Hobbies

Tabletop games have entertained young and old alike for centuries. The term encompasses a variety of games, such as board games, card games, miniature war games, dice games, and tile-based games. The global tabletop games market could surpass four billion U.S. dollars by 2031, increasing more than 60 percent within ten years.

In 2022, the market size of the plant and flower growing sector in the United States was expected to exhibit a slight annual decline after a two-year growth of more than 14 percent. This market was worth almost 17.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. That was about three times the market size of the musical instrument and supply store sector in the North American country, which, in contrast, experienced the negative impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

The Yamaha Corporation is one of the leaders in the global music industry market. In 2022, the Japanese conglomerate generated around 2.3 billion U.S. dollars from the sales of musical instruments, which in turn accounted for nearly 70 percent of its total revenue. Yamaha is also an audio equipment manufacturer, and a record producer, besides being involved in non-music-related business.

Around one-quarter of U.S. Americans were engaged in traditional hobbies like gardening and plants, arts and crafts, or board and card games in 2022. In the United Kingdom, the participation in the last two types of activities was similar, though the interest in gardening only reached 10 percent of respondents. Meanwhile, people in Japan do not seem to be as much into those leisure activities.