The ultimate list of 2024 social media holidays
As we are sure you’ve noticed, there are soooo many social media holidays. National Donut Day, National Tell a Joke Day, National Dog Day, the list goes on and on.
At HeyOrca, we like to make your life easier. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of all of the social media holidays throughout the year. You can bookmark this blog post or you can sync these holidays into your Google Calendar.
Let’s get into it!
January social media holidays:
January 1 - First Day of International Creativity Month
January 2 - Science Fiction Day
January 4 - National Trivia Day
January 7 - Orthodox Christmas Day
January 10 - Houseplant Appreciation Day
January 13 - National Sticker Day
January 14 - Orthodox New Year
January 15 - Martin Luther King Day
January 23 - National Pie Day
January 24 - Tu Bishvat / Tu B'shevat
January 25 - Opposite Day
January 27 - International Holocausts Remembrance Day
January 28 - Data Privacy Day
January 30 - National Croissant Day
February social media holidays:
February 1 - First Day of Black History Month
February 2 - International Groundhog Day / National Wear Red Day
February 3 - International Golden Retriever Day
February 4 - The Grammy Awards / Facebook's birthday
February 6 - Isra and Mi'raj
February 10 - Lunar New Year
February 11 - Superbowl Sunday
February 13 - World Radio Day / Shrove Tuesday
February 14 - Valentine's Day
February 15 - National Flag of Canada Day
February 17 - Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 18 - National Drink Wine Day
February 19 - President's Day / Family Day (Canada)
February 22 - National Margarita Day / Ash Wednesday
February 24 - Lantern Festival
March social media holidays:
March 1 - First Day of Women's History Month / Employee Appreciation Day
March 2 - Read Across America Day
March 3 - Employee Appreciation Day / National Day of Unplugging
March 6 - National Dentist Day
March 8 - International Women's Day
March 10 - Mother's Day (UK)
March 11 - Commonwealth Day
March 14 - Pi Day / Organize Your Home Office Day
March 15 - World Sleep Day
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day
March 19 - First Day of Spring
March 20 - International Day of Happiness / Hindi New Year / Earth Hour Day
March 21 - Twitter/X's birthday
March 22 - World Water Day
March 23 - National Puppy Day / Purim
March 24 - Palm Sunday
March 25 - Holi
March 28 -Maundy Thursday
March 29 - Good Friday
March 30 - Holy Saturday
March 31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility / Easter Sunday
April social media holidays:
April 1 - April Fools / Easter Monday
April 2 - World Autism Acceptance Day
April 5 - Walk to Work Day /Laylatul Qadr
April 6 - National Tartan Day
April 7 - National Beer Day (US)
April 9 - Vimy Ridge Day / Ramadan Ends
April 10 - National Sibling Day (US)
April 15 - Patriot Day
April 16 - Wear Your PJs to Work Day
April 18 - High Five Day
April 22 - Earth Day / First Day of Passover
April 23 - World Book Day (US)
April 25 - National Take Your Kid to Work Day
April 30 - Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
May social media holidays:
May 1 - First Day of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month / LinkedIn's birthday
May 3 - Orthodox Good Friday
May 4 - Star Wars Day
May 5 - Cinco De Mayo / Orthodox Easter
May 6 - National Nurses Day
May 8 - Victory in Europe Day
May 9 - Ascension Day
May 10 - National Small Business Day
May 12 - Mother's Day (US)
May 15 - First Day of Mental Health Awareness WEek (UK)
May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia / Bike to Work Day
May 18 - Armed Forces Day (US)
May 20 - Victoria Day (CA)
May 21 - International Tea Day
May 23 - Buddha Day
May 25 - National Missing Children's Day / Lag B'omer Starts
May 26 - Trinity Sunday
May 27 - Memorial Day
May 28 - International Hamburger Day
May 30 - Corpus Christi
June social media holidays:
June 1 - First Day of Pride Month / First Day of Men's Health Month
June 4 - Hug Your Cat Day
