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.
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- 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 - ๐ฅณ New Year's Day #NewYearsDay
January 2 - ๐ฌScience Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
January 3 - National Thank God It's Monday Day #NationalThankGodItsMondayDay
January 4 - National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 5 - ๐ฆ 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 - ๐ฉ 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 - ๐ฟ National Popcorn Day #NationalPopcornDay
January 19 - Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
January 20 - ๐ง Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
January 21 - ๐ค National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
January 22 - Chinese New Year #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear
January 23 - ๐ฅง 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 - ๐ National Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay
January 28 - ๐ Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
January 29 - ๐งฉ National Puzzle Day #NationalPuzzleDay
February 2023 Social Media Holidays
February 1 - Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear
February 2 - Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
February 4 - ๐ World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 5 - National Weatherperson's Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
February 7 - Safer Internet Day #SID2023
February 7 - ๐ฌ National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
February 8 - National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
February 9 - ๐ National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11 - ๐ก National Inventors' Day #InventorsDay
February 12 - ๐ Super Bowl LVI #SBLVI #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
February 13 - ๐ป World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 14 - ๐ 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 - ๐ฆฎ 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 - ๐ฆ 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 - ๐ฆท National Dentist's Day #DentistsDay
March 7 - ๐ฅฃ National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 7 - National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
March 8 - ๐ National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
March 9 - Popcorn Lover's Day #PopcornLoversDay
March 10 - National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
March 11 - ๐งฐ National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
March 12 - National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
March 13 - ๐ค National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
March 14 - ๐ฅNational Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 14 - ๐น 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 - ๐ด World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 17 - ๐ St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay
March 18 - ๐ฌ National Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
March 19 - ๐คฃ National Let's Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
March 20 - ๐ International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness, #DayofHappiness
March 20 - World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
March 22 - ๐ฐ World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 23 - ๐ถ National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 25 - Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
March 25 - ๐ Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
March 26 - ๐ฅฌ National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
March 28 - American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
March 30 - ๐ฉบ 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 - ๐ Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
April 4 - ๐ค 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 - โ Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
April 11 - ๐ฆฎ 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 - โ National High-Five Day #NH5D
April 21 - International Creativity And Innovation Day #CreativityAndInnovationDay
April 22 - ๐ Earth Day #EarthDay
April 23 - ๐งบ National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
April 23 - ๐ World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 25 - โ๏ธ National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
April 26 - ๐ Denim Day #DenimDay
April 27 - ๐ฆ๐ง National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay
April 28 - ๐ฒ๐ณ Arbor Day #ArborDay
April 29 - ๐International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 30 - National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30 - ๐ National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
April 30 - ๐ท International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May 2023 Social Media Holidays
May 1 - May Day #MayDay
May 1 - ๐ฉโ๐ป International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
May 4 - ๐ซ Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4 - International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 5 - โจ๏ธ World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 6 - National Space Day (First Friday in May) #SpaceDay
May 7 - ๐คฃ World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay
May 8 - ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Mother's Day (Second Sunday in May) #MothersDay
May 9 - ๐ช๐บ 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 - ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16 - ๐ณ Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT
May 20 - ๐ดโโ๏ธ National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday in May) #BTWD
May 20 - ๐ฆ Endangered Species Day (Third Friday in May) #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 21 - ๐ National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 24 - ๐บ National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 28 - ๐ National Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 29 - ๐ National Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 30 - ๐จ National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
May 31 - ๐ National Smile Day #SmileDay
May 31 - ๐ญ World No Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
June 2023 Social Media Holidays
June 1 - ๐ช Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 2 - National Leave the Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
June 2 - ๐ฉ National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay
June 4 - ๐ง National Cheese Day #NationalCheeseDay
June 5 - ๐ World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6 - ๐ซ National Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 8 - ๐ World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8 - National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 13 - ๐ฆ๐ง National Children's Day #ChildrensDay
June 14 - ๐ฉธ World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
June 14 - ๐ National Flag Day #FlagDay
June 19 - Father's Day (Third Sunday in June) #FathersDay
June 21 - ๐คณ National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21 - ๐ป World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 21 - International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 24 - ๐ถ National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 27 - ๐ National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 29 - ๐ธ 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 - ๐ซ National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 1 - International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
July 2 - ๐ธ World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4 - ๐ Independence Day #July4th
July 5 - National Workaholics Day #NationalWorkaholicDay
July 7 - ๐ซ 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 - ๐ National Cherry Day #NationalCherryDay
July 17 - ๐ World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
July 18 - World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay
July 20 - โ International Chess Day #InternationalChessDay
July 21 - ๐ 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 - ๐ฑ International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9 - ๐ 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 - ๐ท World Photography Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 19 - World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
August 24 - ๐ง National Waffle Day #NationalWaffleDay
August 26 - National Dog Day #InternationalDogDay
September 2023 Social Media Holidays
September 1 - โ 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 - ๐ต๐ด National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 12 - National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
September 16 - National Gymnastics Day #NationalGymnasticsDay
September 12 - ๐ฎ National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 19 - ๐ดโโ ๏ธ Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
September 21 - ๐ 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 - ๐ World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
September 28 - National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
September 30 - International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October 2023 Social Media Holidays
October 1 - โ International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1 - ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 2 - International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
October 4 - ๐ World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
October 4 - ๐ฎ National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay, #TacoDay
October 5 - World Teacher's Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 6 - ๐ World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 10 - World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 11 - ๐ง International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
October 14 - ๐ฐ 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 - ๐บ๐ณ United Nations Day #UNDay
October 25 - ๐ National Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 29 - International Internet Day #InternetDay
October 30 - National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
October 30 - โ National Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31 - ๐ Halloween #Halloween
November 2023 Social Media Holidays
November 1 - ๐ National Author's Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 1 - ๐ฑ World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 3 - ๐ฅช National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
November 4 - ๐ญ National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 8 - National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
November 8 - ๐ฌ National STEM Day #STEMDay
November 11 - Veterans Day #VeteransDay
November 13 - ๐ World Kindness Day #WKD
November 16 - International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
November 20 - ๐ฆ๐ง Universal Childrenโs Day #UNChildrensDay
November 21 - ๐ World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 21 - National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 23 - ๐ฆ Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving
November 25 - Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
November 26 - ๐ 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 - ๐ช 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 - ๐ Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
December 11 - ๐ International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 21 - National Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
December 25 - ๐ Christmas #Christmas, #MerryChristmas
December 31 - ๐ No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
December 31 - ๐ 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
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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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