Every year, we can plan to prepare our social media posts for the different channels we manage based on the most important and fun social media holidays being mentioned worldwide.
While not every holiday on this list may align with your brand’s personality, finding the right ones for your niche will keep your audience engaged and help expand your reach.
Plus, having a list of these days prepped beforehand will help you plan out your year, get your creative juices flowing, and get your Canva templates all ready and set up.
So, here’s the list of the most important days you need to know about:
Social Media Holidays 2025
January
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- January 15: National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
- January 17: Ditch Your Resolution Day #DitchYourResolutionDay
- January 20: Blue Monday (Third Monday of January)
- January 27: Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD (Fourth Monday of January)
February
- February 1-28 Black History Month (US)
- February 6: Safer Internet Day
- February 11: International day of women and girls in Science
- February 14: Valentine’s Day
- February 17: #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
March
- March 1-31: Women’s History Month
- March 1: Zero Discrimination Day
- March 8: International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay
- March 14: Pi Day #PiDay
- March 29: Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
- March 30: Mother’s Day (UK + Ireland)
- March 31: International Trans day of visibility
April
- April 1: April Fool’s Day
- April 4: Walk to Work Day
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 10: Siblings’ Day #NationalSiblingsDay
- April 20: Easter Sunday
May
- May 1-30: Mental Health Awareness Month
- May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay, #MayThe4thBeWithYou
- May 11: Mother’s Day (US + Canada)
- May 12: International Nurses Day
June
- June 1-30: LGBTQ Pride Month
- June 5: Global Running Day
- June 6: National Donut Day (US) #NationalDonutDay
- June 19: Juneteenth (US)
- June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
- June 30: Social Media Day #SMDay, #SocialMediaDay
July
- July 4: Independence Day (US)
- July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
- July 15: Social Media Giving Day
- July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
August
- August 8: International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
- August 14: National Financial Awareness Day
- August 26: National Dog Day (US) #NationalDogDay
September
- September 15 – October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month (US)
- September 18: International Equal Pay Day
- September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October
- October 1-31: Black History Month (UK)
- October 1-31: Global Diversity Awareness Month
- October 1-31: National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
- October 13: Thanksgiving (Canada)
- October 31: Halloween
November
- November 8: STEM Day #STEMDay
- November 13: Social Media Kindness Day
- November 27: Thanksgiving (US)
- November 28: Black Friday: The first Friday following Thanksgiving (US)
- November 29: Small business Saturday: The first Saturday following Thanksgiving (US)
December
- December 1: Cyber Monday: Monday following Thanksgiving Day (US)
- December 3: International day for people with disabilities
- December 4: The National Cookie Day
- December 24: Christmas Eve
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 31: New Year’s Eve
Tips for creating content for the holidays
- Align with business goals: Choose holidays that resonate with your industry and company values. If pancake day doesn’t fit your brand, it’s okay to skip it.
- Diversify content: Mix professional themes with lighter, engaging topics to maintain audience interest.
- Show off your corporate responsibility: Use relevant days to showcase your company’s sustainability, diversity, and community support initiatives.
- Educate and inform: Leverage awareness months and days to provide valuable insights to your B2B audience.
- Engage employees and leverage employee advocates: Incorporate internal initiatives that align with these holidays. Create posts for advocates to share on social and showcase company culture.
- Plan ahead: Pre-schedule content for major holidays while leaving room for real-time engagement on the day.
- Cross-platform strategy: Adapt your content for several social media platforms to maximize reach and engagement.
Make sure you tailor your program and content planned to the timing and topic of the social media holiday you choose to participate in based on your specific B2B niche, audience preferences, company values, and company culture. In addition, you must regularly review and update your social media content calendar to stay relevant and responsive to current events and industry trends. Social media is expected to be time-sensitive and trend-sensitive
