【Purpose/significance】 Serious leisure is a form of leisure that emphasizes fun and education. Few existing studies have

paid attention to users' information behavior in the context of serious leisure. This paper provides reference for subsequent research on serious leisure information behavior by sorting out the basic theories of serious leisure information behavior, to reveal the types and in⁃formation behavior characteristics of serious leisure, analyses the reasons behind the effectiveness of the results, and propose future perspectives for subsequent research on serious leisure information behavior.【Method/process】 A meta-synthesis analysis method was used to critically assess and make explanatory generalizations about the literature related to serious leisure information behavior col⁃lected from domestic and international publications between 1982 and 2021.【

Result/conclusion】 The study found that serious leisure involves intensive information activities in which persistence, entertainment, sociality and diversity are characteristics that differ from everyday information behaviour. The outcome efficacy of serious leisure activities is expressed in both positive and negative terms. Fu⁃ture research can delve into four aspects: the evolutionary path of information behaviour of serious leisure users, the variability of infor⁃mation behaviour, the role of mediation and the influence of online communities.【Innovation/limitation】 This paper has a unique per⁃spective on the research object and explores in depth the information types and characteristics of this group of serious leisure people,which complements and improves the research framework of information behavior. However, it is only analyzed from three perspec⁃tives: type characteristics, outcome effectiveness and future perspectives, and lacks statistical quantitative research, which can be fur⁃

ther supplemented in the future.