Content creation is serious business! Whether it’s for your blog, podcast, videos or social media pages — consistency is key. But, how can you consistently come up with new and creative content ideas? One simple way to fill in your social media content calendar is with fun, unique holidays and days of recognition. Here are some of our favorite social media holidays to consider that promote women empowerment and/or are just plain FUN!
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January
- January 1 – New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
- January 2 – World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay
- January 3 – International Mind-Body Wellness Day #InternationalMindWellnessDay
- January 3 – Women Rock Day #WomenRock
- January 11 – Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingAwarenessDay
- January 13 – Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
- January 13 – Make Your Dreams Come True Day #MakeYourDreamsComeTrue
- January 21 – National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
- January 24 – National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
February
- Month of February – Black History Month
- February 1 – National Girls and Women in Sports Day #NGWSD
- February 1 – Spunky Old Broads Day #SpunkyOldBroadsDay
- February 2 – Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
- February 4 – World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
- February 9 – National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
- February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInSTEM
- February 11 – Make a Friend Day #MakeNewFriends
- February 13 – Galentine’s Day #GalentinesDay
- February 14 – Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
- February 17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
- February 19 – National Lash Day #NationalLashDay
- February 20 – Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
- February, Varies – Presidents Day (Third Monday of February)
- February, Varies – Superbowl Sunday (Second Sunday of February)
March
- Month of March – National Women’s History Month #WomensHistoryMonth
- March 4 – National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
- March 7 – National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
- March 8 – International Women’s Day InternationalWomensDay or #IWD
- March 9 – National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
- March 10 – Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
- March 12 – National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
- March 14 – Pi Day #PiDay
- March 15 – Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
- March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
- March 20 – International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
- March 20 – First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
- March 20 – Proposal Day #NationalProposalDay
- March 21 – Elimination of Racial Discrimination Day #RacialDiscriminationDay
- March 23 – National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
- March, Varies – National Day of Unplugging (First Friday of March) #NationalDayOfUnplugging
- March, Varies – Women in Construction Week (First Full Week of March) #WomenInConstruction
- March, Varies – Daylight Savings Begins (Second Sunday in March) #DaylightSavings
April
- April 1 – April Fools Day #AprilFools
- April 1 – National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
- April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
- April 7 – World Health Day #LetsTalk
- April 10 – National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
- April 16 – Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
- April 22 – Earth Day #EarthDay2020
- April 23 – Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
- April 23 – World Book Day #WorldBookDay
- April 29 – International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
- April 30 – National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
May
- May 1 – May Day #MayDay
- May 4 – Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay
- May 5 – Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
- May 5 – Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
- May 11 – Eat What You Want Day #NationalEatWhatYouWantDay
- May 15 – International Day of Families #FamilyDay
- May 25 – National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
- May 30 – National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
- May 31 – National Smile Day #NationalSmileDay
- May, Varies – National Dog Mom’s Day (Second Saturday of May) #NationalDogMomsDay
- May, Varies – Mother’s Day (Second Sunday of May) #MothersDay
- May, Varies – National Women’s Checkup Day (Second Monday of May) #Women’sCheckupDay
- May, Varies – National Bike to Work Day (Third Friday of May) #BTWD
- May, Varies – Memorial Day (Last Monday of May) #MemorialDay #MDW
June
- June 8 – Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
- June 19 – Juneteenth #Juneteenth
- June 20 – First Day of Summer #FirstDayOfSummer
- June 21 – National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
- June 21 – International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
- June 30 – Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay
- June, Varies – National Donut Day (First Friday of June) #NationalDonutDay
- June, Varies – Father’s Day (Third Sunday of June) #FathersDay
July
- July 3 – Compliment Your Mirror Day #ComplimentYourMirrorDay
- July 4 – Independence Day #July4th
- July 7 – World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
- July 12 – Malala Day #MalalaDay
- July 17 – World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
- July 30 – International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August
- August 1 – Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
- August 1 – National Girlfriends Day #NationalGirlfriendsDay
- August 4 – Single Working Women’s Day #SingleWorkingWomen
- August 6 – National Sister’s Day #NationalSisterDay
- August 9 – National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
- August 15 – National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
- August 26 – National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September
- September 5 – International Day of Charity #CharityDay
- September 6 – Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
- September 8 – International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
- September 12 – National Police Woman Day #NationalPoliceWomanDay
- September 22 – First Day of Fall #1stDayOfFall
- September 22 – American Business Women’s Day #AmericanBusinessWomensDay
- September 22 – National Girls’ Night In Day #GirlsNightIn
- September 30 – International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
- September, Varies – Labor Day (First Monday of September) #LaborDay
- September, Varies – National Women’s Friendship Day (Third Sunday of September) #NationalWomensFriendshipDay
- September, Varies – Wife Appreciation Day (Third Sunday of September) #WifeAppreciationDay
- September, Varies – National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Last Wednesday of September) #FitnessDay
October
- Month of October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth
- October 2 – World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
- October 10 – World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
- October 10 – Handbag Day #NationalHandbagDay
- October 11 – International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
- October 13 – National No Bra Day #NoBraDay
- October 16 – Bosses Day #BossesDay
- October 18 – World Menopause Day #WorldMenopauseDay
- October 31 – Halloween #Halloween
- October, Varies – World Smile Day (First Friday of October) #WorldSmileDay
November
- November 3 – National Housewife Day #HousewifeDay
- November 8 – STEM Day #STEMDay
- November 11 – Veterans Day #VeteransDay
- November 13 – World Kindness Day #WKD
- November 15 – Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
- November 17 – Take a Hike Day #TakeAHike
- November 19 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Day #ChooseWOMEN
- November, Varies – National Stress Awareness Day (First Wednesday of November) #StressAwarenessDay
- November, Varies – Men Make Dinner Day (First Thursday in November)
- November, Varies – Friendsgiving (Weekend Before Thanksgiving) #Friendsgiving
- November, Varies – Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday of November) #Thanksgiving
- November, Varies – Small Business Saturday (Saturday after Thanksgiving) #SmallBusinessSaturday
- November, Varies – Cyber Monday (Monday after Thanksgiving) #CyberMonday
- November, Varies – Giving Tuesday (Tuesday after Thanksgiving) #GivingTuesday
December
- December 10 – Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
- December 20 – Sangria Day #SangriaDay
- December 21 – First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
- December 23 – Festivus #Festivus
- December 25 – Christmas Day #MerryChristmas
- December 31 – New Year’s Eve #NYE2020
Now that you have all these fun social media holidays on your calendar, go ahead and get creative! Need some additional help with your content planning? Visit our small business resources page and download our FREE Content Planning Kit, which includes monthly planning calendars, a content repository AND a fun spreadsheet (yes, spreadsheets can be fun!) of social media holidays to help get you started!
Kim is the owner and publisher of Sass Magazine, as well as the owner of Sass Studios, a boutique graphic design studio in Frederick, MD. When not in the office, Kim can be found doing some of her favorite hobbies—reading a book, dancing, traveling, or playing with her rescued pitbull.
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