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The ultimate list of 2024 social media holidays
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The ultimate list of 2024 social media holidays

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February 6, 2024
Social Media Holidays

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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 2 - Cyber Monday

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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