Social Media Holiday Calendar 2023 [+Downloadable PDF]

Holidays are a prime opportunity to create stellar social media content, run contests, giveaways and interact with your audience to build meaningful connections.

With a calendar that's filled with social media holidays throughout the year, you will never be left without an idea for a social post. Plus, they will allow you to share your company culture, reinforce your brand voice, and engage with your audience genuinely.

Social media calendars are tools for proactive scheduling, planning, and posting of social media communications. Marketers use calendars to schedule posts, plan the information to distribute, manage many social media postings campaigns, keep track of deadlines and workflows, and review content that has already been released.

Not sure which holidays come when? We have got you covered. Consider post as your ultimate social media holidays calendar for the year 2023.

To jump to a specific month, click the links below:

• January 2023 Social Media Holidays
• February 2023 Social Media Holidays
• March 2023 Social Media Holidays
• April 2023 Social Media Holidays
• May 2023 Social Media Holidays
• June 2023 Social Media Holidays
• July 2023 Social Media Holidays
• August 2023 Social Media Holidays
• September 2023 Social Media Holidays
• October 2023 Social Media Holidays
• November 2023 Social Media Holidays
• December 2023 Social Media Holidays
• Tips To Create A Content Calendar Like A Pro
• Ready To Create A Social Media Content Calendar For 2023?

January 2023 Social Media Holidays

January 1 - 🥳 New Year's Day #NewYearsDay

January 2 - 🔬Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay

January 3 - National Thank God It's Monday Day #NationalThankGodItsMondayDay

January 4 - National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay

January 5 - 🐦 National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay

January 8 - World Typing Day #WorldTypingDay

January 9 - Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay

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 16 - National Nothing Day #NothingDay

January 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay

January 17 - Judgment day #judgementday

January 19 - 🍿 National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay

January 19 - Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay

January 20 - 🧀 Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay

January 21 - 🤗 National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay

January 22 - Chinese New Year #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear

January 23 - 🥧 National Pie Day #PieDay

January 23 - Community Manager Appreciation Day #communitymanagerappreciationday

January 24 - National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay

January 24 - Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD

January 25 - Opposite Day #OppositeDay

January 27 - 🎂 National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay

January 28 - 🔐 Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware

January 29 - 🧩 National Puzzle Day #NationalPuzzleDay

February 2023 Social Media Holidays

February 1 - Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear

February 2 - Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay

February 4 - 🎗 World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay

February 5 - National Weatherperson's Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay

February 7 - Safer Internet Day #SID2023

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 11 - 💡 National Inventors' Day #InventorsDay

February 12 - 🏈 Super Bowl LVI #SBLVI #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl

February 13 - 📻 World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay

February 14 - 💕 Valentine's Day #ValentinesDay

February 17 - Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

February 18 - National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay

February 20 - Presidents' Day #PresidentsDay

February 20 - World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay

February 20 - 🦮 National Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay

February 21 - Mardi Gras #MardiGras

February 21 - International Mother Language Day #IMLD

February 22 - World Thinking Day #WorldThinkingDay

March 2023 Social Media Holidays

March 2 - National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica

March 3 - 🦓 World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay

March 3 - National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging

March 3 - National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay

March 4 - National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay

March 6 - 🦷 National Dentist's Day #DentistsDay

March 7 - 🥣 National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay

March 7 - National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay

March 8 - 🔍 National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay

March 9 - Popcorn Lover's Day #PopcornLoversDay

March 10 - National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay

March 11 - 🧰 National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay

March 12 - National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay

March 13 - 💤 National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay

March 14 - 🥔National Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay

March 14 - 𝞹 Pi Day #PiDay, #InternationalDayofMathematics

March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay

March 15 - Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay

March 16 - National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay

March 17 - 😴 World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay

March 17 - 🍀 St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay

March 18 - 😬 National Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay

March 19 - 🤣 National Let's Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay

March 20 - 😀 International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness, #DayofHappiness

