Social Media Holidays Calendar

A year of national days and hashtag holidays to build posts around - filter by month and export to your calendar.

January Social Media Holidays

  • New Year's Day

    #NewYear

    Jan 1
  • World Braille Day

    #WorldBrailleDay

    Jan 4
  • Compliment Day

    #ComplimentDay

    Jan 24

February Social Media Holidays

  • World Cancer Day

    #WorldCancerDay

    Feb 4
  • Valentine's Day

    #ValentinesDay

    Feb 14
  • Love Your Pet Day

    #LoveYourPetDay

    Feb 20

March Social Media Holidays

  • International Women's Day

    #IWD

    Mar 8
  • St. Patrick's Day

    #StPatricksDay

    Mar 17
  • International Day of Happiness

    #DayOfHappiness

    Mar 20

April Social Media Holidays

  • April Fools' Day

    #AprilFools

    Apr 1
  • World Health Day

    #WorldHealthDay

    Apr 7
  • Earth Day

    #EarthDay

    Apr 22

May Social Media Holidays

  • Star Wars Day

    #StarWarsDay

    May 4
  • World Day for Cultural Diversity

    #CulturalDiversity

    May 21

June Social Media Holidays

June social media holidays are useful for environment, wellness, and summer content that has a natural connection to your audience.

  • World Environment Day

    #WorldEnvironmentDay

    Jun 5
  • International Yoga Day

    #YogaDay

    Jun 21

July Social Media Holidays

  • World Chocolate Day

    #WorldChocolateDay

    Jul 7
  • International Friendship Day

    #FriendshipDay

    Jul 30

August Social Media Holidays

August social media holidays give visual brands, creators, and community accounts timely hooks for photography, pets, and late-summer content.

  • International Cat Day

    #InternationalCatDay

    Aug 8
  • World Photography Day

    #WorldPhotographyDay

    Aug 19
  • National Dog Day

    #NationalDogDay

    Aug 26

September Social Media Holidays

September social media holidays can support coffee, community, and back-to-routine content without forcing a post around every date.

  • International Day of Peace

    #PeaceDay

    Sep 21
  • World Coffee Day

    #InternationalCoffeeDay

    Sep 29

October Social Media Holidays

  • International Coffee Day

    #CoffeeDay

    Oct 1
  • World Animal Day

    #WorldAnimalDay

    Oct 4
  • Halloween

    #Halloween

    Oct 31

November Social Media Holidays

  • World Kindness Day

    #WorldKindnessDay

    Nov 13
  • Black Friday

    #BlackFriday

    Nov 27
  • Small Business Saturday

    #ShopSmall

    Nov 28

December Social Media Holidays

  • Giving Tuesday

    #GivingTuesday

    Dec 1
  • Christmas Day

    #Christmas

    Dec 25
  • New Year's Eve

    #NYE

    Dec 31

Never stare at a blank content calendar

Some of the easiest posts to plan are the ones with a built-in reason to exist. Social media holidays - from World Photography Day to Small Business Saturday - give you a timely hook and a ready-made hashtag to join a bigger conversation. This calendar collects the fixed-date ones worth knowing across the whole year.

Filter by month to plan ahead, then export the list as an .ics file for your calendar app or a CSV for your planner or spreadsheet. For a broader planning workflow, see the social media content calendar guide.

Use them as prompts, not obligations

The point of a holiday calendar is to remove the blank-page problem, not to fill every slot. Skim the year, flag the handful of dates that genuinely fit your brand, and build those into your schedule first. Pair each one with a real angle - a tip, a story, an offer - instead of just posting the hashtag, and the days that do not fit become quiet inspiration for posts of your own.

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