Do you have your social media holiday calendar planned?
As a business, you wouldn’t want to miss out on the enormous number of leads or engagements you can get on different holidays.
Now, multiple holidays are scattered over the calendar, giving you multiple chances to create stellar content, run contests, giveaways, and whatnot to interact with your audience.
Some holidays are officially recognized holidays by the government, while some are cooked up by savvy marketers and the whacky world of social media looking to create a buzz.
But which one is important for you? Obviously, not every holiday will work for you. You must find and leverage the holidays relevant to your niche audience and brand.
That’s why we have curated a social media holiday calendar that lists all the holidays scattered across every month of 2023.
Scroll down to see a month-wise list of each holiday and determine which holidays work best for you.
January 2023 Social Media Holidays
January 1: 🎉 New Year’s Day
January 2: 🔬 Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
January 3: 🙏 National Thank God It’s Monday Day #NationalThankGodItsMondayDay
January 4: ❓ National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 5: 🐦 National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
January 8: ⌨️ World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay
January 9: 🧹 Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
January 11: 🛑 Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
January 13: 🏷️ National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 14: 🧠 World Logic Day #WorldLogicDay
January 15: 🎩 National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 16: 😐 Blue Monday
January 16: 🚫 National Nothing Day #NothingDay
January 16: 🕊️ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
January 17: 🗓️ Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay
January 17: ⚖️ Judgment Day #judgementday
January 19: 🍿 National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay
January 19: 💼 Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 20: 🧀 Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
January 21: 🤗 National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
January 22: 🧧 Chinese New Year #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear
January 23: 🥧 National Pie Day #PieDay
January 23: 👥 Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
January 24: 🙌 National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
January 25: 🔄 Opposite Day #OppositeDay
January 27: 🎂 National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay
January 28: 🔐 Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
January 29: 🧩 National Puzzle Day #NationalPuzzleDay
January 31: ☕ National Hot Chocolate Day #NationalHotChocolateDay
February 2023 Social Media Holidays
February 1: 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ History Month #LGBTHistoryMonth
February 1: 👨🏿 Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
February 2: 🕳️ Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
February 4: 🎗️ World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 5: 🌤️ National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
February 7: 🌐 Safer Internet Day #SID2023
February 7: 📬 National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
February 8: 🖥️ Safer Internet Day #SID2023
February 8: 🏕️ National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
February 9: 🍕 National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11: 👩🔬 International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInScience
February 11: 💡 National Inventors’ Day #InventorsDay
February 12: 🏈 Super Bowl LVI #SBLVI #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
February 13: 💝 Galentine’s Day
February 13: 📻 World Radiodifusión Day #WorldRadioDay
February 14: 💕 Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 17: 🤝 Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 18: 🔋 National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
February 20: 🇺🇸 Presidents’ Day #PresidentsDay
February 20: ⚖️ World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
February 20: 🐾 National Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
February 21: 🎉 Mardi Gras #MardiGras
February 21: 👨👩👧👦 Family Day (Canada, except Quebec)
