Fun Social Media Holidays for Women to Celebrate

By Kim Dow

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 Dow

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.