Social Media Holidays: 150+ Events for Your Social Media 2022 Content Calendar
Table of Contents
- What are Social Media Holidays?
- Importance of Social Media Holidays
- Social Media Holiday List
- Conclusion
- Key Takeaways
- FAQs
No matter the size of your business, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools today. If there is anything that your social media 2022 calendar should include, it is a list of all the national and global holidays/observance days with the trendiest hashtags. Social media holidays are a great way to create popular and relevant content for your target audience. Social media has made the world smaller. It also requires us to keep up with all the culturally relevant stuff around the world, because you need to tap into exactly what your audience believes in.
To get more engagement, you need more socially relevant topics to discuss. And what’s better than national and international holidays and hashtags to get your brand more engagement. Social media holidays can help you integrate trending, relevant discussion topics into your content. Now, let’s understand what exactly social media holidays are, and why they should be a part of your social media calendar.
What Are Social Media Holidays?
Social media holidays are observance days that may or may not be public holidays but are dedicated to someone/something. A few include Cat Day, Pizza Day, Gamers Day, Groundhog Day, Chocolate Cake Day, etc. They are particularly important in digital marketing, as they help you leverage viral topics or discussions on the internet in order to create and promote content that sells.
You may ask, “How legit are social media holidays?” Well, there is no simple answer to that. While some of these holidays were established by well-known organizations, some are downright bizarre. However, you can’t be random when it comes to adding social media holidays to your calendar. You need to ensure the holidays you pick are relevant to your brand, your audience, and the message you’re trying to convey.
Importance of Social Media Holidays
Apart from engagement and virality, social media holidays also help brands spread awareness about a particular topic, event, or cause. Marketers can take full advantage of social media holidays to create fun content and connect with existing and new audiences. These holidays usually revolve around different foods, hobbies, habits, causes, historical events, etc. (However, at times, the themes are straight-up absurd: think Wiggle Your Toes Day!)
150+ Social Media Holidays to Add to Your Calendar
Social media holidays are a great way to kick-start the strategizing of your social media content calendar. The use of hashtags helps increase your content’s visibility on social media. To help you plan your social media 2022 calendar, we have listed all the trending national (predominantly celebrated in the United States) and global holidays, month-wise.
Note: this list, by no means, is exhaustive.
January
January 2: Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
January 4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 5: National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
January 11: Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
January 11: Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
January 13: National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 15: National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
January 20: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 21: National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
January 24: National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
January 25: Opposite Day #OppositeDay
January 28: Data Privacy Day #DataPrivacyDay
January 31: Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
February
February 1-28: Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
February 2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
February 2: World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
February 4: World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 5: National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
February 7: National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
February 8: National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
February 9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 9: Safer Internet Day #SID2022
February 11: Inventors Day #InventorsDay
February 13: World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 13: Galentine’s Day #GalentinesDay
February 14: Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 18: National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
February 20: World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
February 20: Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
February 21: International Mother Language Day #IMLD
February 21: Presidents’ Day (celebrated in the United States) #PresidentsDay
March
March 1: Mardi Gras #MardiGras
March 2: National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmericaDay
March 3: World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 4: National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
March 4: National Employee Appreciation Day #NationalEmployeeAppreciationDay
March 4: National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
March 6: National Dentist’s Day #NationalDentistsDay
March 7: National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
March 7: National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 8: International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay
March 8: National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
March 10: National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
March 11: National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
March 11: Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
March 12: National Girl Scout Day #NationalGirlScoutDay
March 14: National Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 14: Pi Day #PiDay
March 15: National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 16: National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
March 18: Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
March 19: National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
March 19: World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 19: Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay
March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 20: World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
March 21: World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
March 22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 23: National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 23: American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
March 25: Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
March 26: National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
March 26: Purple Day #PurpleDay
March 27: Earth Hour #EarthHour
March 30: Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
March 30: National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
March 31: World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
March 31: Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
April
April 1-30: National Stress Awareness Month
April 1: April Fool’s Day #AprilFoolsDay
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
April 3: Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
April 4: Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewspersonDay
April 6: National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
April 7: World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
April 10: National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 10: Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
April 11: National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
April 12: International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
April 15: National Tax Day #TaxDay
April 15: National High-Five Day #NH5D
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
April 16: National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
April 17: Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
April 18: National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistsDay
April 20: National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
April 21: National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
April 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
April 22: Earth Day #EarthDay
April 23: National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #TakeOurChildToWorkDay
April 23: National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
April 23: World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 23: Arbor Day #ArborDay
April 25: National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
April 25: World Malaria Day #WorldMalariaDay
April 28: Denim Day #DenimDay
April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 30: National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
April 30: International Jazz Day #InternationalJazzDay
May
May 1: May Day #MayDay
May 1: International Workers’ Day #InternationalWorkersDay
May 3: World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2022 #PressFreedom
May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay and #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4: International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 4: World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
May 4: Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacherDay
May 5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 6: National Nurses Day #NursesDay
May 7: World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 7: Space Day #SpaceDay
May 9: Europe Day #EuropeDay
May 9: Mother’s Day #MothersDay
May 12: National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
May 12: National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