February 21: 🗣️ International Mother Language Day #IMLD
February 22: 🤔 World Thinking Day #WorldThinkingDay
February 24: 🥤 National Skip the Straw Day #SkipTheStrawDay
February 24: 🍹 World Bartender Day #WorldBartenderDay
February 24: 💪 International Stand Up to Bullying Day #StandUpToBullying
February 25: 🥣 National Clam Chowder Day #NationalClamChowderDay
February 26: ✉️ Letter to an Elder Day #LetterToAnElderDay
February 27: 🌨️ International Polar Bear Day #InternationalPolarBearDay
February 28: 💐 Floral Design Day #FloralDesignDay
March Social Media Holidays
March 1: 💒 National Wedding Planning Day #NationalWeddingPlanningDay
March 1: 🙌 World Compliment Day #WorldComplimentDay
March 1: 🚫 Zero Discrimination Day #ZeroDiscriminationDay
March 2: 📚 Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica
March 3: 🙏 Caregiver Appreciation Day #CaregiverAppreciationDay
March 3: 🦓 World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 3: 👏 Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
March 4: 🛍️ National Salesperson Day #NationalSalespersonDay
March 4: ⛷️ National Backcountry Ski Day #NationalBackcountrySkiDay
March 4: 🔤 National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
March 6: ❄️ National Frozen Food Day #NationalFrozenFoodDay
March 6: 👗 National Dress Day #NationalDressDay
March 7: 🥣 National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 8: 👩 International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay
March 9: 👱♀️ Barbie Day #BarbieDay
March 9: 🦀 National Crab Meat Day #NationalCrabMeatDay
March 9: 🧺 National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
March 10: 🗽 Harriet Tubman Day #HarrietTubmanDay
March 11: 🚿 World Plumbing Day #WorldPlumbingDay
March 12: 🌷 Plant a Flower Day #PlantAFlowerDay
March 13: 🐾 National K9 Veterans Day #NationalK9VeteransDay
March 14: 🥔 National Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 14: Pi Day #PiDay
March 15: 🛒 World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 16: 🐼 Panda Bear Day #PandaBearDay
March 17: 🍀 St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
March 18: ♻️ Universal Recycling Day #GlobalRecyclingDay
March 19: 🐔 National Poultry Day #NationalPoultryDay
March 20: 😁 World Hablado Health Day #WorldOralHealthDay
March 20: 💍 Proposal Day #ProposalDay
March 20: 😀 International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 21: 💙 World Down Syndrome Day #WorldDownSyndromeDay
March 22: 🚰 World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 22: 🌙 Ramadan begins #Ramadan
March 23: 🐶 National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 23: ☁️ World Meteorological Day #WorldMeteorologicalDay
March 24: 🥩 National Cheesesteak Day #NationalCheesesteakDay
March 24: 🍸 National Cocktail Day #NationalCocktailDay
March 26: 🥬 National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
March 27: 🎭 World Theatre Day #WorldTheatreDay
March 29: 🇻🇳 National Vietnam War Veterans’ Day #NationalVietnamWarVeteransDay
March 29: 🏢 National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day #NationalMomPopBusinessOwnersDay
March 30: 🩺 Doctors’ Day #DoctorsDay
March 31: 🌊 Manatee Appreciation Day #ManateeAppreciationDay
March 31: 🐚 National Clams on the Half Shell Day #NationalClamsOnTheHalfShellDay
March 31: 🏳️⚧️ International Transgender Day of Visibility #TransDayofVisibility
April Social Media Holidays
April 1: 😜 April Fool’s Day (#AprilFoolsDay)
April 2: 🧩 World Autism Awareness Day (#WorldAutismAwarenessDay)
April 2: 🌙 Ramadan (#Ramadan)
April 3: 🛠️ National DIY Day (#NationalDIYDay)
April 3: 🎉 World Party Day (#WorldPartyDay)
April 4: 🤥 Tell a Lie Day (#TellALieDay)
April 5: 💾 National Flash Drive Day (#NationalFlashDriveDay)
April 6: 📚 National Student-Athlete Day (#NationalStudentAthleteDay)
April 6: 🍝 National Carbonara Day (#NationalCarbonaraDay)
April 7: 🚶♂️ Walk to Work Day (#WalkToWorkDay)
April 7: 🍺 National Beer Day (US) (#NationalBeerDay)
April 7: 🌍 World Health Day (#WorldHealthDay)
April 9: 🐣 Easter Sunday (#EasterSunday)
April 10: 👫 Siblings’ Day (#NationalSiblingsDay)
April 11: 🐾 National Pet Day (#NationalPetDay)
April 12: 🥪 Grilled Cheese Bocadillo Day (#GrilledCheeseDay)
April 12: ⚖️ International Lawyers’ Day (#InternationalLawyersDay)
