How do you make friends?

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I'm a 16yo girl and a junior in high school who is not very good with people, especially people my age. Interacting with peers is quit scary. I also have obscure interests making it hard to talk to others. How do you guys make friends?

If there is a group of peers who invite you to be your friend, or show interest in listening to you, I'd take the opportunity to talk to them; that's how I met my friends.

Joining clubs of things I'm interested in has earned me a few really good friends.

It just sort of happens when people realize they have similar views and interests in life. There is no special formula. For you now seeing people daily at school is where little conversations will add up. I was also a silent kid in high school. I've done a little better as I got older. But what do you have to loose? Right now people know noting about you. You are the "quiet kid" to them. So regardless you already have a personality to them. If you see somebody who looks like they have similar interests you can walk up to them and mention that. For example they like an author or TV show you also like.

You think that you are the only one with the problems you have too maybe. If you talk to other people you will also find they probably are stressed about the same things you are. I gurentee the most popular person at you school is not worried about something like that too. You can also bound over that worry. I know that sounds weird but for example you do a project together to present in class. You produce a play.

I speak as a guy but as that teenage girl cliques seemed worse to me. So like anytime and place and life there might be people who don't like you. But I'm sure you have an interest in something somebody else has. Just find those people and "shake off the haters" as the rappers say.