I was wondering if there’s a site or database that shows how common different hobbies are in each country—like reading books, playing board games, listening to music, cooking, etc.

Does such a ranking or survey exist?

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I think since hobbies are nebulous and hard to compare against each other, you would need to find a study specifically looking at that. Even then, you would only get information on the specific hobbies they looked at.

    Maybe you can try looking for data for specific hobbies instead of comparing them against each other? You can probably find rates of books, music, etc.

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      One of my hobbies is gunsmithing. If the category was “guns”, most of the people in there are not doing what I’m doing.

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        I don’t tell people I’m a gun guy. Either they yell at me over the gun or try to get me to join their militia.

        I just like 1911s and target shooting. I want to talk about springs not politics.

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            “If you need more than 7 rounds you either need to work on your aim or work on your attitude. You should not be fighting 20 people at once”

            1911 is a perfect gun. You can clean it with diesel and oil it with yak fat and it’ll run just like brand new. Large round that’s not overkill. Great for targets too if you tweak it right.

            Just a perfect gun. We could’ve stopped inventing after that. We nailed it lol