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Social Media Holidays Calendar
Are you looking for a complete social media holidays calendar?
These are all of the holidays to keep in mind this year as you are planning your content. Sharing content on your blog or social media channels for these holidays is a great way to boost your traffic and engagement.
Below, you’ll find actual official holidays, as well as some of the more “fun” social media-oriented holidays (like National Ice Cream Day for example!)
I’ve also included relevant hashtags for each of these holidays.
Here’s a look at all the social media holidays this year, broken down by month.
January
- January: Financial Wellness Month #FinancialWellnessMonth
- January 1: New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
- January 4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
- January 13: National Sticker Day #NationalTriviaDay
- January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
- January 17: Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay
- January 19: National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay
- January 20: Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
- January 24: National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
- January 31: Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay
February
- February: Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
- February 2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
- February 12: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
- February 13: Galentine’s Day #GalentinesDay
- February 14: Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
- February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
- February 19: Presidents’ Day #PresidentsDay
- February 20: Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
March
- March: Women’s History Month #WomensHistoryMonth
- March 1: National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
- March 3: World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
- March 8: International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
- March 14: Pi Day #PiDay
- March 17: St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
- March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
- March 20: First Day of Spring #FirstDayOfSpring
- March 21: World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
- March 23: Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
- March 25: International Waffle Day #InternationalWaffleDay
- March 31: Easter #Easter
April
- April: Move More Month #MoveMoreMonth
- April 1: April Fools Day #AprilFools
- April 3: Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
- April 5: Walk to Work Day #WalktoWorkDay
- April 7: World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
- April 10: Siblings’ Day #NationalSiblingsDay
- April 11: National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
- April 21: World Creativity and Innovation Day #IAmCreative
- April 22: Earth Day #EarthDay
- April 23: World Book Day #WorldBookDay
- April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
- April 29: World Wish Day #WishDay #WorldWishDay
- April 30: International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May
- May: Mental Health Awareness Month #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
- May: Asian Heritage Month #AsianHeritageMonth
- May 1: May Day #MayDay
- May 1: International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
- May 4: Star Wars Day #Maythe4thBeWithYou
- May 5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
- May 5: World Laughter Day #WorldLaughterDay
- May 6: No Diet Day #NoDietDay
- May 12: Mother’s Day #MothersDay
- May 15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
- May 17: National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
- May 18: International Museum Day #International Museum Day
- May 25: National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
- May 27: Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
- May 28: Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
June
- June: Pride Month #PrideMonth
- June 1: World Children’s Day #WorldChildrensDay
- June 2: National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
- June 3: World Bicycle Day #WorldBicycleDay
- June 5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
- June 7: National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay
- June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
- June 8: National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
- June 14: World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
- June 16: Father’s Day #FathersDay
- June 20: First Day of Summer #FirstDayofSummer
- June 21: International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
- June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
- June 21: National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
July
- July 1: International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
- July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day #PlasticBagFreeDay
- July 4: Independence Day #IndependenceDay
- July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
- July 15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
- July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
- July 21: National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
- July 30: International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August
- August: National Wellness Month #NationalWellnessMonth
- August 1: World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
- 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 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 20: National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
- August 26: National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
September
- September 2: Labor Day #LaborDay
- September 4: National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
- September 5: International Day of Charity #CharityDay
- 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 Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
- September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
- September 21: International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
- September 22: Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
- September 22: Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
- September 22: First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
- September 27: World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
- September 28: National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
- September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
- October: National Bullying Awareness Month #NationalBullyingAwarenessMonth
- October 1: International Coffee Day #CoffeeDay #InternationalCoffeeDay
- October 1: World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
- 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 10: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
- October 11: International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
- October 14: National Dessert Day #DessertDay
- October 31: Halloween #Halloween
November
- November: National Novel Writing Month #NaNoWriMo
- November: Men’s Health Awareness Month #Movember
- November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
- November 4: National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
- November 11: Veteran’s Day #VeteransDay
- November 13: World Kindness Day #WKD
- November 15: America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
- November 16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
- November 19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
- November 19: National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
- November 28: Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
- November 29: Black Friday #BlackFriday
- November 30: Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
December
- December: National Learn a Foreign Language Month #ForeignLanguageMonth
- December 2: Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
- December 4: National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
- December 10: International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
- December 10: International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay
- 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 25: Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah
- December 31: New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve
Social Media Holidays List
These are all of the social media holidays you can use in your content this year!
As you can see, there are tons of fun social media holidays out there, and utilizing these holidays in your content (whether blog or social media) is a great way to increase your traffic and engagement.
For more content ideas, check out the following lists:
- 365 Blog Post Ideas: One Year of Blog Content
- 1,000 Blog Post Ideas Your Readers Will Love
- 100 Attention-Grabbing Blog Post Titles
- How to Find Blog Post Ideas: 7 Simple Ways
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