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Instead of sending you nowhere, here's a hub of good places to land instead: the directory, the trending list, twenty-three curated categories and ten themed shortlists.
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Latest from BoredomBash
Start with the newest posts, games, viral stories and entertainment from the directory. Twenty-three categories of things to do when bored.
Open the directory → CategoriesBrowse all 23 categories
The full BoredomBash neighbourhood in one place. Useless websites, free online games, weird internet, hidden gems, fact engines, brain teasers and more.
See every category → Hot this weekTrending right now
The destinations the directory is sending the most clicks to over the last seven days. Refreshes daily.
See trending → Editor picksEditor Top Picks
Hand-picked best-of-the-directory across every category. The shortlist if you only have ten minutes to be bored.
See top picks →Browse by topic
Themed shortlists
Useless Websites
Hand-picked useless websites that do nothing useful — and absolutely commit to the bit.
LandingThings To Do When Bored
The master list. Games, generators, hidden gems, virtual escapes — sorted by mood and effort level.
LandingFree Online Games
Browser games you can open in a tab and close in a tab. No installs, no signups, no app store.
LandingFunny Websites
Genuinely funny sites — satire, webcomics, weird single-joke pages. The Onion, xkcd, ClickHole and the rest.
LandingCool Websites
Sites that make you say "how did they make this" within ten seconds. Generative art, scrolly pages, optical tricks.
LandingInteresting Websites
Long-form rabbit holes, archives, data essays, encyclopaedias. The reason the open web still matters.
LandingFun Websites
The crowd-pleasers. Quick, light, easy on the brain. Sites you'd send to a group chat without an explanation.
LandingWeird Websites
Strange-by-effect sites. Harmless WTF, no distressing material — just the kind of weird that earns the tab.
LandingPointless Websites
Sites built to do exactly one thing that serves no purpose. Eelslap, Pointer Pointer, the rest of the genre.
LandingLearn Something New
Free and freemium sites for actually learning something. Khan Academy, MIT OCW, Brilliant, Duolingo, the rest.
Every category
All 23 categories
Pick whichever sounds like the kind of bored you are right now.
Pointless Games
Free online games and browser-based time-killers.
02 · UselessUseless Websites
Hand-picked useless websites that do nothing useful.
03 · IllusionsOptical Illusions
Mind-bending visual tricks and brain teasers for the eyes.
04 · ParodiesFake Generators
Fake mugshots, fake tweets, fake everything — for jokes.
05 · Feel-goodFeel-Good Loops
Calming and relaxing websites for a soft moment.
06 · BrainBrain Teasers
Puzzles, logic games and brain training exercises.
07 · AIAI Image Generators
Text-to-image tools — Midjourney, DALL-E, Bing Image Creator, Stable Diffusion.
08 · RandomRandom Generators
Random word, name, place and idea generators.
09 · QuizzesQuick Quizzes
Online quizzes, trivia and personality tests.
10 · FactsFact Engines
Weird facts and "did you know" rabbit holes.
11 · WebcamsLive Webcams
Live webcams from around the world, in real time.
12 · AnimalsAnimal Cams
Live wildlife cameras and cute animal feeds.
13 · MusicMusic Tools
Music makers, beat tools and online instruments.
14 · DrawingDrawing Apps
Browser-based drawing tools and sketch toys.
15 · WordsWord Games
Vocabulary, word play and language puzzles.
16 · MapsMap Quizzes
Geography games, map quizzes and location guessers.
17 · TimeTime Wasters
Pure procrastination tools — proceed with caution.
18 · HiddenHidden Gems
Underrated weird sites you probably haven't seen.
19 · ClassicsInternet Classics
The web's old gods — sites that should not still exist.
20 · FunnyFunny Websites
Genuinely funny websites for when nothing else helps.
21 · LearnLearn Online
Free and freemium sites for actually learning something.
22 · WeirdWeird Websites
Strange-by-effect sites — harmless WTF, no distressing material.
23 · PainfulAnnoying On Purpose
Web pranks, broken-by-design UX and dark patterns. The "I'm here for the chaos" category.