Social media holidays are a great tool to add variety and relevance to your content strategy. To make your planning process simple, we’ve compiled a full calendar of social holidays organized by month. Pick the ones that align with your brand voice, map out your content, and have fun with it!
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January
January 1. New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
January 2. Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
January 2. World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay
January 3. International Mind-Body Wellness Day #MindBodyWellnessDay
January 4. National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 8. World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay
January 11. Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
January 14. World Logic Day #WorldLogicDay
January 15. National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 16. International Hot and Spicy Food Day #InternationalHotandSpicyFoodDay
January 16. Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 17. Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay
January 19. National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay
January 20. Blue Monday #BlueMonday
January 20. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
January 20. Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
January 21. National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
January 24. International Education Day #InternationalDayofEducation
January 25. Opposite Day #OppositeDay
January 27. Community Manager Appreciation Day #CommunityManagerAppreciationDay
January 28. Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
January 28. International Lego Day #LegoDay
January 29. Chinese New Year #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear
January 31. Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay
February
Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
February 2. World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
February 4. World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 7. National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
February 9. Super Bowl LVI #SBLV #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
February 9. National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11. Safer Internet Day #SaferInternetDay
February 11. Inventors Day #InventorsDay
February 11. International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInScience
February 13. World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 13. Galentine’s Day #Galentines
February 14. Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 16. World Whale Day #WorldWhaleDay
February 17. Presidents’ Day #PresidentsDay
February 17. Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 20. Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
February 21. International Mother Language Day #IMLD
February 22. World Thinking Day #WorldThinkingDay
February 28. National Skip the Straw Day #SkiptheStrawDay
March
Women’s History Month #WomensHistoryMonth
March 1. World Compliment Day #WorldComplimentDay
March 1. Brit Awards #BRITs March 3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 7. National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
March 7. National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
March 8. International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
March 9. Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
March 10. International Day of Awesomeness #IDOA #DayOfAwesomeness
March 13. Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay March 14. Pi Day #PiDay
March 14. World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 17. St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
March 18. Global Recycling Day #GlobalRecyclingDay
March 20. International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 20. World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
March 20. First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
March 21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
March 22. World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 22. Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
March 23. National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 25. International Waffle Day #InternationalWaffleDay
March 31. World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
April
April 1. April Fools Day #AprilFools
April 2. World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
April 3. Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
April 3. World Party Day #WorldPartyDay
April 4. Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
April 4. Walk to Work Day #WalktoWorkDay
April 6. National Carbonara Day #NationalCarbonaraDay
April 7. World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
April 10. Siblings’ Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
April 20. Easter #Easter
April 20. National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
April 21. World Creativity and Innovation Day #WCIW #WCID #IAmCreative
April 22. Earth Day #EarthDay
April 23. World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 28. National Superhero Day #SuperheroDay #NationalSuperheroDay
April 29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 29. World Wish Day #WishDay #WorldWishDay
April 30. National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30. International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May
Mental Health Awareness Month #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
May 1. May Day #MayDay
May 1. International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
May 1. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 4. Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4. World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay
May 5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 6. No Diet Day #NoDietDay
May 9. Europe Day #EuropeDay
May 9. Lost Sock Memorial Day #LostSockMemorialDay
May 11. Mother’s Day #MothersDay
May 12. International Nurses Day #InternationalNursesDay
May 15. International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16. National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
May 18. International Museum Day #International Museum Day
May 25. National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
May 26. Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
May 27. Sunscreen Day #NationalSunscreenDay
May 28. Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
June
June 1. International Children’s Day #WorldChildrensDay
June 1. Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 2. National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
June 3. World Bicycle Day #WorldBicycleDay
June 5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6. National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 6. National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
June 8. World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8. National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 14. World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
June 15. Father’s Day #FathersDay
June 21. First Day of Summer #FirstDayofSummer
June 21. International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 21. National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21. World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 21. National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 30. Social Media Day #SMDay
July
July 1. International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
July 2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4. Independence Day (United States) #IndependenceDay
July 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 11. Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
July 14. Bastille Day – National Day in France #BastilleDay
July 15. Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18. World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay
July 18. Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
July 20. National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
July 24. Tell an Old Joke Day #TellAnOldJokeDay
July 30. International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August
August 1. World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
August 1. Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
August 2. National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
August 8. International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9. National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
August 10. National Lazy Day #LazyDay
August 11. National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
August 12. International Youth Day #YouthDay
August 12. World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
August 13. International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
August 14. National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay
August 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
August 16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
August 19. World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 19. World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
August 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
August 26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
August 26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September
September 1. World Letter Writing Day #WorldLetterWritingDay
September 1. Labor Day #LaborDay
September 5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay
September 5. National Lazy Mom’s Day #NationalLazyMomsDay
September 6. Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
September 8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 11. National Day of Service and Remembrance #PatriotDay
September 12. National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 18. International Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
September 21. International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
September 22. Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
September 22. First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
September 27. World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
September 30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
Global Diversity Awareness Month #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth
October 1. International Coffee Day #CoffeeDay #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1. World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 2. International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
October 3. National Techies Day #TechiesDay
October 4. National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 4. World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
October 4. World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 5. World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 8. World Octopus Day #WorldOctopusDay
October 9. World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
October 10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 14. National Dessert Day #DessertDay
October 15. Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 16. Bosses Day #BossesDay
October 16. World Food Day #FoodDay
October 20. Deepavali/Diwali #Deepavali #Diwali
October 24. United Nations Day #UNDay
October 25. Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31. Halloween #Halloween
November
Men’s Health Awareness Month – Movember #Movember
November 1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1. National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1. National Cook for Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
November 4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 8. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
November 13. World Kindness Day #WKD
November 15. America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
November 16. International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
November 17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
November 19. International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
November 19. National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 20. Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
November 21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 27. Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
November 28. Black Friday #BlackFriday
November 28. National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
November 29. Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
November 30. Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
December
December 1. Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
December 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
December 4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
December 5. World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
December 5. International Ninja Day #InternationalNinjaDay
December 8. Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
December 10. International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
December 10. International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay
December 10. Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
December 11. International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 14. Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah #Chanukah
December 21. First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
December 23. Festivus #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances
December 24. Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas
December 25. Christmas Day #Christmas #MerryChristmas
December 31. New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve
December 31. No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
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