2024 Social Media Holidays to Add to Your Content Calendar

We’ve compiled a mega list of 2024 social media holidays to give you some content ideas and help you boost your engagement on your social channels. Happy posting!

We’re sure you’ve heard time and time again that including social media in your digital marketing strategy is crucial in 2024. But we’re going to keep telling you anyway. Because it really is that important. We’ll even back it up with stats like 43% of consumers browse social media to find goods and services.

2024 Social Media Holidays to Add to Your Content Calendar

We’ll also stress the importance of creating good content that your followers want to engage with. An average person spends just 35 minutes a day on Facebook. That means you have a very short amount of time to grab their attention and convince them that your content is good enough to earn a like or comment. Creating that quality content at a high rate is easier said than done, though. If you want to post once a day, or even multiple times a day, where are all those ideas supposed to come from? Thankfully, there’s a social media holiday for just about every day of the year. You can pick and choose the ones that best relate to your products, services or customers to create unique posts that will engage your audience and grow your following.

We’ve crafted a mega list of 2024 social media holidays starting with the month of March so you can begin this strategy right away. It includes everything from National Puppy Day to National Lazy Day (the two most important days if you ask us) and some relevant hashtags for each day. Make sure to keep a list of all your faves or bookmark this page so you can refer to it all year!

March

  • Women’s History Month
  • March 1. World Compliment Day #WorldComplimentDay
  • March 3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay               
  • March 8. International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
  • March 14. Pi Day #PiDay
  • March 14. Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
  • March 15. World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
  • March 17. St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay
  • March 18. Global Recycling Day #GlobalRecyclingDay
  • March 20. International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
  • March 20. World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
  • March 20. First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
  • March 21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
  • March 22. World Water Day #WorldWaterDay #Water2me
  • March 23. National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay                                                                                                2024 Social Media Holidays to Add to Your Content Calendar
  • March 25. International Waffle Day #InternationalWaffleDay
  • March 29. National Mom & Pop Business Owners Day #MomandPopBusinessOwnersDay
  • March 31. Easter
  • March 31. Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
  • March 31. Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV

                                                                   

April

  • National Poetry Month
  • April 1. April Fools Day #AprilFools
  • April 2. World Autism Day #WAAD
  • April 3. Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
  • April 7. World Health Day #LetsTalk
  • April 7. National Beer Day #NationalBeerDay
  • April 10. National Siblings’s Day #NationalSiblingsDay
  • April 11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
  • April 15. Tax Day
  • April 21. World Creativity and Innovation Day #WCIW #WCID #IAmCreative
  • April 22. Earth Day #EarthDay
  • April 23. World Book Day #WorldBookDay
  • April 28. National Superhero Day #SuperheroDay #NationalSuperheroDay
  • April 29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay & World Wish Day #WorldWishDay
  • April 30. National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
  • April 30. International Jazz Day #JazzDay

May

  • Mental Health Awareness Month #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month #aapi #aapihistorymonth #aapiheritagemonth
  • May 1. May Day #MayDay
  • May 1. International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
  • May 2. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
  • May 4. Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
  • May 5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
  • May 5. World Laughter Day #LaughterDay #WorldLaughterDay
  • May 6-10. Teacher Appreciation Week #TeacherAppreciation #TeacherLove
  • May 12. International Nurses Day #InternationalNursesDay
  • May 15. International Day of Families #FamilyDay
  • May 18. International Museum Day #InternationalMuseumDay
  • May 25. National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
  • May 27. Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
  • May 27. Sunscreen Day #NationalSunscreenDay
  • May 28. Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay

June

  • LQBTQ Pride Month #PrideMonth
  • June 1. International Children’s Day #WorldChildrensDay
  • June 3. World Bicycle Day #WorldBicycleDay
  • June 4. National Cheese Day #NationalCheeseDay
  • June 5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
  • June 5. Global Running Day # GlobalRunningDay
  • June 7. National Doughnut Day #NationalDoughnutDay
  • June 8. World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
  • June 8. National Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
  • June 14. World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
  • June 16. Father’s Day #FathersDay
  • June 19. Juneteenth #Juneteenth
  • June 20. First Day of Summer #FirstDayofSummer
  • June 21. International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
  • June 21. National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
  • June 21. World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
  • June 21. National Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
  • June 27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
  • June 30. Social Media Day #SMDay

