Social Media Holidays in 2025: Dates to Celebrate on Social

When planning content it’s always best to have key holidays marked in your calendar.

Some dates can provide a great opportunity for a promotion or piece of content.

We’re all aware of some popular dates – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or May 4th as Star Wars Day.

But what about the more obscure holidays? There are a ton of ‘holidays’ every month that could be providing your brand with a great piece of content.

Not only do these dates provide some content inspiration, but they also let your brand engage with trending hashtags and allows you to showcase your lighter side as a brand.

We’ve made a list of weird holidays to celebrate on social media. These should help you find content during the quiet 2024 months.

January 1

New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay

National Hangover Day #NationalHangoverDay

January 2

Swiss Cheese Day #SwissCheeseDay

January 4

Trivia Day #TriviaDay

Do you know what day is Trivia Day? You do now!

January 13

Make Your Dream Come True Day

January 20

Take a Walk Outdoors Day #WalkOutdoors

January 24

Global Belly Laugh Day #BellyLaughDay

January 29

Freethinkers Day #FreethinkersDay

February

February 1

Optimist Day #OptimistDay

It’s a great day to look on the bright side of life with a glass-half-full attitude!

February 5

World Nutella Day #NutellaDay

February 8

Opera Day #OperaDay

February 9

Chocolate Day #ChocolateDay

February 14

Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay

Make sure you spread the love this Valentine’s Day.

February 16

Innovation Day #InnovationDay

February 22

World Thinking Day #ThinkingDay

Have you thought about it?

February 27

Pokemon Day #PokemonDay

February 28

Pink Day #PinkDay

March

March 1

National Barista Day #BaristaDay

Froth’s up!

March 4

Labour Day (WA) #LabourDay

March 8

International Women’s Day #InspireInclusion

The theme for International Women’s Day 2024 is ‘Inspire Inclusion.” Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality.

March 11

National No Smoknig Day

March 14

Pi Day #PiDay #InternationalDayofMathematics

March 17

St Patrick’s Day

Embrace the luck of the Irish!

March 22

World Water Day #WorldWaterDay

March 29

Good Friday #GoodFriday

March 31

Easter Sunday

April

April 1

Easter Monday

April 7

World Health Day #WorldHealthDay

April 10

International Day of Pink #DayOfPink

April 11

National Pet Day

Show your pets even more love!

April15

World Art Day

April 25

Big Word Day

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

April 25

ANZAC Day #ANZACDay

April 28

Global Pay It Forward Day

April 30

Day of the Child

May

May 2

International Harry Potter Day

May 4

Star Wars Day

May 5

National Space Day #SpaceDay

May 8

Iris Day

May 12

Mother’s Day (AUS) #MothersDay

May 13

World Cocktail Day

May 19

World Baking Day

Smells good!

May 27

World Marketing Day

May 31

Smile Day

June

June 1

Dinosaur Day

June 3

Western Australia Day #WADay

June 4

Shopping Cart Day

June 8

Leave a Review Day

June 16

Fresh Veggies Day

June 18

Splurge Day

Treat yo’ self!

June 22

World Rainforest Day

June 27

International Pineapple Day #PineappleDay

June 30

International Asteroid Day

July

June 1

International Chicken Wing Day

Knock, Knock…

June 2

National I Forgot Day

Put this one in your calendar.

July 9

Fashion Day #FashionDay

July 18

Insurance Nerd Day

July 21

National Junk Food Day #JunkFoodDay

July 24

Refreshment Day

Ahhhhhhhh…

June 29

Lipstick Day

June 30

International Day of Friendship

August

August 1

National Night Out #NightOut

August 4

International Beer Day #InternationalBeerDay

August 6

Friendship Day #FriendshipDay

Friendship is rare.

August 8

International Cat Day #CatDay

August 10

Lazy Day #LazyDay

Take a load off!

August 13

International Left Handers Day #LeftHandersDay

It’s only fair that left-handed people are shown some love after years of smudging their handwriting!

August 17

World Honey Bee Day

Buzz, buzz.

August 19

World Photography Day

August 22

Burger Day

August 26

National Dog Day #DogDay

Every day is dog day, if you ask us!

September

September 1

Father’s Day (AUS)

September 2

World Coconut Day

September 5

International Charity Day

September 6

National Read A Book Day #ReadABookDay

This is an annual awareness day that encourages all of us to take a break and get reading, either curled up on the sofa or aloud to family and friends.

September 7

World Beard Day

September 12

R U OK? Day #RUOKDay

This national day of action reminds Australians that every day is the day to ask, “Are you OK?” if someone in your world is struggling with life’s ups and downs. You can use your social media and website to include free downloadable materials and promote the cause.

September 15

Wife Appreciation Day

My wife!

September 17

Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 23

King’s Birthday (WA)

September 29

National Coffee Day #CoffeeDay

October

October 1

International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay

October 2

World Farm Animal Day

October 5

World Teachers Day

October 14

National Dessert Day #NationalDessertDay

The day when you’re allowed to eat dessert for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Celebrate by having each staff member bring a dessert for everyone to enjoy or share team member’s favourite dessert recipes on your company blog.

October 16

World Food Day #WorldFoodDay

October 19

International Gin and Tonic Day #InternationalGinAndTonicDay

October 21

International Sloth Day

Put your feet up!

October 25

I Care About You Day

October 30

Text Your Ex Day

(Or Don’t)

October 31

Halloween #Halloween

It’s spooky. It’s scary. And it’s a great day to celebrate on social media.

November

November 1

World Vegan Day #VeganDay

November 3

National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay

November 10

World Run Day

November 11

Singles’ Day #SinglesDay

This day is always held on November 11, chosen for how 11/11 resembles four ‘single sticks’, a Chinese term used to describe bachelors. It is a great day to run a promotion as it is now a global shopping sales event (typically, e-commerce websites offer 22% off).

November 15

Recycling Day #RecyclingDay

November 28

Thanksgiving

November 29

Black Friday #BlackFriday

Black Friday refers to the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, which has also traditionally been a holiday itself for many employees. It is typically a day full of special shopping deals and heavy discounts and is considered the beginning of the holiday shopping season.

November 30

Stay Home Because You’re Well Day

Take a me day!