The Content Creator’s Secret Weapon: Your Ultimate Guide to Social Media Holidays Worldwide 2026

Every day is a celebration waiting to happen on social media and the smartest brands know it. Discover how leading companies and content creators are transforming ordinary dates into extraordinary engagement opportunities, building deeper audience connections, and turning content planning from a dreaded chore into an effortless strategy that drives real results.

JANUARY

January 1 – New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay

January 2 – Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay

January 2 – World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay

January 3 – International Mind-Body Wellness Day #MindBodyWellnessDay

January 4 – National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay

January 5 – National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay

January 8 – World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay

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 15 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay

January 16 – International Hot and Spicy Food Day #InternationalHotandSpicyFoodDay

January 17 – Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay

January 19 – National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay

January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday) #MLKDay

January 20 – Blue Monday #BlueMonday

January 20 – Inauguration Day #InaugurationDay

January 20 – Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay

January 21 – National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay

January 23 – National Pie Day #PieDay

January 24 – International Education Day #InternationalDayofEducation

January 24 – National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay

January 25 – Opposite Day #OppositeDay

January 26 – Community Manager Appreciation Day (Fourth Monday) #CMAD

January 28 – Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware

January 28 – International Lego Day #LegoDay

January 31 – Inspire Your Heart With Art Day #InspireYourHeartWithArtDay

FEBRUARY

February 2 – Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay

February 2 – World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay

February 4 – World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay

February 4 – National Girls and Women in Sports Day #NationalGirlsandWomenInSports

February 5 – National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay

February 7 – National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay

February 8 – Super Bowl LIX #SBLIX #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl

February 9 – National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay

February 10 – Safer Internet Day #SID2026

February 11 – National Inventors’ Day #InventorsDay

February 13 – World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay

February 13 – Galentine’s Day #GalentinesDay

February 14 – Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay

February 16 – Presidents’ Day (Third Monday) #PresidentsDay

February 17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

February 17 – Chinese New Year (Year of the Horse) #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear

February 20 – World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay

February 20 – National Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay

February 21 – International Mother Language Day #IMLD

MARCH

March 1 – National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #NationalPBLoversDay

March 2 – National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #DrSeussDay

March 3 – World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay

March 4 – National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay

March 6 – National Day of Unplugging (First Friday) #NationalDayOfUnplugging

March 7 – National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay

March 7 – National Employee Appreciation Day (First Friday) #EmployeeAppreciationDay

March 8 – International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay #BeBoldForChange

March 8 – National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay

March 8 – Daylight Saving Time Begins #DaylightSavings #DaylightSavingsTime

March 9 – National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay

March 10 – National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay

March 11 – World Plumbing Day #WorldPlumbingDay

March 11 – National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay

March 12 – National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay

March 12 – World Kidney Day (Second Thursday) #WorldKidneyDay

March 14 – World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay

March 14 – National Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay

March 14 – Pi Day #PiDay #InternationalDayofMathematics

March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay

March 15 – World Contact Day #WorldContactDay

March 16 – National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay

March 17 – Mardi Gras #MardiGras

March 18 – National Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay

March 19 – National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay

March 20 – First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring #SpringBegins

March 20 – International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness #DayofHappiness

March 20 – World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay

March 20 – World Oral Health Day #WorldOralHealthDay

March 20 – Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay

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 24 – American Diabetes Association Alert Day (Fourth Tuesday) #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay

March 26 – Purple Day #PurpleDay

March 28 – Earth Hour Day (Last Saturday) #EarthHour

March 30 – Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay

March 31 – World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay

March 31 – Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV

APRIL

April 1 – April Fools’ Day #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay

April 1 – National Walking Day (First Wednesday) #NationalWalkingDay

April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD

April 3 – Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay

April 7 – World Health Day #LetsTalk

April 10 – National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay

April 10 – Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay

April 11 – National Pet Day #NationalPetDay

April 15 – National Tax Day #TaxDay

April 16 – National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay

April 16 – National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay

April 16 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay

April 16 – National High-Five Day #NH5D

April 17 – Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay

April 18 – National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistDay

April 20 – National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay

April 22 – Earth Day #EarthDay

April 22 – National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay

April 23 – National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay

April 23 – World Book Day #WorldBookDay

April 23 – National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Fourth Thursday) #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay

