The 2020 Social Media Holiday Calendar
- Khabri Mausi
- Jan 2, 2019
- 5 min read
Whether it’s International Bubble Bath Day, Pizza Day, or Talk Like a Pirate Day, it seems like almost every day on the internet there will be a day celebrating a holiday. With all these different days assigned to different causes, foods, people etc, you have no excuses when it comes to coming up with content ideas for your social media platforms and your blog.
Creating content around these ideas will help you to boost engagement and followers to your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Not only that, you can tie all these content ideas for social media platforms directly into your blog content. I also find that when you have high social engagement, you can leverage that audience to increase your email subscribers.
So here are 181 social media holiday ideas to inspire you to create popular posts and content on your social media platforms!
You’ll find the most popular holidays for each month listed and shown in an infographic for each and every month of the year.
You can also see the huge all in one social media holiday calendar infographic that encompasses the entire year in long format. You can also download a printable A4 Social Media Holiday Calendar here.
If you love this graphic, then please feel free to add it to your website or blog. Be sure to pin or bookmark each month that interests you.
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National & Global Social Media Holiday Dates For 2020
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January 2020
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1. Wednesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
2. Thursday, Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
4. Saturday, National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
5. Sunday, Golden Globe Awards #GoldenGlobes
9. Thursday, Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay
14. Tuesday, Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
15. Wednesday, Hat Day #HatDay
16. Thursday, Get To Know Your Customers Day
18. Saturday, Winnie The Poo Day #WinnieThePooDay
20. Monday, Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
20. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
20. Monday, Blue Monday, Jr. Day #BlueMonday
23. Thursday, National Pie Day #PieDay
24. Friday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Saturday, Year Of The Rat #YearOfTheRat
28. Tuesday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
31. Friday, Backwards Day #BackwardsDay
31. Friday, Hot Chocolate Day #HotChocolateDay
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February 2020
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1. Saturday, Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day #IceCreamForBreakfastDay
1. Saturday, Bubblegum Day #BubblegumDay
2. Sunday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
2. Sunday, Super Bowl LIII #SBLIII
4. Tuesday, World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
5. Wednesday, National Singing Day #SingingDay
6. Thursday, Chopsticks Day #ChopsticksDay
9. Sunday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
11. Tuesday, Make A Friend Day #MakeAFriendDay
14. Friday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
17. Monday, Random Acts Of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
18. Tuesday, Drink Wine Day #DrinkWineDay
20. Thursday, Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
21. Friday, Sticky Bun Day #StickyBunDay
22. Saturday, Be Humble Day #BeHumbleDay
24. Monday, 91st Academy Awards #AcademyAwards
26. Wednesday, Pistachio Day #PistachioDay
27. Thursday, No Brainer Day #NoBrainerDay
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March 2020
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2. Monday, Old Stuff Day #OldStuffDay
3. Tuesday, World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
4. Wednesday, Grammar Day #GrammarDay
7. Saturday, National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
8. Sunday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
10. Tuesday, Pack Your Lunch Day #PackYourLunchDay
12. Thursday, Girl Scouts Day #GirlScoutsDay
14. Saturday, Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
15. Sunday, World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020
16. Monday, Freedom Of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
17. Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
18. Wednesday, Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
20. Friday, Proposal Day #ProposalDay
21. Saturday, World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
23. Monday, Puppy Day #PuppyDay
28. Saturday, Weed Appreciation Day
31. Tuesday, World Back Up Day #WorldBackupDay
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April 2020
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1. Monday, April Fools Day #AprilFools
2. Tuesday, World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
3. Wednesday, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
4. Thursday, Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
10. Wednesday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
11. Thursday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
16. Tuesday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
18. Thursday, National High-Five Day #NH5D
19. Friday, Good Friday #GoodFriday
20. Saturday, National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
21. Sunday, Easter #HappyEaster
22. Monday, Earth Day #EarthDay2019
24. Wednesday, Denim Day #DenimDay
25. Thursday, World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
26. Friday, Arbor Day #ArborDay
29. Monday, International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
30. Tuesday, National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
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May 2020
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1. Wednesday, May Day #MayDay
2. Thursday, World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
3. Friday, Space Day #SpaceDay
4. Sat, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
5. Sunday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
6. Monday, National Nurses Day #NursesDay
7. Tuesday, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
12. Sunday, National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
13. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay
15. Wednesday, International Day of Families #FamilyDay
17. Friday, National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
21. Tuesday, National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
24. Fri, National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
27. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
28. Tuesday, Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
29. Wednesday, Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
31. Friday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
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June 2020
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1. Saturday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
2. Sunday, National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019
3. Mon, Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
5. Wednesday, World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
6. Thursday, Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
7. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
8. Saturday, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
14. Friday, World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
16. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay
20. Thursday, World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
21. Friday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
27. Thursday, National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
30. Sunday, Social Media Day #SMDay
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July 2020
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1. Monday, National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
2. Tuesday, World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
4. Thursday, Independence Day (United States)
7. Sunday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
11. Thursday, Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
12. Friday, Malala Day #MalalaDay
15. Monday, Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
17. Wednesday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18. Thursday, Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
26. Friday, Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
30. Tuesday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
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August 2020
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1. Thursday, Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
2. Friday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
8. Thursday, International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9. Friday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10. Saturday, National Lazy Day #LazyDay
11. Sunday, National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
12. Monday, International Youth Day #YouthDay
13. Tuesday, International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
15. Thursday, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
16. Friday, National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
19. Monday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
20. Tuesday, National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
26. Monday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
26. Monday, National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
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September 2020
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2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
4. Wednesday, National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
5. Thursday, International Day of Charity #CharityDay
6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
8. Sunday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
11. Wed, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
12. Thu, National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
13. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
19. Thursday, Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
22. Sunday, Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
23. Monday, First Day of Fall
25. Wed, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
26. Thursday, European Day of Languages #EDL2019
27. Friday, World Tourism Day #WTD2019
28. Saturday, World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
30. Monday, International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
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October 2020
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1. Tuesday, World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
2. Wed, International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
3. Thursday, National Techies Day #TechiesDay
4. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
5. Saturday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
7. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
10. Thursday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
11. Friday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15. Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
16. Wednesday, World Food Day #FoodDay
17. Thu, International Day for Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
20. Sunday, World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
21. Monday, Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24. Thursday, United Nations Day #UNDay
25. Friday, Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
30. Wednesday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween
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November 2020
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1. Friday, World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
3. Sunday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
4. Monday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
8. Friday, National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13. Wednesday, World Kindness Day #WKD
14. Thursday, World Diabetes Day #WDD
15. Friday, America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
16. Saturday, International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
17. Sunday, International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
19. Tuesday, International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
20. Wednesday, Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
21. Thursday, World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
26. Tuesday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
29. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday
30. Saturday, Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
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December 2020
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1. Sunday, World AIDS Day #WAD2019
2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
3. Tuesday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
5. Thursday, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
6. Friday, Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
8. Sunday, Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
10. Tuesday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
11. Wed, International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
13. Friday, National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
21. Saturday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
24. Tue, Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
25. Wed, Christmas Day #ChristmasDay
26. Thu, Boxing Day #BoxingDay
30. Monday, No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE
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The Full 2020 Social Media Holiday Calendar
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