The article presents the main results of an empirical study of the acquisition of social status by a person in a small group in the field of leisure. The social status of the individual is an essential component of the social life of every person. As its primary function should be noted the ordering, design, regulation, and behavior of groups and their members. Social status is a component that simultaneously affects the individual and which in some way depends on the individual. It was found that the social status of the individual is a structural and multi-component phenomenon. The components of the social status of the individual in the field of leisure included high group cohesion, positive social judgments, the tendency to affiliation. The selected components relate to the psychological dimensions of social conditions and group processes. Personal characteristics are less important in the context of leisure. The factors of acquisition of social status by a person in a small group in leisure are clarified: acceptance of others, the psychological climate of the team, the orientation of the individual to the actual period of life, social approval, and lack of normative behavior.