List of hobbies

This is a partial list of hobbies. A hobby is an activity, interest, enthusiasm, or amateur pastime that people do for pleasure or relaxation. It is usually done during one's leisure time. This list includes only recognized hobbies that have been the subject of published discussions or which have organized membership associations.

Indoors

An example of an amateur radio station with four transceivers, amplifiers, and a computer for logging and for digital modes. On the wall are examples of various awards, certificates, and a reception report card (QSL card) from a foreign amateur station.

A vintage scrapbook

• Amateur radio
• Audiophilia
• Aquarium keeping
• Baking
• Baton twirling
• Bonsai
• Computer programming
• Cooking
• Creative writing
• Dance
• Drawing
• Basketball
• Genealogy
• Home automation
• Jewelry making
• Knapping
• Lapidary
• Locksport
• Musical instruments
• Painting
• Knitting
• Scrapbooking
• Sculpting
• Sewing
• Singing
• Watching movies
• Watching television
• Woodworking

Outdoors

• Air sports
• Board sports
• Cycling
• Freerunning
• Jogging
• Kayaking
• Motor sports
• Mountain biking
• Machining
• Parkour
• Playing with a pet
• Photography
• Rock climbing
• Running
• Sailing
• Sand castle building
• Sculling or Rowing
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Tai chi chuan
• Vehicle restoration
• Water sports
• Yoga

Collection hobbies

Indoors

• Antiquing
• Art collecting
• Coin collecting
• Element collecting
• Stamp collecting
• Vintage books
• Vintage car
• Vintage clothing
• Record collecting
• Card collecting

Outdoors

• Antiquities
• Auto audiophilia
• Fossil hunting
• Insect collecting
• Leaf collecting and pressing
• Metal detecting
• Mineral collecting
• Petal collecting and pressing
• Rock collecting
• Seaglass collecting
• Seashell collecting

Competition hobbies

Indoors

• Bowling
• Boxing
• Chess
• Cheerleading
• Cubing
• Bridge
• Billiards
• Darts
• Fencing
• Gaming
• Handball
• Martial arts
• Table football

Outdoors

• Airsoft
• American football
• Archery
• Association football
• Auto racing
• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Climbing
• Cricket
• Cycling
• Disc golf
• Equestrianism
• Figure skating
• Fishing
• Footbag
• Golfing
• Gymnastics
• Ice hockey
• Kart racing
• Netball
• Paintball
• Planking
• Racquetball
• Rugby league football
• Running
• Shooting
• Squash
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Observation hobbies

Indoors

• Audiophilia
• Microscopy
• Reading
• Shortwave listening

Outdoors

• Amateur astronomy
• Amateur geology
• Bird watching
• College football
• Geocaching
• Meteorology
• Parkour
• People watching
• Travel