Get a head start on planning your social media content with our downloadable 2021 Social Media Holiday Calendar.
It includes national and international holidays, month-long holidays (like Pride Month and Pizza Month), and heaps of fun holidays to organize your social media content around… like International Tourism Day, International Students Day and Love Your Pet Day!
Plus, we’ve designed it with scenic photos of our native New Zealand to add some eye candy to your office.
Scroll down to see each month detailed in list and calendar form.
And download the calendar as a PDF by clicking HERE.
January 2021
JANUARY IS: Dry January (UK) and National Mentoring Month (USA)
1. New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
2. Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
4. National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
5. National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
11. Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
13. National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
13. Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
15. National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
16. Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
20. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday of January) #MLKDay (USA)
23. National Pie Day #PieDay
24. National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear
25. Community Manager Appreciation Day (Last Monday of January) #CMAD
28. Tuesday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
February 2021
FEBRUARY IS: Black History Month (USA) and Snack Food Month
2. Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
2. World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
4. World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
5. National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
6. Waitangi Day (NZ)
7. National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
8. National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
9. National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
11. Safer Internet Day #SID2020
11. Inventors Day #InventorsDay
13. World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
13. Galentines Day
14. Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
16. Mardi Gras #MardiGras
17. Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
17. Presidents Day (Third Monday of February) #PresidentsDay
18. National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
20. World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
20. Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
21. International Mother Language Day #IMLD
March 2021
MARCH IS: Women’s History Month and Mustache Month
2. National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss
3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
4. National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
5. National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
6. National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
5. National Employee Appreciation Day (First Friday of March) #EmployeeAppreciationDay
5. National Day of Unplugging (First Friday of March) #NationalDayOfUnplugging
7. National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
7. National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
8. International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
10. National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
11. National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
11. National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
12: National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
14. Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
14. Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
14. Pi Day #PiDay (Go wild and post at 1:59, as Pi equals 3.14159…)
15. World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020
15. World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
16. National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
17. St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
18. Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
19. National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
20. International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
20. World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
23. National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
25. Wednesday, Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
26. National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
26. Purple Day #PurpleDay
28. Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
30. Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
30. National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
31. Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
31. Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
April 2021
APRIL IS: Financial Literacy Month and National Volunteer Month
1. April Fools Day #AprilFools
2. World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
3. Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
3. National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
7. World Health Day #LetsTalk
10. National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
12. International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
16. National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
16. National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
17. Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
18. National High-Five Day #NH5D
20. National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
22. Earth Day #EarthDay2021
22. Saturday, National Take Our Kids to Work Day
23. National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
23. World Book Day #WorldBookDay
24. National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
24. Denim Day #DenimDay
29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
30. National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
30. International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May 2021
MAY IS: National Pet Month (USA) and Bike Month
1. International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
2. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
3. World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2020 #PressFreedom
3. Space Day #SpaceDay
4. Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
4. International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
6. National Nurses Day #NursesDay
7. Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
10. Mother’s Day #MothersDay
12. National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
15. International Day of Families #FamilyDay
16. Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
17. International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2020
21. National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
28. Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
29. Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
June 2021
JUNE IS: LGBTQ Pride Month and National Safety Month
1. Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
1. International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
3. Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
4. National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
6. National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2020
6. Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
7. World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
7. Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
14. World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
20. World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
20. Father’s Day #FathersDay
21. National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
21. World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
21. International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
26. Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
27. National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
30. Social Media Day #SMDay
July 2021
JULY IS: National Ice Cream Month
2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
4. Independence Day (USA)
7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
11. Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
12. Malala Day #MalalaDay
15. Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18. Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
30. Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
30. International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August 2021
AUGUST IS: Black Business Month and International Pirate Month (ARRR-GUST)
1. Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
2. National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
8. International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9. National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10. National Lazy Day #LazyDay
11. National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
12. International Youth Day #YouthDay
12. World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
13. International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
19. World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
19. World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
26. National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September 2021
SEPTEMBER IS: Yoga Month
4. National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay
6. Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
6. National Grandparents Day (First Monday of September) #NationalGrandparentsDay
8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
12. National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
12. National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
19. Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
21. International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
21. Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
22. Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
22. Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
23. National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
26. European Day of Languages #EDL2020
27. World Tourism Day #WTD2020
28. National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
29. National Coffee Day #NationalCoffeeDay
30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October 2021
OCTOBER IS: Black History Month (UK) and LGBTQ History Month (USA)
1. World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
2. World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
3. National Techies Day #TechiesDay
4. World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
4. National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay (should be celebrated everyday)
5. World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
11. International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
14. National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15. Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay (especially relevant this year)
16. World Food Day #FoodDay
16. Bosses Day #BossesDay
17. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
21. Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24. United Nations Day #UNDay
25. Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Halloween #Halloween
November 2021
NOVEMBER IS: Movember
1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
1. National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
3. National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
4. National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
8. National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
8. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
11. Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13. World Kindness Day #WKD
14. World Diabetes Day #WDD
15. Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
19. National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
25. Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
26. Black Friday
27. Small Business Saturday (The last Saturday of November) #ShopSmall
29. Cyber Monday
30. Giving Tuesday
December 2021
3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
10. Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
10. Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
11. National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
21. Crossword Puzzle Day #CrossWordPuzzleDay
24. Christmas Eve
25. Christmas
26. Boxing Day
30. No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31. New Year’s Eve #NYE