July

  • July 1. International Joke Day #InternationalJokeDay
  • July 1. Canada Day #CanadaDay
  • July 2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
  • July 4. Independence Day (United States) #IndependenceDay
  • July 6. International Kissing Day #InternationalKissingDay.
  • July 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
  • July 13. Social Media Giving Day #Give
  • July 17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
  • July 21. National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
  • July 30. International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August

  • August 1. World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
  • 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 11. National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
  • August 12. International Youth Day #YouthDay
  • August 13. International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
  • August 14. National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay
  • August 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
  • August 16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
  • August 19. World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
  • August 19. World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
  • August 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
  • August 26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
  • August 26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

September

  • World Alzheimer’s Month #ENDALZ
  • September 1. World Letter Writing Day #WorldLetterWritingDay
  • September 2. Labor Day #LaborDay
  • September 5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay
  • September 6. Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
  • September 8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
  • September 11. National Day of Service and Remembrance #PatriotDay
  • September 12. National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
  • September 21. World Alzheimer’s Day
  • September 22. Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
  • September 22. First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
  • September 27. World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
  • September 30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October

  • Global Diversity Awareness Month #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth
  • October 1. International Coffee Day #CoffeeDay #InternationalCoffeeDay
  • October 1. World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
  • October 3. National Techies Day #TechiesDay
  • October 4. National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
  • October 4. World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
  • October 4. World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
  • October 5. World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
  • October 8. World Octopus Day #WorldOctopusDay
  • October 10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
  • October 10. World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
  • October 14. National Dessert Day #DessertDay
  • October 14. Thanksgiving (Canada)
  • October 14. Indigenous Peoples’ Day #IndigenousPeoplesDay
  • October 16. Bosses Day #BossesDay
  • October 16. World Food Day #FoodDay
  • October 25. Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
  • October 29. National Cat Day #NationalCatDay
  • October 30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
  • October 31. Halloween #Halloween

November

  • Men’s Health Awareness Month – Movember #Movember
  • November 1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
  • November 1. National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
  • November 1. National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
  • November 4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
  • November 8. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
  • November 12. Deepavali/Diwali #Deepavali #Diwali
  • November 13. World Kindness Day #WKD & Social Media Kindness Day
  • November 15. America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
  • November 17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
  • November 19. International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
  • November 19. National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
  • November 20. Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
  • November 21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
  • November 28. Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
  • November 29. Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
  • November 29. Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December

  • December 1. World AIDS Day #WorldAIDSDay
  • December 2. Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
  • December 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
  • December 4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
  • December 5. World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
  • December 5. International Ninja Day #InternationalNinjaDay
  • December 10. International Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
  • December 10. International Animal Rights Day #AnimalRightsDay
  • December 10. Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
  • December 11. International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
  • December 21. First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
  • December 23. Festivus #Festivus #AiringOfGrievances
  • December 24. Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas
  • December 25. Christmas Day #Christmas #MerryChristmas
  • December 25. Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah #Chanukah
  • December 26. Boxing Day (Canada)
  • December 31. New Year’s Eve #NYE #NewYearsEve
  • December 31. No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay

Final Thoughts

We hope this big list of 2024 social media holidays inspired you and got you thinking about how to build a solid content strategy. From the weird to the funny to the important, each occasion being celebrated on these days is an opportunity to connect with your audience. After all, 76% of social media users have purchased something they saw on social media. The longer you can keep them engaged with your content, the more opportunities you have to show them all your great products or services. Every holiday might not be relevant to your industry or specific business, but this is a handy resource to have for when you need a little help coming up with something to post.

2024 Social Media Holidays to Add to Your Content Calendar

Still not feeling confident about how to set up a social content calendar? RevLocal understands. That’s why we offer social media marketing as a service to our clients. Our expert marketing team will create posts for you each week to expand your social media reach and boost follower engagement. Get with us today for a free demo.

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