April 13: 🌱 International Plant Appreciation Day (#PlantAppreciationDay)
April 13: 🅰️ National Scrabble Day (#NationalScrabbleDay)
April 14: 🌿 National Gardening Day (#NationalGardeningDay)
April 15: 🧺 National Laundry Day (#NationalLaundryDay)
April 16: ❤️ Husband Appreciation Day (#HusbandAppreciationDay)
April 16: 📚 National Librarian Day (#NationalLibrarianDay)
April 17: 🧀 National Cheese Ball Day (#NationalCheeseBallDay)
April 18: ⚡ National Lineman Appreciation Day (#NationalLinemanAppreciationDay)
April 18: 👦👧 Healthy Kids Day (#HealthyKidsDay)
April 18: 🇺🇸 Patriot’s Day (#PatriotsDay)
April 18: 💵 Tax Day (US) (#TaxDay)
April 20: 🌿 420 (#420)
April 20: 🙏 Volunteer Recognition Day (#VolunteerRecognitionDay)
April 21: 🧒 Parvulario Day (#KindergartenDay)
April 21: ✋ National High Five Day (#NationalHighFiveDay)
April 21: 🌙 Ramadan ends (#RamadanEnds)
April 22: 🌎 Earth Day (#EarthDay)
April 23: 🔬 World Laboratory Day (#WorldLaboratoryDay)
April 23: 🧺 National Picnic Day (#NationalPicnicDay)
April 24: 🌭 Pigs in a Blanket Day (#PigsInABlanketDay)
April 25: 💅 National Mani and Pedi Day (#NationalManiPediDay)
April 25: 🐧 World Penguin Day (#WorldPenguinDay)
April 26: 🖥️ Administrative Professionals Day (#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay)
April 28: 🔭 International Astronomy Day (#InternationalAstronomyDay)
April 28: 🔄 Pay It Forward Day (#PayItForwardDay)
April 28: 🌳 Arbor Day (#ArborDay)
April 28: 🦸 National Superhero Day (#NationalSuperheroDay)
April 29: 💃 International Dance Day (#InternationalDanceDay)
April 30: 📚 Independent Book Store Day (#IndependentBookStoreDay)
April 30: 🎶 International Jazz Day (#InternationalJazzDay)
May Social Media Holidays
May 1: 🌷 May Day (#MayDay)
May 2: 💪 National Fitness Day (#NationalFitnessDay)
May 4: 💫 Star Wars Day (#StarWarsDay, #MayThe4thBeWithYou)
May 5: 🎉 Cinco de Mayo (#CincoDeMayo)
May 5: ⌨️ World Password Day (#WorldPasswordDay)
May 6: 🚀 International No Diet Day (#NoDietDay)
May 6: 🚀 National Space Day (#SpaceDay)
May 8-12: 🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week (#TeacherAppreciationWeek)
May 9: 🍷 National Moscato Day (#NationalMoscatoDay)
May 10: 💼 National Small Business Day (#SmallBusinessDay)
May 11: 🌀 Twilight Zone Day (#TwilightZoneDay)
May 12: 👩⚕️ International Nurses Day (#InternationalNursesDay)
May 13: 🌍 Fair Trade Day (#FairTradeDay)
May 14: 👩👧👦 Mother’s Day (#MothersDay)
May 15: 👨👩👧 International Family Day (#FamilyDay)
May 17: 🎓 National Graduation Tassel Day (#GraduationTasselDay)
May 17: 🏳️🌈 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (#IDAHOT)
May 17: 🍰 World Baking Day (#WorldBakingDay)
May 18: 💉 National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (#HIVVaccineAwarenessDay)
May 18: 🏡 International Museum Day (#MuseumDay)
May 18: 👪 Visit Your Relatives Day (#VisitYourRelativesDay)
May 19: 🍕 Pizza Party Day (#PizzaPartyDay)
May 20: 🏎️ NASCAR Day (#NASCARDay)
May 20: 🚴 National Bike to Work Day (#BikeToWorkDay)
May 20: 🦏 National Endangered Species Day (#EndangeredSpeciesDay)
May 20: 🐶 National Rescue Dog Day (#RescueDogDay)
May 20: 🇺🇸 Armed Forces Day (#ArmedForcesDay)
May 21: 🥃 World Whiskey Day (#WorldWhiskeyDay)
May 22: 🌱 International Day for Biological Diversity (#BiodiversityDay)
May 22: 🦇 World Goth Day (#WorldGothDay)
May 22: 🍹 World Paloma Day (#WorldPalomaDay)
May 23: 🍀 Lucky Penny Day (#LuckyPennyDay)
May 23: 🐢 World Turtle Day (#WorldTurtleDay)
May 24: 🌱 National Asparagus Day (#NationalAsparagusDay)
May 25: 👶 National Missing Children’s Day (#MissingChildrensDay)
May 25: 🕺 Tap Dance Day (#TapDanceDay)
May 26: ☀️ National Heat Awareness Day (#HeatAwarenessDay)
May 26: 🚗 National Road Trip Day (#RoadTripDay)
May 27: ☀️ National Sunscreen Day (#SunscreenDay)
May 28: 🥩 National Brisket Day (#BrisketDay)
May 28: 🍔 National Hamburger Day (#HamburgerDay)
May 29: 🇺🇸 Solicitud Day (#MemorialDay 🇺🇸)
May 30: 🍸 Mint Julep Day (#MintJulepDay)
May 30: 🎨 National Creativity Day (#CreativityDay)
May 31: 🙂 National Smile Day (#SmileDay)
May 31: 🚭 World No Tobacco Day (#NoTobacco)
May 31: 🧓 National Senior Health and Fitness Day (#SeniorHealthFitnessDay)
June Social Media Holidays
June 1: 🦖 Dinosaur Day #DinosaurDay
June 1: 👪 Universal Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 1: 💅 National Nail Polish Day #NailPolishDay
