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.

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
• Basket weaving
• Bonsai
• Computer programming
• Cooking
• Creative writing
• Dance
• Drawing
• Embroidery
• Basketball
• Gardening
• Genealogy
• Jewelry making
• Knapping
• Lapidary
• Locksport
• Musical instruments
• Painting
• Punch needle rug making
• Knitting
• Reading
• Scrapbooking
• Sculpting
• Sewing
• Singing
• Watching movies
• Watching television
• Woodworking

Outdoor Hobbies

• Air sports
• Board sports
• Cycling
• Freerunning
• Hunting
• Hiking
• Jogging
• Kite flying
• Kayaking
• Motor sports
• Mountain biking
• Parkour
• Playing with a pet
• Photography
• Rock climbing
• Running
• Sailing
• Sand castle building
• Sculling or Rowing
• Skating
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Tai chi chuan
• Conservation and restoration of road vehicles
• Water sports
• Yoga

Collection hobbies

Indoors

• Antiquing
• Art collecting
• Coin collecting
• Element collecting
• Stamp collecting
• Vintage books
• Vintage clothing
• Record collecting
• Trading Cards 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

• Wrestling
• 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
• Foot-bag (also known as hacky sack)
• Golfing
• Gymnastics
• Ice hockey
• Kart racing
• Netball
• Paintball
• Racquetball
• Rugby league football
• Running
• Shooting
• Squash
• Surfing
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

Observation hobbies

Indoors

• Microscopy
• Reading
• Shortwave radios

Outdoors

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