Hobbies with a social aspect?

Volunteering.......there are dozens of opportunities involving all age groups and it always makes you feel better to help someone less fortunate.

Yay! I also volunteer

Hiking is great. And so is boardgames. My bf and I are huge on playing boardgames at one of the many boardgames afternoons/evenings in and around where we live.

I figure skate. I always have but it's a great place to meet friends. most of my friends are people I've met skating. Plus!!!!! It's exercise.

Not sure where you live but you may want to see if you have a social sports club in your city/state. I joined Social Boston Sports in my early 20's and it was the best thing I ever did - played kickball, *kitten* (bar league), and dodgeball (when I had never played before!). That led to a LOT more dodgeball (with my new friends), and even a reffing job. They also had themed parties and organized ski trips and whitewater rafting trips. About 80% of the friends I have today were made from getting involved with Social Boston Sports - I highly recommend joining, if you happen to have a social sport club in your area!! And not for nothing, and definitely not the point of a sport club, but I met my husband on one of their whitewater rafting trips

I golf, fish, BBQ, camp, into all sports, and I'm somewhat of an artist (paint & draw). I'm not shy at all, so I've never had any trouble meeting new people. Guess that's why I'm in sales. My son has been in scouts for 8 years also. So we stay busy with that as well.

Hi Jeebieheebies,
When I went to college, I had such an anxiety about doing well that I did not get involved much socially either. Of course, for those of faith, the local student chapter of my faith was the option I took. But, after I graduated I developed a circle of friends when I joined a local gym. From there I developed an interest in dancing that started in the gym with Jazzercise. Today, the big interest is in Zumba. Local recreation centers offer these types of activities in many towns for a cheaper fee. And, many companies in which I worked also offered gyms and exercise classes, tennis or soccer clubs which naturally support the growth of work relationships.
In the dance world, in most major cities, you can find swing dance clubs, square dance groups, country/western dance groups, push dance groups, ballroom dance groups, folk dance and contra dance groups. For example, I dance in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, but after attending workshops in other cities and connecting with people in other cities who, in return, attend workshops in DFW, I have created an entire statewide network of people who love the dancing I enjoy.
The quality of people is such that I can call a member from my list and ask if there is floor space for me to attend a workshop, and most will say yes. Or, the groups have registrar members that can connect me with someone that can provide a bed, or a couch. Most dance workshops bring in teachers who teach most of the day, and break for meals, to return for a party in the evening. I belong to a folk dance group in Texas that facilitates a three-day workshop during the Thanksgiving holiday. As many as 250 people gather from all corners of the world to learn the ethnic cultural dances of a country, to eat the food of that culture, learn three or four songs in the language of that culture and some traditions of that culture, e.g., wedding traditions. The evening parties are for socially doing the dances learned earlier that day or the day before. it is a multi-generational experience. Most of these dance groups have Facebook profiles; this adds another dimension of social connection. http://www.nttds.org/ http://tifd.org/texas-camp/ http://www.dsds.org/

The country/western group I once belonged to went weekly to a given C&W bar and danced together as a group, so we knew the people we were with and this added a second layer of safety for singles. Most dancers in bars know that dancers gather near the dance floor; one can observe a pitcher of water on their table rather than a pitcher of beer. Many church groups will go on Sunday eve's to the classes that are being offered so they learn the moves together and then stay a while to practice after the class. This also adds a second layer of safety for singles. It was from this circle of friends that I went camping, hiked, sailed together, went fishing together and made for much support. http://www.dfwcountrydancelessons.com/
There are in many states groups called Society for Creative Anachronism. They are an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating pre-17th-century European history. It is all encompassing from the dress, to weaponry, to speech, to social morays to dancing, etc. http://www.sca.org
Similar to this are the Civil War re-enactment groups to be found across the country.

There are canoeing clubs that go on trips during holidays and teach classes before the trips. Most major cities provide groups like this, too. I took a three-day canoe trip into Big Ben I will never forget during the Thanksgiving holiday. From this group, there were members of the Dallas Gem and Mineral Society that also took trips. http://www.down-river.com/
Good luck with finding what interests you the most in the part of the country in which you thrive.

Roller derby. Horseback riding at good barn is usually a nice social experience.

I'm not great at making new friends so I found going to the same exercise class a week helped. Pole class really helped as everyone sucked the same when starting so you all have that in common and help each other!

RPG is great fun. Try finding a knit and knatter group, there are more and more young people learning and it's cheap as chips!