June 1: 🫒 National Olive Day #OliveDay
June 2: 🏃♀️ World Running Day #WorldRunningDay
June 2: 🍩 National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay
June 2: 🦷 National “I Love My Dentist” Day #LoveMyDentistDay
June 2: ⏰ National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
June 3: 🚲 World Bicycle Day #WorldBicycleDay
June 3: 🍳 National Egg Day #EggDay
June 3: 🍏 World Cider Day #WorldCiderDay
June 4: 🧀 National Cheese Day #NationalCheeseDay
June 4: 🛒 Shopping Cart Day #ShoppingCartDay
June 5: 🎗️ National Cancer Survivors Day #CancerSurvivorsDay
June 5: 🌏 World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6: 🏫 National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 6: 🙏 Higher Education Appreciation Day #HigherEducationAppreciationDay
June 7: 🍫 National Chocolate Ice Cream Day #ChocolateIceCreamDay
June 7: ✂️ National Tailors Day #TailorsDay
June 8: 🌊 World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8: 👭 National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 10: 🌿 Herb and Spices Day #HerbAndSpicesDay
June 10: 🍹 National Iced Tea Day #IcedTeaDay
June 11: 🌽 National Corn on the Cob Day #CornOnTheCobDay
June 12: 🥜 Peanut Butter Cookie Day #PeanutButterCookieDay
June 14: 🩸 World Blood Donor Day #WorldBloodDonorDay
June 14: 🏁 National Flag Day #FlagDay
June 15: 💨 Universal Wind Day #GlobalWindDay
June 15: 👴👵 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day #ElderAbuseAwarenessDay
June 16: 🍫 National Fudge Day #FudgeDay
June 17: 🩺 Nursing Assistants Day #NursingAssistantsDay
June 17: 🌴 National Flip Flop Day #FlipFlopDay
June 17: 🗑️ Universal Garbage Man Day #GarbageManDay
June 18: 🎣 Go Fishing Day #GoFishingDay
June 18: 🍣 International Sushi Day #SushiDay
June 19: 🇺🇸 Juneteenth #Juneteenth
June 20: 🍦 Ice Cream Soda Day #IceCreamSodaDay
June 20: 🦅 National American Eagle Day #AmericanEagleDay
June 20: 🌍 World Refugee Day #WorldRefugeeDay
June 21: 🛹 Go Skate Day #GoSkateDay
June 21: 🧘 International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 21: 🤳 National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21: 🎻 World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 22: 🔧 National HVAC Tech Day #HVACTechDay
June 23: 💧 National Hydration Day #HydrationDay
June 23: 🌸 National Pink Day #PinkDay
June 24: 🐶 National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 25: 🚢 International Day of the Seafarer #DayOfTheSeafarer
June 25: 🎸 Universal Beatles Day #BeatlesDay
June 26: 💇♀️ National Beautician’s Day #BeauticiansDay
June 26: 🍮 National Chocolate Pudding Day #ChocolatePuddingDay
June 27: 🩺 National HIV Testing Day #HIVTestingDay
June 27: 🧠 National PTSD Awareness Day #PTSDAwarenessDay
June 27: 😎 National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 28: 📄 Insurance Awareness Day #InsuranceAwarenessDay
June 30: 📱 Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay
July Social Media Holidays
July 1: 🇨🇦 Canada Day #CanadaDay
July 1: 😂 International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
July 1: 📫 National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 2: 🛸 World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 3: 🛍️ International Plastic Bag Free Day #PlasticBagFreeDay
July 4: 🎆 Independence Day (US) #July4th
July 6: 💋 International Kissing Day #InternationalKissingDay
July 7: 🍫 World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 8: 🎮 National Video Game Day #NationalVideoGameDay
July 9: 🍹 National Pina Colada Day #NationalPinaColadaDay
July 10: 🐱 National Kitten Day #KittenDay
July 11: 🏊 National Swimming Pool Day #NationalSwimmingPoolDay
July 12: 🥧 Pecan Pie Day #PecanPieDay
July 13: 🍟 National French Fry Day #NationalFrenchFryDay
July 14: 🦈 Shark Awareness Day #SharkAwarenessDay
July 15: 💝 Social Media Giving Day #SocialMediaGivingDay
July 16: 🍦 National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
July 17: 😃 World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18: 👂 World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay
July 20: 🌕 National Moon Day #NationalMoonDay
July 21: 🌭 National Hot Dog Day #NationalHotDogDay
July 22: 🥭 Mango Day #MangoDay
July 23: 🍦 Vanilla Ice Cream Day #VanillaIceCreamDay
July 24: 🥃 National Tequila Day #NationalTequilaDay
