Start planning your social media content for the whole year with our 2023 Social Media Holiday Calendar. This calendar lists a wide range of holidays your business can plan all kinds of content around, including video! Download it, bookmark it or print it to help you and your team share timely content relevant to your brand.
As is our tradition, our calendar features stunning photos of our native New Zealand (Fun Fact: EditMate was launched there in 2016) so it can be not only informative but also decorative!
This year, we’ve included individual holidays and their hashtags, special week-long holidays (like Teacher Appreciation Week) and each month has its own theme to help you plan around too, like May’s Mental Health Awareness Month.
Click *HERE* to download the full printable 2023 Social Media Holiday Calendar in PDF form.
Scroll down to preview each month and a comprehensive list of the holidays featured…
January social media holidays
January is Financial Wellness Month
January 1: New Year’s Day
January 4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 15: National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 15: National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
January 17: Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay
January 25: Opposite Day #OppositeDay
Blue Monday: Third Monday of January
Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD: Fourth Monday of January
February social media holidays
February is Black History Month (US)
February 2: Groundhog Day
February 8: Safer Internet Day
February 9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInScience
February 13: Galentine’s Day
February 14: Valentine’s Day
February 17: #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 21: Family Day (Canada, except Quebec)
National Skip the Straw Day: Fourth Friday in February
March social media holidays
March is Women’s History Month
March 1: Zero Discrimination Day
March 3: World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 8: International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2023
March 14: Pi Day #PiDay
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 18: World Sleep Day
March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay #Water2me
March 29: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
March 31: International Transgender Day of Visibility #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV
National Day of Unplugging #DayOfUnplugging: First Friday of March
April social media holidays
April is Move More Month
April 1: April Fool’s Day
April 1: Walk to Work Day
April 6: National Carbonara Day
April 7: National Beer Day (US)
April 7: World Health Day
April 10: Siblings’ Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 11: National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
April 18: Tax Day (US)
April 20: 420
April 22: Earth Day
April 23: World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 23-30: World Immunization Week
April 28: National Superhero Day
April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
May social media holidays
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May 2-6: Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay, #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 18: International Museums Day
May 28: World Hunger Day
June social media holidays
June LGBTQ+ Pride Month
June 1: International Children’s Day
June 1: Global Running Day
June 3: World Bicycle Day
June 3: National Donut Day (US) #NationalDonutDay
June 4: National Cheese Day (US)
June 6: Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 8: Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 19: Juneteenth (US)
June 21: World Music Day
June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 30: Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay
July social media holidays
July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day
July 6: International Kissing Day
July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 15: Social Media Giving Day
July 15: National Clean Beauty Day (US)
July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 17: National Ice Cream Day
July 18: World Listening Day
July 30: International Friendship Day
August social media holidays
August Black Business Month
August 8: International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 8: National CBD Day
August 12: International Youth Day #YouthDay
August 13: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day #BlackWomensEqualPayDay
August 14: National Financial Awareness Day
August 19: World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 26: National Dog Day (US) #NationalDogDay
September social media holidays
September is National Hispanic Heritage Month (US)
September 12: National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 18: International Equal Pay Day
September 21: World Alzheimer’s Day
September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October Social Media Holidays
October is Black History Month (UK)
October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 4-10: World Space Week
October 5: International Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
October 10: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
October 10: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 11: National Coming Out Day
October 29: National Cat Day (US)
November social media holidays
November is Men’s Health Awareness Month (aka “Movember”)
November 8: STEM Day #STEMDay
November 9: Social Media Kindness Day
November 13: World Kindness Day #WKD
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Black Friday: Friday following Thanksgiving Day (US)
Small Business Saturday: Saturday following Thanksgiving Day (US)
Cyber Monday: Monday following Thanksgiving Day (US)
Giving Tuesday: Tuesday following Thanksgiving Day (US)
December social media holidays
December is AIDS Awareness Month
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 4: National Cookie Day
December 24: Christmas Eve
December 25: Christmas Day
December 26: Boxing Day
December 31: New Year’s Eve
Need a hand creating social media videos for these holidays? Contact Us to learn how EditMate can help!