Regrettably, usually if you don’t want to GM, you have to already have friends who do. Especially with the big influx of D&D interest from Stranger Things, every GM I know is completely swamped with players and don’t have any room left at their tables.

If you’re trying to make new friends, especially in-person friends, GM-ing is your best bet. It’s easier than it sounds, I promise. Some ttrpgs are really hard to run, but if it’s too hard for you, you just haven’t found a good system yet. A great starting point is Lady Blackbird because it comes with the adventure, system and characters all-in-one so prep is super simple. If that still seems daunting, there are also a lot of fun one page adventures that are even easier to run, like Trash Pandas. If you feel weird about the “being in charge” part of GM-ing, there are some really good cooperative storytelling games you can play, like The Quiet Year — oftentimes, if you get a good group together to play games like this a few times, a D&D campaign will break out all on its own.