May 15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16: Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia #IDAHOT2022
May 21: National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 21: National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
May 21: Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 24: National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 27: Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay and #HeatAwarenessDay
May 28: Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 29: Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 30: Memorial Day #MemorialDay
May 31: World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobaccoDay
June
June 1: Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 4: National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
June 5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6: National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2022
June 6: Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8: Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 13: International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
June 14: World Blood Donor Day #WorldBloodDonorDay
June 14: National Flag Day #FlagDay
June 19: Juneteenth (Freedom Day) #Juneteenth and #FreedomDay
June 20: World Refugee Day #WorldRefugeeDay
June 20: Father’s Day #FathersDay
June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21: World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 21: International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 24: National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
June 25: Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 27: National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 30: Social Media Day #SMDay
July
July 1: National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 2: World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4: Independence Day (United States)
July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 11: Cheer Up The Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
July 12: Malala Day #MalalaDay
July 15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 15: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
July 30: Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
July 30: International Day of Friendship #InternationalDayOfFriendship
August
August 1: Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
August 2: National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
August 8: International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9: National Book Lover’s 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 Left-Handers Day #InternationalLeftHandersDay
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 4: National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
September 5: International Day of Charity #CharityDay
September 6: Labor Day #LaborDay
September 6: Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
September 8: International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 10: Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye and #StandUpToCancerDay
September 11: National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
September 12: Civic Day of Hacking #CivicDayofHacking
September 12: National Grandparent’s Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 12: National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
September 12: National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 15 – October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month #hispanicheritagemonth
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
September 21: International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
September 21: Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
September 22: Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
September 22: Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
September 26: National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
September 26: European Day of Languages #EDL2022
September 27: World Tourism Day #WTD2022
September 28: World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
September 28: National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
September 29: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
October 1: International Day of Older person #UNDOP
October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1: World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 1: World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 2: International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
October 3: National Techies Day #TechiesDay
October 4: World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
October 4: National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 4: World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
October 5: World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 10: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 11: International Day of the Girl #InternationalDayOfTheGirl
October 14: World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
October 14: National Dessert Day #DessertDay
October 15: Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 16: World Food Day #FoodDay
October 16: Bosses Day #BossesDay
October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
October 20: World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
October 21: Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
October 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
October 24: United Nations Day #UNDay
October 25: Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 30: National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
October 30: Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31: Halloween #Halloween
November
November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1: National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1: National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
November 3: National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 4: National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 8: National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
November 8: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
November 11: Veterans Day #VeteransDay
November 13: World Kindness Day #WKD
November 14: World Diabetes Day #WDD
November 15: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
November 15: America Recycles Day #BeRecycled and #AmericaRecyclesDay
November 16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
November 16: National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 17: International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
November 19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
November 20: Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
November 21: World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 25: Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
November 26: National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 26: National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
November 27: Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall and #SmallBusinessDay
November 29: Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
November 30: Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
December
December 1: World AIDS Day #WAD2022
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
December 4: National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
December 5: World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
December 6: Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
December 8: Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
December 10: Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
December 10: Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrizeDay
December 10: National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
December 11: International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 21: Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
December 25: Christmas Day #ChristmasDay
December 27: No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
December 31: New Year’s Eve #NYE
Key Takeaways
- Your social media calendar plan should include all the trending social media holidays.
- Create brand awareness and strengthen engagement by including social media holidays in your social media content calendar.
- While some social holidays were established by well-known organizations, some are downright bizarre.
- Your social media strategy should focus on the holidays that matter to your brand and audience.
- Social media holidays can help you integrate trending, relevant discussion topics into your content.
- Your social media holiday 2022 calendar should include relevant trending hashtags.
Conclusion
In order to create a winning content strategy for social media, marketers can hardly ignore the role social media holidays play. They not only enhance your brand identity and attract more visitors to your social pages, but they also help you create awareness around specific issues, themes, or concepts your brand cares about. Now that you have some ideas for your social media 2022 calendar, you can get cracking!
FAQs
Calendar holidays are events you can add to your social media calendar. They help make your content viral.
In order to make a social media content calendar, you need to choose your social channels, decide what your social media content needs, make a content library, and start posting/scheduling. You can make use of several online tools for this.
Incorporating these holidays in your content can make it more relevant and trending. Leveraging social media holidays can also help you get more visibility.
Social media holidays are observed and celebrated all around the world. While some are admittedly absurd, others are either outcomes of certain campaigns or created by established organizations.
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