip-Hop ■ Regional Mexicano ■ Salsa y Tropical ● New Age ■ Environmental ■ Healing ■ Meditation ■ Nature ■ Relaxation ■ Travel ● Opera ● Pop ■ Adult Contemporary ■ Britpop ■ Bubblegum Pop (thx Haug & John Maher) ■ Chamber Pop (thx Haug) ■ Dance Pop ■ Dream Pop (thx Haug) ■ Electro Pop (thx Haug) ■ Orchestral Pop (thx Haug) ■ Pop/Rock ■ Pop Punk (thx Makenzie) ■ Power Pop (thx Haug) ■ Soft Rock ■ Synthpop (thx Haug) ■ Teen Pop ● R&B/Soul ■ Contemporary R&B ■ Disco (not a top level genre Sheldon Reynolds!) ■ Doo Wop ■ Funk ■ Modern Soul (Cheers Nik) ■ Motown ■ Neo-Soul ■ Northern Soul (Cheers Nik & John Maher) ■ Psychedelic Soul (thank you John Maher) ■ Quiet Storm ■ Soul ■ Soul Blues (Cheers Nik) ■ Southern Soul (Cheers Nik) ● Reggae ■ 2-Tone (thx GFS) ■ Dancehall ■ Dub ■ Roots Reggae ■ Ska ● Rock ■ Acid Rock (with thanks to Alex Antonio) ■ Adult-Oriented Rock (thanks to John Maher) ■ Afro Punk ■ Adult Alternative ■ Alternative Rock (thx Caleb Browning) ■ American Trad Rock ■ Anatolian Rock ■ Arena Rock ■ Art Rock ■ Blues-Rock ■ British Invasion ■ Cock Rock ■ Death Metal / Black Metal ■ Doom Metal (thx Kevin G) ■ Glam Rock ■ Gothic Metal (fits here Sam DeRenzis – thx) ■ Grindcore ■ Hair Metal ■ Hard Rock ■ Math Metal (cheers Kevin) ■ Math Rock (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Metal ■ Metal Core (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Noise Rock (genre – Japanoise – thx Dominik Landahl) ■ Jam Bands ■ Post Punk (thx Ben Vee Bedlamite) ■ Prog-Rock/Art Rock ■ Progressive Metal (thx Ran’dom Haug) ■ Psychedelic ■ Rock & Roll ■ Rockabilly (it’s here Mark Murdock!) ​ ■ Roots Rock ■ Singer/Songwriter ■ Southern Rock ■ Spazzcore (thx Haug) ■ Stoner Metal (duuuude) ■ Surf ■ Technical Death Metal (cheers Pierre) ■ Tex-Mex ■ Time Lord Rock (Trock) ~ (thanks to ‘Melia G) ■ Trash Metal (thanks to Pierre A) ● Singer/Songwriter ■ Alternative Folk ■ Contemporary Folk ■ Contemporary Singer/Songwriter ■ Indie Folk (with thanks to Andrew Barrett) ■ Folk-Rock ■ Love Song (Chanson – merci Marcel Borchert) ​ ​ ■ New Acoustic ■ Traditional Folk ● Soundtrack ■ Foreign Cinema ■ Movie Soundtrack (thanks Julien) ■ Musicals ■ Original Score ■ Soundtrack ■ TV Soundtrack ● Spoken Word ● Tex-Mex / Tejano (with thx to Israel Lopez) ​ ■ Chicano ■ Classic ■ Conjunto ■ Conjunto Progressive ■ New Mex ■ Tex-Mex ● Vocal ■ A cappella (with kudos to Sheldon Reynolds) ■ Barbershop (with thx to Kelly Chism) ■ Doo-wop (with thx to Bradley Thompson) ■ Gregorian Chant (hat tip to Deborah Knight-Nikifortchuk) ■ Standards ■ Traditional Pop ■ Vocal Jazz ■ Vocal Pop ● World ■ Africa ■ Afro-Beat ■ Afro-Pop ■ Asia ■ Australia ■ Cajun ■ Calypso (thx Gerald John) ■ Caribbean ■ Carnatic (Karnataka Sanghetha – thx Abhijith) ■ Celtic ■ Celtic Folk ■ Contemporary Celtic ■ Coupé-décalé (thx Samy) – Congo ■ Dangdut (thank you Achmad Ivanny) ■ Drinking Songs ■ Drone (with thx to Robert Conrod) ■ Europe ■ France ■ Hawaii ■ Hindustani (thank you Abhijith) ■ Indian Ghazal (thank you Gitika Thakur) ■ Indian Pop ■ Japan ■ Japanese Pop ■ Klezmer ■ Mbalax (thank you Samy) – Senegal ■ Middle East ■ North America ■ Ode (thank you Sheldon Reynolds) ■ Piphat (cheers Samy B) – Thailand ■ Polka ■ Soca (thx Gerald John) ■ South Africa ■ South America ■ Traditional Celtic ■ Worldbeat ■ Zydeco

Food & Drink Hobbies Baking Brewing Beer Bring Food To The Disabled Cake Decorating Coffee roasting Cooking Home Brewing htm Kitchen Chemistry Kombucha Brewing Poi Teach Cooking Lessons Winemaking Working In A Food Pantry

List of Unique and Other Popular Hobbies Church Going / Faith Cigar Smoking / Pipe Smoking Computer programming Couponing Dowsing Exercise Fire Poi Gambling Genealogy Ghost hunting Glowsticking Gnoming Gongoozling Gyotaku Jet Engines Microscopy Parkour People watching Powerbocking Protesting Pyrotechnics Renaissance Faire Shopping Socializing Traveling Treasure Hunting Urban exploration Vehicle restoration Videophilia Vintage cars Volunteering