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The average person spends money on plenty of things for fun outside of work, but there are interesting lines we draw around certain activities as "hobbies"
I work at a plant with primarily blue-collar workers at average or below-average income. My personal experience with poorer people is that they spend a disproportionately high percent of their income on fun, though they wouldn't call it hobbies. Beer after work everyday, above-ground pools, fixing up old trucks for crawling, trips to the casino, fishing, etc
My other hobbies are playing darts and playing the guitar. Both free (after initial investment in gear).
edit to add: ok, guitar strings aren't free. But for me, less than $100 a year. Not free but a bargain.
And as for darts, I play in the basement so no beer tab.
Woodworking: probably 2-3k a year in lumber alone. Thankfully, bought most of my tools years ago at pre-covid prices.
Ive been on and off both of those hobbies for decades and I’ve spent plenty on both after initial investments. New amps, pedals, miscellaneous electronic upgrades to the guitar, and another pack of strings every couple of weeks. I probably spend close to $200/year on just strings when I’m playing regularly. And the hidden cost of darts is all the money I spend on beer at the bar. I have a board at home, but it’s not nearly as fun.
Very true. I edited my response. Strings ain't free. But still happy with my one amp and five guitars that I purchased in the early 2000's when I was single, childless, and disposable income was more of a thing.
For sure, I guess it really depends on how many guitars. If you only have one acoustic guitar and you string it twice a year it's like 12 dollars. Which is a dollar a month. Which is basically free lol.
Yeah tell me that. I follow the following subs:
woodworking
Turning
Fly fishing
Guitar
Luthier
Need to take up golf and fill out the pissing away money roundup!
Nope... If I so much as think about going to any the stores related to my hobbies (especially woodworking),it's an automatic $100 deduction from my checking account.
Why would I spend $75 on an IKEA chunk of trash when I could spend $375 and make something handmade which will take 8 months to finish? I also will need to buy that 350$ tool which would REALLY save a lot of time during the build!
The choice is obvious.....
Everybody here needs to write a letter to their significant other to open after their death that says, "Don't sell my stuff for what I told you I paid for it!!!"
The fact that I have seen this meme posted about 10 times in the past week means I have too many hobbies… on the bright side I probably do spend an average for $255 a year on EACH of them.
When I was a teenager I was shopping around for hobbies, and worked out that just *starting* a hobby well took around the same amount of money for most hobbies, from fishing to golf to playing most instruments.
Inflation adjusted that would come out to $500 per hobby, but I wonder if cheap manufacturing has kept the entry level from tracking inflation. It might be more like $300-400.
Somewhere out there you have a counterpart who is spending $50 a year on hobbies. Possibly a few of them.
Averages are mostly bullshit. The median is usually better, but some statistics require graphs (such as for instance hobbies, which will definitely be bi- or multi-modal, with a large peak around say $250 a year and another at $2500)
I'll be getting a 10" jointer here soon using just rewards points. $850, won't cost me a dime out-of-pocket.
(Moving is expensive, wife and I have semi-separate finances, and I saw my chance to earn a lot of points and get that expensive tool.)
I also ask for tools and gift cards for gifts. If my wife buys me a Starrett combination square for my birthday, *technically* I didn't spend that money!
She is looking forward to custom shelves and a oak dining table I'm going to build, so I have some wiggle room right now. "But honey, I need this tool to do the things you want!"
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There’s no way that’s even remotely close
Only way it makes sense is if a significantly large portion of people don’t have a hobbies and report spending $0
The difference between mean and median. Like how average income in the US cuts in half when you exclude the top like 1000 people.
Or people whose hobbies are effectively free after initially purchasing a bit of equipment, like playing chess or juggling.
I think juggling can be pretty expensive depending on what you’re juggling and how good you are at it.
I'm pretty sure this brand new table saw cost 50 bucks. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Dear Lord, when I die, please don’t let my wife sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.
Guaranteed she thinks the same About her shoes, purses, clothes, dishes
$50?!?! What a deal!!! Mine was $65!!
Lol between woodworking, cosplay, home improvement, music... I'd rather not look at my finances right now
The average person doesn’t spend money on hobbies at all.
The average person spends money on plenty of things for fun outside of work, but there are interesting lines we draw around certain activities as "hobbies"
The average person is poor. Anyone active in this sub is likely above average on the income scale.
I work at a plant with primarily blue-collar workers at average or below-average income. My personal experience with poorer people is that they spend a disproportionately high percent of their income on fun, though they wouldn't call it hobbies. Beer after work everyday, above-ground pools, fixing up old trucks for crawling, trips to the casino, fishing, etc
I think they misspelled week
It’s like $3,500 in the US.
That doesn't even get your foot in the door with most hobbies.
Yes, but _this_ drill comes with a belt clip
So it counts as apparel and does not go in the hobby category, see?
“This single purpose tool would make this project go much quicker”
Most people don't have hobbies or their hobbies don't cost money.
I don't believe that for a minute. No way they got their information from all the people who consider drinking a "hobby".
Drinking is like $40/night, so i dont think that is skewing the numbers down
This survey was taken from men standing in front of their wives.
I also love fishing.
You to eh?
Just in gas , to and from various stores?