June 5 - World Environment Day
June 6 - D-Day / Higher Education Day
June 7 -National Donut Day
June 8 - World Oceans Day
June 11 - Shavuot
June 14 - Flag Day (US)
June 15 - Men's Mental Health Week Begins
June 16 - Father's Day
June 18 - International Picnic Day
June 19 - Juneteenth / National Martini Day (US)
June 21 - June Solstice
June 30 - Social Media Day
July social media holidays:
July 1 - Canada Day
July 4 - Independence Day
July 5 - International Bikini Day / Threads' birthday
July 7 - World Chocolate Day
July 10 - National Pina Colada Day
July 11 - National Maritime Day
July 14 - Bastille Day
July 16 - Ashura
July 17 - World Emoji Day / Eid Al-Adha
July 18 - Mandela Day
July 30 - International Friendship Day
August social media holidays:
August 4 - National Cookie Day (US)
August 7 - Purple Heart Day
August 8 - International Cat Day
August 12 - International Youth Day / Tisha B'av
August 15 - Assumption of Mary
August 16 - National Tell a Joke Day
August 19 - World Photography Day
August 21 - Senior Citizens Day / World Entrepreneur Day
August 26 - National Dog Day
September social media holidays:
September 2 - Labor Day (US, CA)
September 4 - Eat an Extra Dessert Day
September 6 - Read a Book Day
September 10 - National Suicide Prevention Day
September 11 - National Day of Service and Remembrance
September 15 - First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month / Milad Un Nabi (Mawlid) / The Prophet's Birthday
September 16 - Guacamole Day
September 17 - Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
September 20 - National Pow/Mia Recognition Day / TikTok's birthday
September 21 - International Day of Peace / World Gratitude
September 22 - Hobbit Day / September Equinox
September 30 - National Day For Truth and Reconciliation (CA)
October social media holidays:
October 1 - First Day of Black History Month (UK) / International Coffee Day / World Vegetarian Day
October 2 - Rosh Hashanah Starts
October 3 - National Boyfriend Day (US) / Mean Girls Day
October 4 - Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
October 5 - National Teacher's Appreciation Day
October 6 - Instagram's Birthday / First Day of Mental Health Awareness Week
October 10 - World Mental Health Day
October 11 - National Coming Out Day / Yom Kippur Starts
October 14 - Columbus Day (US) / Thanksgiving Day (CA) /Indigenous People's Day (US)
October 15 - White Cane Safety Day
October 16 - First Day of Sukkot
October 19 - Sweetest Day
October 22 - Hoshana Rabbah
October 23 - Last Day of Sukkot
October 24 - Simchat Torah
October 26 - National Pumpkin Day (US)
October 31 - Halloween / Diwali
November social media holidays:
November 1 - World Vegan Day / First Day of Movember / Day of the Dead
November 5 - Bonfire Night (UK)
November 11 - Veteran's Day / Remembrance Day / Singles' Day
November 12 - National Pizza Day
November 13 - World Kindness Day
November 17 - National Take a Hike Day (US)
November 19 - International Men's Day
November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 28 - Thanksgiving (US)
November 29 - Black Friday / Native American Heritage Day
November 30 - Small Business Saturday
December social media holidays:
December 3 - First day of Advent
December 2 - Cyber Modnay
December 6 - St. Nicholas Day
December 8 - National Chocolate Brownie Day (US)
December 11 - Anniversary of the Statue of Westminster
December 12 - Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe
December 15 - Bill of Rights Day
December 18 - International Answer the Phone like Buddy the Elf Day
December 21 - December Solstice
December 24 - Christmas Eve
December 25 - Christmas Day / First Day of Hanukkah
December 26 - Boxing Day (CA, UK)
December 31 - New Year's Eve
Now that you know when all of the social media holidays are, it's time to schedule your posts so that you don't have to think about them!
Make sure to bookmark this blog because it will be updated at the start of each new year.
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