April 24 – Arbor Day (Last Friday) #ArborDay

April 25 – National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay

April 25 – World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood

April 29 – International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay

April 29 – Denim Day (Last Wednesday) #DenimDay

April 30 – National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay

April 30 – National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay

April 30 – International Jazz Day #JazzDay

MAY

May 1 – May Day #MayDay

May 1 – International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay

May 1 – National Space Day (First Friday) #SpaceDay

May 3 – World Press Freedom Day #PressFreedom

May 4 – Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou

May 4 – International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay

May 5 – Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo

May 5 – National Teacher Appreciation Day (First Tuesday) #TeacherAppreciationDay

May 5 – World Asthma Day (First Tuesday) #WorldAsthmaDay

May 7 – World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay

May 9 – Europe Day #EuropeDay

May 10 – Mother’s Day (Second Sunday) #MothersDay

May 12 – International Nurses Day #NursesDay

May 12 – National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay

May 13 – National Receptionist Day (Second Wednesday) #NationalReceptionistDay

May 15 – International Day of Families #FamilyDay

May 15 – National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday) #BTWD

May 15 – Endangered Species Day (Third Friday) #EndangeredSpeciesDay

May 16 – Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay

May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT

May 24 – National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay

May 25 – Memorial Day (Last Monday) #MemorialDay #MDW

May 28 – National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay

May 29 – National Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay

May 29 – Heat Awareness Day (Last Friday) #NoFryDay

May 31 – World No Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

JUNE

June 1 – Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents

June 2 – National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay

June 5 – World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay

June 5 – National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay

June 6 – National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay

June 7 – National Cancer Survivors Day (First Sunday) #NCSD

June 8 – International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay

June 8 – World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay

June 8 – National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay

June 14 – World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood

June 14 – National Flag Day #FlagDay

June 20 – World Refugee Day #WithRefugees

June 21 – Father’s Day (Third Sunday) #FathersDay

June 21 – First Day of Summer #FirstDayOfSummer

June 21 – National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay

June 21 – World Music Day #WorldMusicDay

June 21 – International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay

June 26 – National Take Your Dog to Work Day (Friday after Father’s Day) #TakeYourDogToWorkDay

June 26 – National Handshake Day (Last Thursday) #HandshakeDay

June 27 – National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay

June 30 – Social media #SMDay

JULY

July 1 – National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay

July 1 – International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay

July 2 – World UFO Day #WorldUFODay

July 4 – Independence Day #July4th

July 7 – World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay

July 11 – National Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay

July 12 – Malala Day #MalalaDay

July 14 – Bastille Day #BastilleDay

July 15 – Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay

July 16 – Hijri – Islamic New Year #Hijri

July 16 – Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay

July 17 – World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay

July 18 – Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay

July 19 – National Ice Cream Day (Third Sunday) #IceCreamDay

July 20 – International Chess Day #InternationalChessDay

July 28 – World Hepatitis Day #WorldHepatitisDay

July 30 – World Day Against Trafficking in Persons #EndHumanTrafficking

July 30 – International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

July 31 – Talk In an Elevator Day (Last Friday) #TalkInAnElevatorDay

AUGUST

August 1 – National Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay

August 2 – National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay

August 7 – International Beer Day (First Friday) #InternationalBeerDay

August 8 – International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay

August 9 – National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay

August 10 – National Lazy Day #LazyDay

August 10 – World Lion Day #WorldLionDay

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 #LeftHandersDay

August 15 – National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay

August 16 – National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay

August 19 – World Photography Day #WorldPhotoDay

August 19 – World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay

August 20 – National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay

August 21 – World Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay

August 26 – Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

August 26 – International Dog Day #InternationalDogDay

SEPTEMBER

September 2 – V-J Day #VJDay

September 4 – National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay

September 4 – World Sexual Health Day #SexualHealthDay

September 5 – International Day of Charity #CharityDay

September 5 – World Beard Day (First Saturday) #WorldBeardDay

September 6 – National Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay

September 7 – Labor Day (First Monday) #LaborDay

September 8 – International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay

September 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay

September 11 – National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day

September 11 – Stand Up to Cancer Day (Second Friday) #KissCancerGoodbye #SU2C

September 12 – National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement

September 12 – National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay

September 13 – National Grandparents Day (First Sunday after Labor Day) #NationalGrandparentsDay

September 18 – International Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay

