2023-Nothing but a breeze!
Well, at least that's what we are hoping for as we compiled some of the important social media holidays to make organizing and planning a whole lot easier this year. Not every date matters, but most will when it comes to highlighting your brand AND your audience.
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 10: Clean Off Your Desk Day (Second Monday of January) #CleanOffYourDeskDay
January 13: National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 15: National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday of January) #MLKDay
January 20: Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
January 20: Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday of January) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 21: National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
January 24: National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
January 24: Community Manager Appreciation Day (Every 4th Monday of January) #CMAD
January 25: Opposite Day #OppositeDay
January 28: Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
February
February 1 – 28: Black History Month
February 1: Chinese New Year (Varies Each Year) #ChineseNewYear
February 2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
February 4: World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 8: Safer Internet Day (Second Tuesday of February) #SID2023
February 9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11: Inventors Day #InventorsDay
February 13: World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 13: Super Bowl LV (Varies each year based on the U.S. Football season) #SBLV #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
February 14: Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 20: World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
February 20: Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
February 21: Presidents Day (Third Monday of February) #PresidentsDay
March
March 1: Mardi Gras (Varies Each Year) #MardiGras
March 4: National Employee Appreciation Day (First Friday of March) #EmployeeAppreciationDay
March 4: National Day of Unplugging (First Friday of March) #NationalDayOfUnplugging
March 6: National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
March 7: National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
March 8: International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
March 8: National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
March 14: Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 13: Daylight Savings (Second Sunday of March) #DaylightSavings
March 14: National Napping Day (the day after Daylight Savings) #NationalNappingDay
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 15: Equal Pay Day (Varies Each Year) #EqualPayDay
March 16: National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
March 18: Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
March 18: World Sleep Day (the Friday before Spring Vernal Equinox) #WorldSleepDay
March 19: National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 20: World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
March 20: First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
March 21: World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
March 23: National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 26: Purple Day #PurpleDay
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
April
April 1 – 30: National Stress Awareness Month
April 1: April Fools Day #AprilFools
April 2: World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
April 3: Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
April 4: Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
April 6: National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
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 16: National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
April 20: National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
April 21: National High-Five Day (Third Thursday of April) #NH5D
April 21: National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
April 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday of April) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
April 22: Earth Day #EarthDay2023
April 23: National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
April 23: World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 25: National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
April 27: Denim Day (Last Wednesday in April) #DenimDay
April 28: National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Fourth Thursday in April) #COUNTONME
April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 30: National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
May
May 1: International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
May 3: World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2023 #PressFreedom
May 3: National Teacher Appreciation Day (first Tuesday of the first full week of May) #ThankATeacher
May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4: International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 5: World Password Day (First Thursday of May) #WorldPasswordDay
May 6: National Nurses Day #NursesDay
May 6: Space Day (First Friday of May) #SpaceDay
May 14th: Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May) #MothersDay
May 15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16: Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2023
May 19: National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday of May) #BTWD
May 19: Endangered Species Day (Third Friday of May) #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 21: National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 24: National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 27: Heat Awareness Day (Last Friday of May) #NoFryDay
May 28: Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 29: Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 29: Memorial Day (Last Monday of May) #MemorialDay #MDW
May 31: World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
June
June 1: Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 3: National Donut Day (First Friday of June) #NationalDonutDay
June 5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 5: National Cancer Survivors Day (First Sunday of June)#NCSD2023
June 6: Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8: Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 12: International Children’s Day (Second Sunday of June) #ChildrensDay
June 14: World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
June 14: National Flag Day #FlagDay
June 19: Juneteenth (Freedom Day) #Juneteenth
June 19: Father’s Day (Third Sunday of June) #FathersDay
June 20: World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
June 21: First Day of Summer (Varies between June 20-22 each year) #FirstDayofSummer
June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21: World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 21: International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 24: Take Your Dog to Work Day (First Friday after Juneteenth) #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 27: National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 30: Social Media Day #SMDay
June 30: National Handshake Day (Last Thursday of June) #HandshakeDay
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 8: National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
July 11: Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
July 15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday of July) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
July 30: International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
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 Lovers 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 Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
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 5: Labor Day (First Monday of September) #LaborDay
September 6: Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
September 8: International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 9: Stand Up To Cancer Day (Second Friday of September) #KissCancerGoodbye
September 11: National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
September 11: National Grandparents Day (First Sunday of September after Labor Day) #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 12: National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
September 15 – October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month #hispanicheritagemonth
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 22: First Day of Fall #FirstDayofFall
September 26: National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
September 28: National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
September 28: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Last Wednesday of September) #FitnessDay
September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1: World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 2: International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
October 3: National Techies Day #TechiesDay
October 3: World Habitat Day (First Monday of October) #WorldHabitatDay
October 4: World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
October 4: National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 5: World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 7: World Smile Day (First Friday of October) #WorldSmileDay
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 16: World Food Day #FoodDay
October 16: Bosses Day #BossesDay
October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
October 20: Get to Know Your Customers Day (Third Thursday of October) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
October 25: Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 30: National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
October 30: Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31: Halloween #Halloween
November
November 1-30: National Novel Writing Month #NaNoWriMo
November 1: National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 1: National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
November 2: National Stress Awareness Day (First Wednesday of November) #StressAwarenessDay
November 3: National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 4: National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 6: Daylight Saving Time Ends (First Sunday of November) #DaylightSavings
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
November 15: National Entrepreneurs Day (Third Tuesday of November) #EntrepreneursDay
November 16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
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 23: Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday of November) #Thanksgiving
November 25: National Day of Listening (the day after Thanksgiving) #DayOfListening
November 26: National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 25: Small Business Saturday (Last Saturday of November) #ShopSmall
November 29: Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
November 30: Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
December
December 1: World AIDS Day #WAD2023
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 9: National Salesperson Day (Second Friday of December) #SalespersonDay
December 10: Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
December 10: Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
December 11: International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 21: First Day of Winter (Varies between December 20-23 each year) #WinterSolstice
December 27: No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
