The 2020 Social Media Holiday Calendar

Whether it’s International Bubble Bath Day, Pizza Day, or Talk Like a Pirate Day, it seems like almost every day on the internet there will be a day celebrating a holiday. With all these different days assigned to different causes, foods, people etc, you have no excuses when it comes to coming up with content ideas for your social media platforms and your blog.

Creating content around these ideas will help you to boost engagement and followers to your Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Not only that, you can tie all these content ideas for social media platforms directly into your blog content. I also find that when you have high social engagement, you can leverage that audience to increase your email subscribers.

So here are 181 social media holiday ideas to inspire you to create popular posts and content on your social media platforms!

You’ll find the most popular holidays for each month listed and shown in an infographic for each and every month of the year.

You can also see the huge all in one social media holiday calendar infographic that encompasses the entire year in long format. You can also download a printable A4 Social Media Holiday Calendar here.

If you love this graphic, then please feel free to add it to your website or blog. Be sure to pin or bookmark each month that interests you.

National & Global Social Media Holiday Dates For 2020

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January 2020

1. Wednesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay

2. Thursday, Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay

4. Saturday, National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay

5. Sunday, Golden Globe Awards #GoldenGlobes

9. Thursday, Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay

14. Tuesday, Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay

15. Wednesday, Hat Day #HatDay

16. Thursday, Get To Know Your Customers Day

18. Saturday, Winnie The Poo Day #WinnieThePooDay

20. Monday, Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay

20. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay

20. Monday, Blue Monday, Jr. Day #BlueMonday

23. Thursday, National Pie Day #PieDay

24. Friday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay

25. Saturday, Year Of The Rat #YearOfTheRat

28. Tuesday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware

31. Friday, Backwards Day #BackwardsDay

31. Friday, Hot Chocolate Day #HotChocolateDay

February 2020

1. Saturday, Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day #IceCreamForBreakfastDay

1. Saturday, Bubblegum Day #BubblegumDay

2. Sunday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay

2. Sunday, Super Bowl LIII #SBLIII

4. Tuesday, World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay

5. Wednesday, National Singing Day #SingingDay

6. Thursday, Chopsticks Day #ChopsticksDay

9. Sunday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay

11. Tuesday, Make A Friend Day #MakeAFriendDay

14. Friday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay

17. Monday, Random Acts Of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay

18. Tuesday, Drink Wine Day #DrinkWineDay

20. Thursday, Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay

21. Friday, Sticky Bun Day #StickyBunDay

22. Saturday, Be Humble Day #BeHumbleDay

24. Monday, 91st Academy Awards #AcademyAwards

26. Wednesday, Pistachio Day #PistachioDay

27. Thursday, No Brainer Day #NoBrainerDay

March 2020

2. Monday, Old Stuff Day #OldStuffDay

3. Tuesday, World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay

4. Wednesday, Grammar Day #GrammarDay

7. Saturday, National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay

8. Sunday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange

10. Tuesday, Pack Your Lunch Day #PackYourLunchDay

12. Thursday, Girl Scouts Day #GirlScoutsDay

14. Saturday, Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay

15. Sunday, World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2020

16. Monday, Freedom Of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay

17. Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay

18. Wednesday, Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay

20. Friday, Proposal Day #ProposalDay

21. Saturday, World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay

23. Monday, Puppy Day #PuppyDay

28. Saturday, Weed Appreciation Day

31. Tuesday, World Back Up Day #WorldBackupDay

April 2020

1. Monday, April Fools Day #AprilFools

2. Tuesday, World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD

3. Wednesday, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay

4. Thursday, Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson

10. Wednesday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay

11. Thursday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay

16. Tuesday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay

18. Thursday, National High-Five Day #NH5D

19. Friday, Good Friday #GoodFriday

20. Saturday, National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay

21. Sunday, Easter #HappyEaster

22. Monday, Earth Day #EarthDay2019

24. Wednesday, Denim Day #DenimDay

25. Thursday, World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood

26. Friday, Arbor Day #ArborDay

29. Monday, International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay

30. Tuesday, National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay

May 2020

1. Wednesday, May Day #MayDay

2. Thursday, World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay

3. Friday, Space Day #SpaceDay

4. Sat, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou

5. Sunday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo

6. Monday, National Nurses Day #NursesDay

7. Tuesday, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher

12. Sunday, National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay

13. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay

15. Wednesday, International Day of Families #FamilyDay

17. Friday, National Bike to Work Day #BTWD

21. Tuesday, National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay

24. Fri, National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay

27. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW

28. Tuesday, Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay

29. Wednesday, Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay

31. Friday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

June 2020

1. Saturday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay

2. Sunday, National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019

3. Mon, Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay

5. Wednesday, World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay

