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Social Media Holiday Calendar 2023
Are you looking for some inspiration for your social media content? We’ve wrapped up ideas on some of the most important and enjoyable holidays to spice up your social media strategy.
Almost every day, there is a special occasion to celebrate with your audience on social media. Here is some inspiration for you for 2023 holidays, events, and hashtags.
January
- 1. New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
- 2. Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
- 2. World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay
- 3. International Mind-Body Wellness Day #MindBodyWellnessDay
- 8. World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay
- 11. Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
- 14. World Logic Day #WorldLogicDay
- 15. National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
- 16. International Hot and Spicy Food Day #InternationalHotandSpicyFoodDay
- 17. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday of January) #MLKDay
- 19. National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay
- 19. Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
- 20. Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
- 21. National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
- 22. Chinese New Year #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear
- 23. Community Manager Appreciation Day #CommunityManagerAppreciationDay
- 24. International Education Day #InternationalDayofEducation
- 25. Opposite Day #OppositeDay
- 28. Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
- 28. International Lego Day #LegoDay
- 31. Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay
February
- Black History Month #BlackHistoryMonth
- 2. World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
- 4. World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
- 7. National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
- 7. Safer Internet Day #SaferInternetDay
- 9. National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
- 11. Brit Awards
- 11. Inventors Day #InventorsDay
- 11. International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInScience
- 12. Super Bowl LVI #SBLV #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
- 13. World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
- 14. Valentine's Day #ValentinesDay
- 17. Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
- 19. World Whale Day #WorldWhaleDay
- 20. Presidents' Day #PresidentsDay
- 20. Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
- 21. International Mother Language Day #IMLD
- 22. World Thinking Day #WorldThinkingDay
March
- 1. World Compliment Day #WorldComplimentDay
- 3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
- 3. National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
- 3. National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
- 8. International Women's Day #BeBoldForChange
- 9. Popcorn Lover's Day #PopcornLoversDay
- 10. International Day of Awesomeness #IDOA #DayOfAwesomeness
- 14. Pi Day #PiDay
- 15. World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
- 17. St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay
- 17. World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
- 18. Global Recycling Day #GlobalRecyclingDay
- 20. International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
- 20. World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
- 20. First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
- 21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
- 22. World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
- 23. National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
- 25. International Waffle Day #InternationalWaffleDay
- 25. Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
- 26. Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
- 31. World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
- 31. Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
April
- 1. April Fools Day #AprilFools
- 2. World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
- 3. Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
- 3. World Party Day #WorldPartyDay
- 4. Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
- 7. World Health Day #LetsTalk
- 9. Easter #Easter11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
- 20. National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
- 21. World Creativity and Innovation Day #WCIW #WCID #IAmCreative
- 22. Earth Day #EarthDay
- 23. World Book Day #WorldBookDay
- 28. National Superhero Day #SuperheroDay #NationalSuperheroDay
- 29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
- 29. World Wish Day #WishDay #WorldWishDay
- 30. National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
- 30. International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May
- Mental Health Awareness Month #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
- 1. May Day #MayDay
- 1. International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
- 4. Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
- 4. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
- 5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
- 6. No Diet Day #NoDietDay
- 7. World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay
- 9. Europe Day #EuropeDay
- 9. Mother’s Day #MothersDay
- 9. Lost Sock Memorial Day #LostSockMemorialDay
- 15. International Day of Families #FamilyDay
- 17. International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT
- 19. National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
- 25. National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
- 27. Sunscreen Day #NationalSunscreenDay
- 28. Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
- 29. Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
June
- 1. International Children’s Day #WorldChildrensDay
- 1. Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
- 2. National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
- 2. National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay
- 5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
- 6. National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
- 8. World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
- 8. National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
- 14. World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
- 18. Father’s Day #FathersDay
- 21. International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
- 21. First Day of Summer #FirstDayofSummer
- 21. National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
- 21. World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
- 23. National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
- 27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
- 30. Social Media Day #SMDay
July
- 1. International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
- 2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
- 4. Independence Day (United States) #IndependenceDay
- 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
- 11. Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
- 14. Bastille Day – National Day in France #BastilleDay
- 15. Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
- 17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
- 18. World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay
- 18. Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
- 24. Tell an Old Joke Day #TellAnOldJokeDay
- 30. International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August
- 1. World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
- 1. Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
- 2. National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
- 8. International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
- 9. National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
- 10. National Lazy Day #LazyDay
- 11. National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
- 12. International Youth Day #YouthDay
- 12. World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
- 13. International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
- 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
- 16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
- 19. World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
- 19. World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
- 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
- 26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
- 26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September
- 1. World Letter Writing Day #WorldLetterWritingDay
- 1. National Lazy Mom’s Day #NationalLazyMomsDay
- 4. Labor Day #LaborDay
- 5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay
- 6. Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
- 8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
- 11. National Day of Service and Remembrance #PatriotsDay
- 12. National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
- 21. International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
- 22. Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
- 23. First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
- 27. World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
- 30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
- Global Diversity Awareness Month #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth
- 1. International Coffee Day #CoffeeDay #InternationalCoffeeDay
- 1. World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
- 2. International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
- 3. National Techies Day #TechiesDay
- 4. National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
- 4. World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
- 5. World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
- 6. World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
- 8. World Octopus Day #WorldOctopusDay
- 10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
- 12. World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
- 14. National Dessert Day #DessertDay
- 15. Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
- 16. Bosses Day #BossesDay
- 16. World Food Day #FoodDay
- 24. United Nations Day #UNDay
- 25. Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
- 30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
- 31.Halloween #Halloween
November
- Men’s Health Awareness Month - Movember #Movember
- 1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
- 1. National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
- 4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
- 8. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
- 12. Deepavali/Diwali #Deepavali #Diwali
- 13. World Kindness Day #WKD
- 15. America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
- 16. International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
- 17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
- 19. International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
- 20. Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
- 21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
- 21. National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
- 23. Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
- 24. Black Friday #blackfriday
- 24. National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
- 25. Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
- 27. Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
- 30. Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
December
- 1. World AIDS Day #WorldAIDSDay
- 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
- 4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
- 5. World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
- 5. International Ninja Day #InternationalNinjaDay
- 7. Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah #Chanukah
- 8. Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
- 10. International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
- 10. International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay
- 10. Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
- 11. International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
- 21. First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
- 23. Festivus #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances
- 24. Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas
- 25. Christmas Day #Christmas #MerryChristmas
- 31. New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve
- 31. No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
That’s a wrap!
Make 2023 an outstanding year on your social media channels! We hope this calendar will bring your brand tons of content inspiration to boost your marketing activity.
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