Interesting Conversation Topics
Here are some popular conversation topics along with questions that you can use to start chatting with another person.
Work/School
- As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- What is your favorite class in school?
- Do you do any extracurricular activities at school?
- What do you like best about your job?
- What do you like least about your job?
- If you could change something about your job to make it better, what would it be?
- Describe your dream job.
Hobbies/Sports
- Do you play any sports?
- What is your favorite sports team?
- What do you like to do in your spare time?
Entertainment
- What kind of music do you listen to?
- What is a movie you like that most other people don't seem to like?
- What is your favorite TV show of all time?
- What was your favorite children's book?
News/Weather
- What do you think about this crazy weather we're having?
- Did you hear about the [News Event]?
- Where do you get your news from?
- What is your favorite season and why?
Food/Drink
- What is your drink of choice?
- What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
- What do you usually eat for breakfast?
- Do you like to cook?
- What weird food combinations do you like?
- Would you eat in a restaurant by yourself?
- Would you eat at a restaurant if there was really great food but horrible service?
- Would you eat at a restaurant if there was really horrible service but great food?
Travel/Vacation
- If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
- Where was the last place you traveled to?
- Tell me what your dream vacation would be.
- What is your ideal vacation length?
- Do you like to plan out your vacations or are you more spontaneous?
Dreams/Hypotheticals
- If you had just won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
- If you knew that you only had a year left to live, what would you do?
- If you could choose to have any useless super power, what would you pick?
- What is something you have never done but would like to do?
- If you had three wishes, what would they be?
- If you had the chance to start any business, what would it be?
- Would you rather go a week without your phone or a week without your toothbrush?
- If you could send a message to the whole world, what would it be?
- If you had to pick a new name for yourself, what name would you pick?
- If you were invisible for a day, what would you do?
Personal/Relationships
- What is more important to you, friends or family?
- What is one weird thing about you?
- Why did your parents give you the name ______?
- How have you changed in the past year?
- What is something you would like to become better at?
- Describe your perfect man/woman.
- Do you believe in soul mates?
- What is your favorite thing to do with your friends?
Fun
- What was the last thing that you took a picture of?
- What type of phone do you have?
- What do you want written on your tombstone when you die?
- What's the longest you've gone without showering?
- What is something that started out poorly for you but ended up being really good?
- What is something you thought would be really great but ended up being really bad?
- What's the longest that you've ever slept for?
