From food to health to animals and everything in between, there’s no shortage of social media holidays or observance days to help you build connections with your customers.
We’re not talking about the traditional holidays we all know, like New Year’s or Valentine’s Day. But the quirky, lesser known holidays that like Random Acts of Kindness Day, Pizza Day or Take Your Dog to Work Day.
Businesses can share content relevant to their industries, get involved in a movement, or simply generate more awareness by incorporating these hashtag holidays in their marketing strategy.
To help, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most popular social media holidays that you can bookmark, as well as a comprehensive downloadable calendar. Both are great resources to help you keep up with what’s trending and to help plan content that’s not only timely but fun and engaging.
Odds are, you don’t celebrate all of these social media holidays as some might be simply too silly or irrelevant for your brand to engage with. But if you see a holiday that connects with your audience and the mission of your brand, add it to your content calendar. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box and have fun with the process!
Popular Social Media Holidays in 2021
January
January 1 – New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
January 4 – National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 6 – National Technology Day #NationalTechnologyDay
January 11 – Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
January 13 – National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 14 – Organize Your Home Day #OrganizeYourHomeDay
January 15 – Humanitarian Day #HumanitarianDay
January 15 – National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 16 – Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day #MLKDay
January 23 – National Pie Day #PieDay
January 24 – National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
January 25 – Opposite Day #OppositeDay
February
February 2 – Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
February 4 – World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 7 – Super Bowl LV #SuperBowl2021
February 9 – National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11 – Safer Internet Day #SID2021
February 11 – Inventors Day #InventorsDay
February 13 – Self-Love Day #SelfLoveDay
February 13 – World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 14 – Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 15 – Presidents Day #PresidentsDay
February 16 – Mardi Gras #MardiGras
February 17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 20 – Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
February 22 – National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
March
March 1 – National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay
March 2 – National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica
March 3 – World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 4 – National Grammar Day #GrammarDay
March 4 – National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
March 4 – World Book Day #WorldBookDay
March 5 – National Day of Unplugging #DayOfUnplugging
March 6 – National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
March 6 – National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
March 7 – National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 8 – International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #EachforEqual
March 8 – National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
March 9 – Organize Your Home Office Day #OrganizeYourHomeOfficeDay
March 12 – Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
March 13 – World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 14 – Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 14 – Pi Day #PiDay
March 14 – Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
March 15 – National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
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 20 – First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
March 22 – World Water Day #WorldWaterDay #Water2me
March 23 – National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 26 – National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
March 26 – Purple Day #PurpleDay
April
April 1 – April Fools Day #AprilFools
April 1 – National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
April 7 – World Health Day #LetsTalk
April 10 – National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 11 – National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
April 15 – National Tax Day #TaxDay
April 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
April 15 – National High-Five Day #NH5D
April 16 – National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
April 16 – Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
April 20 – National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
April 21 – National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
April 22 – Earth Day #EarthDay2021
April 22 – Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
April 23 – National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
April 25 – World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
April 28 – Denim Day #DenimDay
April 30 – National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30 – International Jazz Day #JazzDay
April 30 – National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
April 30 – Arbor Day #ArborDay
May
May 1 – May Day #MayDay
May 4 – Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay
May 4 – Teacher Appreciation Day #TeacherAppreciation #ThankATeacher
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 5 – World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
May 6 – National Nurses Day #NursesDay
May 7 – World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 9 – Mother’s Day #MothersDay
May 12 – National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
May 15 – National Chocolate Chip Day #ChocolateChipDay
May 16 – Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 24 – National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 28 – Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 28 – Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
May 30 – National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
May 31 – Memorial Day #MemorialDay
June
June 4 – National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
June 6 – National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2021
June 8 – World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8 – Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 11 – Make Life Beautiful Day #MakeLifeBeautiful
June 14 – National Flag Day #FlagDay
June 14 – World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
June 20 – First Day of Summer #FirstDayOfSummer
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 27 – National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 30 – Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay
July
July 1 – National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 2 – World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4 – Independence Day #July4th
July 6 – National Fried Chicken Day #NationalFriedChickenDay
July 7 – World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 12 – National Simplicity Day – #NationalSimplicityDay
July 15 – Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
July 17 – World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
August
August 2 – National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
August 8 – International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9 – National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
August 11 – National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
August 12 – International Youth Day #YouthDay
August 13 – International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
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
August 26 – National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September
September 6 – Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
September 6 – Labor Day #LaborDay
September 8 – International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 10 – Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
September 11 – National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
September 12 – National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
September 12 – National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 12 – National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 19 – Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
September 21 – World Alzheimer’s Day #Alzheimer’sDay
September 22 – First Day of Fall #1stDayOfFall
September 28 – World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
September 28 – National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
September 29 – International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
September 29 – National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
September 30 – International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
October 4 – National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 10 – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 11 – International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
October 14 – National Dessert Day #DessertDay
October 15 – Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
October 16 – National Boss’s Day #NationalBossDay #BossDay #BestBossEver #HappyBossDay
October 16 – World Food Day #FoodDay
October 17 – National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day #CleanYourVirtualDesktopDay
October 25 – Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 28 – National Chocolate Day #NationalChocolateDay
October 30 – National Candy Corn Day #CandyCornDay
October 31 – Halloween #Halloween
November
November 1 – World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1 – National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 3 – National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 3 – International Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
November 4 – National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 7 – Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
November 8 – National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
November 8 – STEM Day #STEMDay
November 11 – Veterans Day #VeteransDay
November 13 – World Kindness Day #WKD
November 15 – Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
November 15 – America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
November 16 – National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 25 – Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
November 26 – Black Friday #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2021
November 26 – National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 27 – Small Business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday
November 29 – Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
November 30 – Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
November 30 – Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
December
December 1 – World AIDS Day #WAD2020
December 4 – National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
December 10 – Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
December 10 – Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
December 11 – International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 21 – Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
December 21 – First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
December 25 – Christmas Day #Christmas
December 31 – New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve
Disclaimer: The above list isn’t exhaustive. Dates and hashtags may still be subject to change.
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