6. Thursday, Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay

7. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay

8. Saturday, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay

14. Friday, World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood

16. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay

20. Thursday, World Refugee Day #WithRefugees

21. Friday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay

27. Thursday, National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay

30. Sunday, Social Media Day #SMDay

July 2020

1. Monday, National Postal Worker Day  #NationalPostalWorkerDay

2. Tuesday, World UFO Day #WorldUFODay

4. Thursday, Independence Day (United States)

7. Sunday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay

11. Thursday, Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay

12. Friday, Malala Day #MalalaDay

15. Monday, Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay

17. Wednesday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay

18. Thursday, Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay

26. Friday, Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay

30. Tuesday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August 2020

1. Thursday, Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay

2. Friday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay

8. Thursday, International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay

9. Friday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay

10. Saturday, National Lazy Day #LazyDay

11. Sunday, National Sons and Daughters Day  #SonsAndDaughtersDay

12. Monday, International Youth Day #YouthDay

13. Tuesday, International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay

15. Thursday, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay

16. Friday, National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay

19. Monday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay

20. Tuesday, National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay

26. Monday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay

26. Monday, National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

September 2020

2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay

4. Wednesday, National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay

5. Thursday, International Day of Charity #CharityDay

6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay

8. Sunday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay

11. Wed, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day

12. Thu, National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay

13. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye

19. Thursday, Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay

21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay

22. Sunday, Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay

23. Monday, First Day of Fall

25. Wed, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay

26. Thursday, European Day of Languages #EDL2019

27. Friday, World Tourism Day #WTD2019

28. Saturday, World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay

30. Monday, International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October 2020

1. Tuesday, World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay

2. Wed, International Day of Nonviolence  #InternationalDayOfNonviolence

3. Thursday, National Techies Day #TechiesDay

4. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay

5. Saturday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay

7. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay

10. Thursday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay

11. Friday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl

13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay

14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay

15. Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay

16. Wednesday, World Food Day #FoodDay

17. Thu, International Day for Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty

20. Sunday, World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay

21. Monday, Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay

24. Thursday, United Nations Day #UNDay

25. Friday, Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay

30. Wednesday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay

31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween

November 2020

1. Friday, World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay

3. Sunday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay

4. Monday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay

8. Friday, National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay

11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay

13. Wednesday, World Kindness Day #WKD

14. Thursday, World Diabetes Day #WDD

15. Friday, America Recycles Day #BeRecycled

16. Saturday, International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay

17. Sunday, International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay

19. Tuesday, International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay

20. Wednesday, Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay

21. Thursday, World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay

26. Tuesday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay

28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving

29. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday

30. Saturday, Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December 2020

1. Sunday, World AIDS Day #WAD2019

2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday

3. Tuesday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities  #IDPWD

4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay

5. Thursday, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay

6. Friday, Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay

8. Sunday, Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day  #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay

10. Tuesday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay

11. Wed, International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay

13. Friday, National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay

21. Saturday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice

24. Tue, Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve

25. Wed, Christmas Day #ChristmasDay

26. Thu, Boxing Day #BoxingDay

30. Monday, No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year
#NoInterruptionsDay

31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE

The Full 2020 Social Media Holiday Calendar

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