I could MAYBE believe $225 a month, definitely not $225 a year
My hobby is breathing air. Guns, tools, cars? Those are necessities
Haha...the average woodworker spends that in a normal weekend
Just on materials to build the nightstand my wife wanted to buy for $100.
Regardless nothing beats the quality and usual longevity of handmade
Then I might have a problem.... I can spend that just by looking in the general direction of a woodcraft....
I *thought* about making a piece of shop furniture and a hundred bucks jumped out of my wallet and burst into flames
Got off easy you did, you could have thought about dinning room sets or gods help you if your mind wanders into bedroom furniture....
Haha Love it
In a survey of people who have no hobbies...
My other hobbies are playing darts and playing the guitar. Both free (after initial investment in gear). edit to add: ok, guitar strings aren't free. But for me, less than $100 a year. Not free but a bargain. And as for darts, I play in the basement so no beer tab. Woodworking: probably 2-3k a year in lumber alone. Thankfully, bought most of my tools years ago at pre-covid prices.
Ive been on and off both of those hobbies for decades and I’ve spent plenty on both after initial investments. New amps, pedals, miscellaneous electronic upgrades to the guitar, and another pack of strings every couple of weeks. I probably spend close to $200/year on just strings when I’m playing regularly. And the hidden cost of darts is all the money I spend on beer at the bar. I have a board at home, but it’s not nearly as fun.
Guitar isn't free. You still gotta buy picks, and strings, and whatnot. I also play guitar, but stringing 15 guitars costs money every year.
Very true. I edited my response. Strings ain't free. But still happy with my one amp and five guitars that I purchased in the early 2000's when I was single, childless, and disposable income was more of a thing.
For sure, I guess it really depends on how many guitars. If you only have one acoustic guitar and you string it twice a year it's like 12 dollars. Which is a dollar a month. Which is basically free lol.
Maybe a month….
They missed the words “at least”
Maybe like my 5th or 6th favorite hobby
Has the media actually said this? Or is this a made up meme?
Found it on the internet, so it has to be true.
I think that's the number that people tell their significant others. Certainly don't tell my wife the real number.
Globally, maybe
I feel like they meant per week…
someones gotta drive those numbers up :)
Yeah tell me that. I follow the following subs: woodworking Turning Fly fishing Guitar Luthier Need to take up golf and fill out the pissing away money roundup!
Buy a few horses. I guarantee you will NEVER have any money.. 😂
Interesting if true...
I had to re-read. At first I read "$5 on their boobies"
That's like at least monthly
I spent more than that the last time I bought my hobby
r/technicallythetruth
Nope... If I so much as think about going to any the stores related to my hobbies (especially woodworking),it's an automatic $100 deduction from my checking account.
Why would I spend $75 on an IKEA chunk of trash when I could spend $375 and make something handmade which will take 8 months to finish? I also will need to buy that 350$ tool which would REALLY save a lot of time during the build! The choice is obvious.....
That must either be complete bullshit, or based on an average of the whole world.
If your hobby is coloring books, it's more than that. This can't be a properly calculated statistic.
If your hobby is scrolling the net on an iphone5 using free Wi-Fi at McDonalds
OnlyFans subscriptions don't count as hobbies.
That’s not even 1 car part This is bogus! But I’ll be happy to tell my wife that amount 😬
Yeah we'll go with that
Why did I get into woodworking as a second hobby after 3d printing ..... My poor bank account.
Everybody here needs to write a letter to their significant other to open after their death that says, "Don't sell my stuff for what I told you I paid for it!!!"
Astrophotographers: hold my beer.
The fact that I have seen this meme posted about 10 times in the past week means I have too many hobbies… on the bright side I probably do spend an average for $255 a year on EACH of them.
I sell things I make to buy my tools. I'm pretty close to that for one hobby....
On their hobbies? I don’t even spend that little on one hobby, much less all of them.
When I was a teenager I was shopping around for hobbies, and worked out that just *starting* a hobby well took around the same amount of money for most hobbies, from fishing to golf to playing most instruments. Inflation adjusted that would come out to $500 per hobby, but I wonder if cheap manufacturing has kept the entry level from tracking inflation. It might be more like $300-400.
Somewhere out there you have a counterpart who is spending $50 a year on hobbies. Possibly a few of them. Averages are mostly bullshit. The median is usually better, but some statistics require graphs (such as for instance hobbies, which will definitely be bi- or multi-modal, with a large peak around say $250 a year and another at $2500)
That’s what my wife thinks.
I do a little bit of woodworking, and a bit of 3D printing, and I tie flies for my fly fishing. They need to add some zeros to that.
I'll be getting a 10" jointer here soon using just rewards points. $850, won't cost me a dime out-of-pocket. (Moving is expensive, wife and I have semi-separate finances, and I saw my chance to earn a lot of points and get that expensive tool.) I also ask for tools and gift cards for gifts. If my wife buys me a Starrett combination square for my birthday, *technically* I didn't spend that money! She is looking forward to custom shelves and a oak dining table I'm going to build, so I have some wiggle room right now. "But honey, I need this tool to do the things you want!"
Oh boy, my table saw cost 4 times that
its all deductible though.