March 20 - World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay

March 22 - 🚰 World Water Day #WorldWaterDay

March 23 - 🐶 National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay

March 25 - Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay

March 25 - 🌏 Earth Hour Day #EarthHour

March 26 - 🥬 National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay

March 28 - American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay

March 30 - 🩺 National Doctor's Day #NationalDoctorsDay

March 31 - World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay

April 2023 Social Media Holidays

April 1 - April Fools' Day #AprilFools, #AprilFoolsDay

April 3 - 🌈 Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay

April 4 - 🤗 Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson

April 6 - National Walking Day (First Wednesday in April) #NationalWalkingDay

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 17 - Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay

April 18 - National Tax Day #TaxDay

April 20 - National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay

April 20 - ✋ National High-Five Day #NH5D

April 21 - International Creativity And Innovation Day #CreativityAndInnovationDay

April 22 - 🌍 Earth Day #EarthDay

April 23 - 🧺 National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay

April 23 - 📚 World Book Day #WorldBookDay

April 25 - ☎️ National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay

April 26 - 👖 Denim Day #DenimDay

April 27 - 👦👧 National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay

April 28 - 🌲🌳 Arbor Day #ArborDay

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 #JazzDay

May 2023 Social Media Holidays

May 1 - May Day #MayDay

May 1 - 👩‍💻 International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay

May 4 - 💫 Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou

May 4 - International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay

May 5 - Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo

May 5 - ⌨️ World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay

May 6 - National Space Day (First Friday in May) #SpaceDay

May 7 - 🤣 World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay

May 8 - 👩‍👧‍👦 Mother's Day (Second Sunday in May) #MothersDay

May 9 - 🇪🇺 Europe Day #EuropeDay

May 9 - Teacher Appreciation Day #TeacherAppreciationDay

May 11 - National Receptionist Day (Second Wednesday in May) #NationalReceptionistDay

May 12 - National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay

May 15 - 👨‍👩‍👦 International Day of Families #FamilyDay

May 16 - 🌳 Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay

May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT

May 20 - 🚴‍♀️ National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday in May) #BTWD

May 20 - 🦁 Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) #EndangeredSpeciesDay

May 21 - 🗒 National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay

May 24 - 🗺 National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay

May 28 - 🍔 National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay

May 29 - 📎 National Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay

May 30 - 🎨 National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay

May 31 - 🙂 National Smile Day #SmileDay

May 31 - 🚭 World No Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

June 2023 Social Media Holidays

June 1 - 👪 Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents

June 2 - National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay

June 2 - 🍩 National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay

June 4 - 🧀 National Cheese Day #NationalCheeseDay

June 5 - 🌏 World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay

June 6 - 🏫 National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay

June 8 - 🌊 World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay

June 8 - National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay

June 13 - 👦👧 National Children's Day #ChildrensDay

June 14 - 🩸 World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood

June 14 - 🏁 National Flag Day #FlagDay

June 19 - Father's Day (Third Sunday in June) #FathersDay

June 21 - 🤳 National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay

June 21 - 🎻 World Music Day #WorldMusicDay

June 21 - International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay

June 24 - 🐶 National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay

June 27 - 😎 National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay

June 29 - 📸 National Camera Day #CameraDay

June 30 - World Social Media Day #SMDay

June 30 - National Handshake Day (Last Thursday in June) #HandshakeDay

July 2023 Social Media Holidays

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 5 - National Workaholics Day #NationalWorkaholicDay

July 7 - 🍫 World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay

July 10 - National Kitten Day #KittenDay

July 11 - National Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay

July 13 - National French Fry Day #NationalFrenchFryDay

July 15 - Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay

July 16 - 🍒 National Cherry Day #NationalCherryDay

July 17 - 😃 World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay

July 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay

July 18 - World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay

July 20 - ♛ International Chess Day #InternationalChessDay

July 21 - 🍟 National Junk Food Day #NationalJunkFoodDay

July 27 - National Intern Day #NationalInternDay

July 28 - Talk In an Elevator Day (Last Friday of July) #TalkInAnElevatorDay

July 30 - International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August 2023 Social Media Holidays

August 1 - National 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 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 24 - 🧇 National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay

