Hobbies Tier List
Twelve hobbies, ranked on cost, enjoyment, social potential or skill growth. No two people will produce the same board, and that is the point: a hobby list is a portrait of how you want to spend a free Saturday, not a ranking of quality. All twelve entries begin in Unranked, so the ordering is entirely yours: drag or tap into S–F, rename the rows, share the link or export a PNG.
Reading
Gaming
Cycling
Photography
Cooking
Gardening
Drawing
Hiking
Dancing
Chess
Music Practice
Writing0 of 12 items ranked.
Board saved automatically in this browser. Original.
How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.
What's included in this Hobbies board
The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.
How to rank this Hobbies board
Rank enjoyment first, and be specific about the kind — absorbing, social, or restorative. Then weigh cost, including the honest version: not just money, but setup time and the friction of getting started each session. Social potential is the third pass, and it changes with life stage more than any other criterion. Skill growth is the last axis, and worth its own row because a hobby with a visible progression curve keeps people longer than one that plateaus. If you are choosing a new hobby rather than ranking existing ones, weight the friction criterion heavily: the hobby you can start in five minutes is the one you will still be doing in three months.
Using the board without over-thinking it
Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.
Ranking criteria used here
- cost
- enjoyment
- social potential
- skill growth
Before you share it
Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.
All 12 items in this template
Back to the boardReadingGamingCyclingPhotographyCookingGardeningDrawingHikingDancingChessMusic PracticeWritingHobbies tier list FAQ
Should expensive hobbies rank lower?
Only if cost matters to you. Plenty of hobbies are expensive and worth it, which is why the criterion needs to be named before the ordering means anything.
How do I compare hobbies I do casually and seriously?
Split them, or add a commitment row. The same hobby at two hours a week and twenty hours a week is effectively two different activities.