September 18 – National Day of Civic Hacking #HackForChange

September 19 – Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay

September 21 – International Day of Peace #PeaceDay

September 22 – Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay

September 22 – Hobbit Day #HobbitDay

September 23 – First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall

September 26 – European Day of Languages #EDL

September 27 – World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay

September 28 – World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay

September 28 – National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay

September 30 – Orange Shirt Day #OrangeShirtDay

September 30 – National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Last Wednesday) #WomensHealthFitnessDay

September 30 – International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

OCTOBER

October 1 – International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP

October 1 – International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay

October 1 – World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay

October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonViolence

October 2 – World Smile Day (First Friday) #WorldSmileDay

October 3 – National Techies Day #TechiesDay

October 4 – World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay

October 5 – World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay

October 6 – World Habitat Day (First Monday) #WorldHabitatDay

October 7 – National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay #TacoDay

October 8 – World Sight Day (Second Thursday) #WorldSightDay

October 10 – World Homeless Day #WorldHomelessDay

October 10 – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay

October 11 – International Day of the Girl Child #DayOfTheGirl

October 14 – National Dessert Day #DessertDay

October 15 – Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay

October 16 – National Boss’s Day #BossesDay

October 16 – World Food Day #FoodDay

October 17 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty

October 21 – National Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay

October 24 – United Nations Day #UNDay

October 30 – National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay

October 30 – National Checklist Day #ChecklistDay

October 31 – Halloween #Halloween

NOVEMBER

November 1 – World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay

November 1 – National Author’s Day #NationalAuthorsDay

November 1 – Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings #DaylightSavingsTime

November 3 – National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay

November 4 – National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay

November 8 – National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay

November 8 – National STEM Day #STEMDay

November 11 – Veterans Day #VeteransDay

November 11 – Remembrance Day #PoppyDay #RemembranceDay

November 13 – World Kindness Day #WKD

November 14 – World Diabetes Day #WDD

November 15 – National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay

November 15 – America Recycles Day #BeRecycled

November 16 – International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay

November 17 – International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay

November 19 – International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay

November 20 – World Children’s Day #ChildrensDay

November 21 – World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay

November 26 – Thanksgiving (Fourth Thursday) #Thanksgiving

November 26 – National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay

November 27 – Black Friday (Fourth Friday) #BlackFriday #BlackFridayDeals

November 28 – National Day of Listening (Fourth Friday) #DayOfListening

November 29 – Small Business Saturday (Last Saturday) #ShopSmall

November 29 – Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay

November 30 – Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

DECEMBER

December 1 – World AIDS Day #WorldAIDSDay

December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD

December 4 – National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay

December 5 – International Volunteer Day #InternationalVolunteerDay

December 5 – World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay

December 6 – National Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay

December 10 – International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay

December 10 – International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay

December 10 – Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize

December 11 – International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay

December 11 – National Salesperson Day (Second Friday) #SalespersonDay

December 21 – National Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay

December 21 – First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice

December 23 – Festivus #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances

December 25 – Christmas Day #MerryChristmas #MerryChristmas #ChristmasJoy

December 26 – Kwanzaa (Through January 1) #Kwanzaa

December 31 – No Interruptions Day (Last work day) #NoInterruptionsDay

December 31 – New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve

Pro Tips for Using This Calendar

1. Plan Ahead: Schedule your posts at least 2 weeks in advance
2. Stay Authentic: Choose holidays that align with your brand values
3. Engage Your Audience: Use polls, questions, and interactive content
4. Mix It Up: Combine major holidays with quirky ones for variety
5. Track Performance: Monitor which holidays resonate most with your audience
6. Localize Content: Adapt global holidays to your local audience
7. Use Multiple Hash tags: Combine trending hash tags with niche ones
8. Create Series: Turn popular holidays into recurring content series

With this comprehensive calendar at your fingertips, you’ll never struggle with content ideas again. Each holiday is an opportunity to connect, engage, and grow your community. Start planning today and watch your engagement soar!

Remember: Consistency is key, creativity is power, and connection is everything. Here’s to your most successful social media year yet!

References

1.https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/social-media-holiday-calendar

2.https://emplifi.io/resources/blog/social-media-calendar

3.https://localiq.com/blog/social-media-holidays

4.https://socialbee.com/blog/social-media-holiday-calendar

5.https://statusbrew.com/insights/social-media-calendar

6.https://bloggingwizard.com/social-media-calendar-tools