July 25: 🍷 National Wine and Cheese Day #NationalWineAndCheeseDay
July 26: ♿ Disability Independence Day #DisabilityIndependenceDay
July 27: 🌐 National Refreshment Day #NationalRefreshmentDay
July 28: 💻 System Administrator Appreciation Day #SysAdminDay
July 29: 🐯 International Tiger Day #InternationalTigerDay
July 30: 👫 International Friendship Day #DayOfFriendship
July 31: 🥑 National Avocado Day #NationalAvocadoDay
August Social Media Holidays
August 1: 👭 National Girlfriends’ Day #NationalGirlfriendsDay
August 2: 🍦 Ice Cream Bocadillo Day #IceCreamSandwichDay
August 4: 🍪 Chocolate Chip Cookie Day #ChocolateChipCookieDay
August 4: 🍺 International Beer Day #InternationalBeerDay
August 6: 🤕 International Hangover Day #InternationalHangoverDay
August 6: 👭 National Sister Day #NationalSisterDay
August 7: 🎤 Professional Speakers Day #ProfessionalSpeakersDay
August 7: 💜 Purple Heart Day #PurpleHeartDay
August 8: 🐱 International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 8: 🌿 National CBD Day #NationalCBDDay
August 9: 📚 Book Lovers’ Day #BookLoversDay
August 10: 💤 National Lazy Day #NationalLazyDay
August 11: 👨👧👦 Son and Daughter Day #SonAndDaughterDay
August 12: 👶 International Youth Day #YouthDay
August 14: 💰 National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay
August 14: 🍦 National Creamsicle Day #NationalCreamsicleDay
August 15: 😌 Relaxation Day #RelaxationDay
August 16: 😂 Tell a Joke Day #TellAJokeDay
August 17: 💝 National Nonprofit Day #NationalNonprofitDay
August 17: 🛍️ National Thriftshop Day #NationalThriftshopDay
August 18: 📜 Bad Poetry Day #BadPoetryDay
August 19: 📸 World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 19: 🥔 National Potato Day #NationalPotatoDay
August 20: 📻 National Radiodifusión Day #NationalRadioDay
August 20: 🍋 National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
August 20: 🦟 World Mosquito Day #WorldMosquitoDay
August 21: 👵👴 Senior Citizen’s Day #SeniorCitizensDay
August 22: 🧚♀️ Tooth Fairy Day #ToothFairyDay
August 24: 🧇 National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay
August 26: 🐶 National Dog Day (US) #NationalDogDay
August 26: 👩⚖️ Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
August 30: 😢 National Grief Awareness Day #NationalGriefAwarenessDay
August 31: 🍽️ National Eat Outside Day #NationalEatOutsideDay
September Social Media Holidays
September 1: ✉️ World Letter Writing Day #WorldLetterWritingDay
September 2: 🥫 National Food Bank Day #NationalFoodBankDay
September 3: 🏙️ Skyscraper Day #SkyscraperDay
September 4: 🥓 International Bacon Day #InternationalBaconDay
September 4: 🎉 Trabajo Day #LaborDay
September 5: 🍕 Cheese Pizza Day #CheesePizzaDay
September 7: 🍺 National Beer Lovers Day #BeerLoversDay
September 8: 📚 International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 10: 👵👴 National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 12: 🎮 National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 15: 🌐 Online Learning Day #OnlineLearningDay
September 16: 🥑 National Guacamole Day #NationalGuacamoleDay
September 16: 💃 National Dance Day #NationalDanceDay
September 17: 🇺🇸 Citizenship Day #CitizenshipDay
September 18: 💵 International Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
September 19: 👭 National Women’s Friendship Day #WomensFriendshipDay
September 21: 🧠 World Alzheimer’s Day #WorldAlzheimersDay
September 21: 🕊️ International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
September 22: 👩💼 Business Women’s Day #BusinessWomensDay
September 23: 🍂 First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
September 25: 👧 National Daughters Day #NationalDaughtersDay
September 26: 🥞 National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
September 27: 🏃♀️ National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #WomensHealthAndFitnessDay
September 29: ☕ National Coffee Day #NationalCoffeeDay
September 30: 🎙️ International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October Social Media Holidays
October 1: ☕ International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1: 🥬🥕 World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 2: 🧹 National Custodial Worker Day #CustodialWorkerDay
October 2: 🚗 Name Your Car Day #NameYourCarDay
October 3: 🎬 Mean Girls Day #MeanGirlsDay