August 26 - National Dog Day #InternationalDogDay

September 2023 Social Media Holidays

September 1 - ✉ World Letter Writing Day #WorldLetterWritingDay

September 4 - National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay

September 5 - International Day of Charity #CharityDay

September 8 - International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay

September 10 - 👵👴 National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay

September 12 - National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement

September 16 - National Gymnastics Day #NationalGymnasticsDay

September 12 - 🎮 National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay

September 19 - 🏴‍☠️ Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay

September 21 - 🕊 International Day of Peace #PeaceDay

September 21 - Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay

September 26 - National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay

September 26 - European Day of Languages #EDL2023

September 27 - 🏖 World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay

September 28 - National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay

September 30 - International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October 2023 Social Media Holidays

October 1 - ☕ International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay

October 1 - 🥬🥕 World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay

October 2 - International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence

October 4 - 🐅 World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay

October 4 - 🌮 National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay, #TacoDay

October 5 - World Teacher's Day #WorldTeachersDay

October 6 - 😁 World Smile Day #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 - National Boss's Day #BossesDay

October 20 - World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay

October 24 - 🇺🇳 United Nations Day #UNDay

October 25 - 🍔 National Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay

October 29 - International Internet Day #InternetDay

October 30 - National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay

October 30 - ✅ National Checklist Day #ChecklistDay

October 31 - 🎃 Halloween #Halloween

November 2023 Social Media Holidays

November 1 - 📖 National Author's Day #NationalAuthorsDay

November 1 - 🌱 World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay

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 13 - 💗 World Kindness Day #WKD

November 16 - International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay

November 20 - 👦👧 Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay

November 21 - 👋 World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay

November 21 - National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay

November 23 - 🦃 Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving

November 25 - Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall

November 26 - 🎂 National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay

November 27 - National Day of Listening #DayOfListening

November 29 - Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay

December 2023 Social Media Holidays

December 4 - 🍪 National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay

December 8 - Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay

December 8 - National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay

December 10 - International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay

December 10 - 🏅 Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize

December 11 - 🏔 International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay

December 21 - National Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay

December 25 - 🎁 Christmas #Christmas, #MerryChristmas

December 31 - 🙅 No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay

December 31 - 🎇 New Year's Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve

Tips To Create A Content Calendar Like A Pro

Using the social media content calendar, you can plan and keep on track with your content strategy. It facilitates and improves the management of content development, scheduling, and publishing.

You can acquire essential insights and find improvement areas by routinely monitoring performance and conducting content audits. Your efforts to advertise your material will improve over time, increasing its effectiveness.

Define Your Content Objectives

The most excellent strategy is to connect your content targets to your overarching company objectives. Some relevant goals include boosting conversion rates, increasing audience engagement, and generating potential leads.

Decide On The Content-Type

It is choosing the right kind of content to influence engagement. The type of content you select must fit the viewing habits of your target audience. Using the appropriate content, you can accomplish your marketing goals and differentiate yourself from the competition.

Some of the social media content types include

• Reels
• Posts
• Carousel posts
• Videos
• Stories
• Tweets

Create A Content Calander

Setting up a publishing schedule can connect you with essential marketing chances, such as those that arise before a season of peak sales. Additionally, you can schedule social media updates for particular days and times to coincide with your audience's online routines or habits of content consumption.

Ready To Create A Social Media Content Calendar For 2023?

A well-crafted content calendar includes various elements to support your team's efficiency and organization. These essentials consist of the following:

• Date
• Social platform
• Title
• Content-Type
• Status

Statusbrew's scheduling feature is a terrific tool for posting your content to multiple social networking platforms. You can organize and speed up your social media publishing using Statusbrew Planner.

You may automate publishing procedures using Statusbrew Publish or even design customized workflows based on your needs. It lets you visualize a complete content history on several social sites and streamline your marketing strategy.

Social media marketers can create, preview, schedule, and publish their social media posts with Statusbrew. Additionally, not only for one platform. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google My Business are all supported by Statusbrew. The Bulk Composer even allows you to schedule hundreds of posts across several social media platforms.

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