
Looking for social media holidays?
I find them essential for spicing up my content marketing. Everyone loves a holiday!
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, the Oscars, and the Super Bowl are core holidays that resonate with most audiences.
Then toss in a couple quirky and fun events, so you can surprise your audience with unusual promotional campaigns.
- The BEST social media holidays for 2020, and the rest of 2019.
- Why you should use holiday marketing.
- How to make your own graphics for holiday marketing.
- How to organize your best ideas and keep them handy.
You’ll find the holidays on gorgeous graphics, AND find links to articles with even MORE holiday marketing ideas for each month.
Members of my site can download a FREE printable calendar each month, with daily holiday ideas.
Lots to learn, so let’s get going!
Why use holiday marketing?
If you’ve ever struggled with what to post on social media, these holidays will inspire popular posts!
Few people will “like” a post about your product or blog post, but nearly everyone who sees a post saying Happy New Year will give it a “like.”
With a cool graphic, they might even share it!
Due to social media algorithms, this engagement is crucial to your social media success. Posts that don’t get immediate engagement are not shown to many of your followers on virtually every social platform. The algorithms think they’re boring.
Don’t be boring!
Not only are holiday posts successful, but they make it easy for your followers to associate positive feelings with your business.
So let’s have some fun while we make your followers smile!
Social Media Holidays 2019–2020
Below you’ll find the most popular holidays for each month.
These are summarized on a social media holidays infographic for each season, as well as a huge one that encompasses the entire year.
More holiday marketing ideas at each link!
Dates in each linked post are updated a month or two ahead of each month. Yes, some of the holidays do change dates from year to year!
Be sure to pin or bookmark each post that interests you, and return for the latest info AND your free monthly calendar download.
September 2019 Social Media Holidays
2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
8. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
11. Wednesday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #PatriotsDay
21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
23. Monday, First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
29. National Coffee Day #NationalCoffeeDay
October 2019 Social Media Holidays
4. Friday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
4. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
16. Wednesday, Bosses Day #BossesDay
17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
30. Wednesday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween
November 2019 Social Media Holidays
1. Friday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
3. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time ends #DaylightSaving
11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
19. Tuesday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
29. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday
30. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
December 2019 Social Media Holidays
2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
21. Saturday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
22. Sunday, Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah
24. Tuesday, Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
25. Wednesday, Christmas Day #Christmas31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE
Learn more: Return in October for this one!
January 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Wednesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
5. Sunday, Golden Globe Awards #GoldenGlobes
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
24. Friday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Saturday, Chinese New Year #YearOfTheRat
28. Tuesday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
February 2020 Social Media Holidays
2. Sunday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
2. Sunday, Super Bowl LIV #SBLIV
9. Sunday, 92nd Academy Awards #AcademyAwards
9. Sunday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
14. Friday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
17. Monday, Presidents’ Day #PrsdientsDay
20. Thursday, Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
March 2020 Social Media Holidays
6. Friday, National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
7. Saturday, National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
8. Sunday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange
8. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time begins #DaylightSaving
15. Sunday, World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020
17. Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
19. Thursday, First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
April 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Wednesday, April Fools Day #AprilFools
10. Friday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
11. Saturday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
12. Sunday, Easter #HappyEaster
16. Thursday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
22. Wednesday, Earth Day #EarthDay2020
28. Tuesday, Pay It Forward Day #PayItForward
May 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Friday, May Day #MayDay
4. Monday, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
5. Tuesday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
6. Wednesday, National Nurses Day #NursesDay
10. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay
15. Friday, International Day of Families #FamilyDay
25. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
June 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Monday, National Say Something Nice Day #SaySomethingNice
5. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
8. Monday, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
20. Saturday, First Day of Summer #SummerSolstice
21. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay
21. Sunday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
30. Tuesday, Social Media Day #SMDay
July 2020 Social Media Holidays
4. Saturday, Independence Day (United States) #4thOfJuly
7. Tuesday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
15. Wednesday, Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
16. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
17. Friday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18. Saturday, Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
31. Friday, National Mutt Day #NationalMuttDay
August 2020 Social Media Holidays
2. Sunday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
8. Saturday, International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9. Sunday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10. Monday, National Lazy Day #LazyDay
15. Saturday, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
16. Sunday, National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
19. Wednesday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
26. Wednesday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
September 2020 Social Media Holidays
6. Sunday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
7. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
11. Friday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #PatriotsDay
13. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
21. Monday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
22. Tuesday, First Day of Fall #FirstDayOfFall
29.Tuesday, National Coffee Day #NationalCoffeeDay
October 2020 Social Media Holidays
2. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
4. Sunday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
13. Tuesday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14.Wednesday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
15. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
16. Friday, Bosses Day #BossesDay
30. Friday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Saturday, Halloween #Halloween
November 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Sunday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
1. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time ends #DaylightSaving
11. Wednesday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
19. Thursday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
26. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
27. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday
28. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
30. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
December 2020 Social Media Holidays
1. Tuesday, Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
4. Friday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
10. Thursday, Hanukkah Begins #Hanukkah
19. Saturday, Super Saturday #SuperSaturday
21. Monday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
24. Thursday, Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve
25. Friday, Christmas Day #Christmas
31. Thursday, New Year’s Eve #NYE
Make your own graphics for your holiday marketing
Which social media holidays for your business?
There are truly holidays for every business and personality. Some days have as many as 8 to choose from!
As I mentioned in the article on Weird Holidays, there are a lot of places online where you can look up hundreds of fun holidays to connect with your followers.