October 3: 💑 National Boyfriends’ Day #NationalBoyfriendsDay
October 4: ⛳ PGA Golf Day #PGAGolfDay
October 4: 🌮 National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 5: 🤝 National Do Something Nice Day #DoSomethingNiceDay
October 5: 🍎 International Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 6: 😁 World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 9: 🦃 Thanksgiving (Canada) #CanadianThanksgiving
October 9: 🚒 Fire Prevention Day #FirePreventionDay
October 9: 🌎 Indigenous Peoples’ Day #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 10: 🧠 World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 14: 🍰 National Dessert Day #DessertDay
October 15: 🎉 Hispanic Heritage Month ends #HispanicHeritageMonth
October 16: 👔 Bosses Day #BossesDay
October 16: 🍲 World Food Day #WorldFoodDay
October 17: 🍝 National Pasta Day #PastaDay
October 21: 🕰 Back to the Future Day #BackToTheFutureDay
October 23: 🥧 National Boston Cream Pie Day #BostonCreamPieDay
October 25: 🎨 International Artist Day #ArtistDay
October 26: 🎃 National Pumpkin Day #PumpkinDay
October 28: 🍫 National Chocolate Day #ChocolateDay
October 29: 🐱 National Cat Day (US) #NationalCatDay
October 29: ⚡ National Frankenstein Day #FrankensteinDay
October 30: 🍬 National Candy Corn Day #CandyCornDay
October 31: 🎃 Halloween #Halloween
November Social Media Holidays
November 1: 📖 National Authors’ Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1: 🌱 World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 3: 🥪 Bocadillo Day #SandwichDay
November 4: 🍭 National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 8: 🔬 STEM Day #STEMDay
November 8: ☕ National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
November 9: 🤝 Social Media Kindness Day #SocialMediaKindnessDay
November 9: 🗽 World Freedom Day #WorldFreedomDay
November 10: 🌸 Forget-Me-Not Day #ForgetMeNotDay
November 11: 🎖️ Veteran’s Day #VeteransDay
November 13: 💗 World Kindness Day #WKD
November 14: 🩺 World Diabetes Day #WorldDiabetesDay
November 15: ♻️ America Recycles Day #AmericaRecyclesDay
November 16: 🍔 National Fast-Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay
November 16: 💭 World Philosophy Day #WorldPhilosophyDay
November 16: 🤝 International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
November 20: 🌈 Transgender Day of Remembrance #TransDayOfRemembrance
November 20: 👶 Universal Children’s Day #UniversalChildrensDay
November 21: 📺 World Television Day #WorldTelevisionDay
November 21: 👋 World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 21: 🚀 National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 22: 🎵 National Jukebox Day #NationalJukeboxDay
November 23: 🦃 Thanksgiving (US) #Thanksgiving
November 24: 🛍️ Black Friday #BlackFriday
November 25: 🏬 Small Business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday #ShopSmall
November 26: 🎂 National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 27: 💻 Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
November 27: 🎧 National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
November 28: 🤝 Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
November 29: 💌 Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
December Social Media Holidays
December 1: 🚌 Rosa Parks Day #RosaParksDay
December 3: 🤝 International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD
December 4: 🍪 National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
December 4: 🎅 National Santa’s List Day #SantasListDay
December 5: 👫 International Volunteer Day #InternationalVolunteerDay
December 5: 🍺 Repeal Day (remembering the end of prohibition) #RepealDay
December 7-15: 🕎 Hanukkah #Hanukkah
December 10: 🌍 Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
December 10: 🏅 Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrizeDay
December 12: 🌺 Poinsettia Day #PoinsettiaDay
December 13: ☕ National Cocoa Day #NationalCocoaDay
December 15: 📜 Bill of Rights Day #BillOfRightsDay
December 16: 🎄 Ugly Sweater Day #UglySweaterDay
December 17: 🍁 National Maple Syrup Day #NationalMapleSyrupDay
December 18: 📦 Free Shipping Day #FreeShippingDay
December 21: 😒 Bah Humbug Day #BahHumbugDay
December 21: ❄️ Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year) #WinterSolstice
December 23: 🎉 Festivus (a Seinfeld reference) #Festivus
December 24: 🎄 Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
December 25: 🎁 Christmas Day #ChristmasDay
December 26: 🥊 Boxing Day (Canada) #BoxingDay
December 26: 🕯️ Kwanzaa Day 1 (lasts through January 1) #Kwanzaa
December 28: 📞 Call a Friend Day #CallAFriendDay
December 31: 🎉 New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve
4 Next Steps to Effectively Use Your Social Media Holiday Calendar
Now that you’re well-versed with all the holidays, observances, and awareness days, what’s the next step?
Seize the opportunity to engage with your audience by crafting impeccable posts tailored to these special occasions.
It’s not that easy, though.
When it comes to holiday posting, everyone will be doing it, even your competitors. That’s why you must take several steps to ensure your content aligns with the holidays and resonates with your audience.
Here are the next steps you should consider:
1. Chart Out a Content Plan
After choosing the relevant holidays, start planning your content around them. Decide which type of content you will be creating. Is your post going to be an image, video, or text?
You also need to figure out how you are going to connect your brand with that certain holiday and determine the specific message you aim to convey for each occasion.
2. Know the Right Social Media Specs
It’s a no-brainer that you need to create visually appealing graphics, images, or videos tailored to each holiday if you want to stand out from the crowd.
But something marketers forget in a hurry is that every platform has different sizes and specs for images and videos. That’s why knowing the right specification is important.
You can’t risk publishing images and videos that appear stretched and cropped. You can use our social media image sizes guide and social media video sizes guide to always post right-sized posts.
3. Craft Compelling Captions and Relevant Hashtags
Creating amazing visuals is not enough; you need to write compelling captions as well. Your caption plays a major role in driving users to take action.
The role of caption becomes more important when posting on awareness days. A killer caption can turn your post into something that really speaks to your followers, showing them you care about the cause.
So, take a second to ensure your caption chimes with that holiday vibe and hits just the right note.
On the other hand, hashtags play a vivo part in increasing the visibility of your post. You need to strategically plan your holiday hashtag marketing.
Adding relevant hashtags lets your posts pop up when someone searches for that specific holiday or theme.
From genérico tags like #Thanksgiving to more specific and quirky ones like #UglySweaterDay, you need to thoughtfully add the hashtags, ensuring your posts get the attention they deserve.
4. Use a Social Media Scheduling Tool
You have probably found many holidays that align with your brand. That’s a good thing!
But the blessings come with their own challenges. It will be a herculean task to maintain a consistent posting schedule across multiple holidays.
Of course, our social media holiday calendar helps you pre-plan things, but executing these plans in advance is only possible through a social media scheduling tool.
You can use a social media scheduling tool like SocialPilot to schedule your posts in advance. This ensures that your content is posted at optimal times and you don’t miss out on any holiday.
SocialPilot’s scheduling calendar enables you to create and schedule days, weeks, and even a year’s social media holiday posts in one go.
Give it a try today for free.
Ready With Your Social Media Holiday Planning?
Holidays present an excellent opportunity to connect with your audience on social media.
Even audiences wait for their favorite brands to come up with discounts, giveaways, contests, or use the platforms to speak up on awareness days that resonate deeply with them.
That’s why having a social media holiday calendar for 2023 is like having a secret weapon. From official holidays, observances, and awareness days to those fun, out-of-the-box celebrations, we have packed every occasion in our calendar.
It’s time to add these holidays to your social media calendar and start making some content.
Happy posting!