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Social Media Holidays 2024: The Ultimate calendar!

Skyrocket your 2024 social media strategy with our free social media holidays calendar! With hundreds of national and international holidays, don't miss opportunities to engage audiences across platforms.

Marie Kelchlin

Marie Kelchlin

Social Media Holidays 2024: The Ultimate calendar!
Summary

Why should I use a social media holidays calendar?

In the fast-paced world of social media, keeping up with the latest trends and cultural moments is key. But who has the time to constantly scan hundreds of hashtags and events? With a social media holidays calendar at your fingertips, spotting viral opportunities is a breeze.

National Days, global events and industry celebrations all present chances for your brand to join conversations. But without a clear view of what's on the calendar, it's easy to miss the boat! This is where a social media calendar becomes your secret weapon, offering a structured approach to your content strategy that goes beyond mere convenience.

In this article, we will give you the top of the events you can use to enhance your content creation approach. For the fifth consecutive year, we are offering our complete 2024 social media calendar, always in an editable and exportable format, available on Notion. If you're already an Iconosquare user, you can find all these events in your Iconosquare scheduler.

Get ready to get inspired, streamline your efforts, boost engagement, and watch your content creation journey flourish!

Iconosquare 2024 social media holiday calendar

January 2024

January 2024 social media holidays on a calendar format
  • January 1: New Year's day 🥂
  • January 8: Clean off your desk day
  • January 15: Blue Monday 💙
  • January 16: International day of spicy food 🌶
  • January 18: Get to know your customer day
  • January 22: Community Managers' day
  • January 27: International Chocolate cake day 🍫
  • January 28: International Lego day

February 2024

February 2024 social media holidays on a calendar format
  • February 4: Cancer day
  • February 4: Facebook Birthday
  • February 6: World day without phone 📱
  • February 10: Chinese New Year
  • February 14: Valentine's Day 💘
  • February 17: National Random Acts of Kindness Day
  • February 18: Social media world conference in San Diego
  • February 21: International Mother Language Day
  • February 22: World thinking day 🧠

Mars 2024

March 2024 social media holidays on a calendar format
  • March 1: World compliment day 🤗
  • March 2: Read Across America Day
  • March 3: World Wildlife Day
  • March 8: International women's day
  • March 10: International day of awesomeness
  • March 17: St. Patrick's day 🍀
  • March 17: World sleep day
  • March 18: World recycling day ♻️
  • March 19: Spring 🌸
  • March 20: International Day of Happiness
  • March 22: World water da

April 2024

  • April 1: Easter Monday and April fool’s 🐰
  • April 2: World autism awareness day
  • April 7: World health day
  • April 11: National pet day 🐴
  • April 18: World heritage day
  • April 21: World creativity and innovation day 💡
  • April 23: World book night
  • April 23: World book and copyright day 📚
  • April 29: International dance day
  • April 30: International Jazz day 🎷

May 2024

  • May 1: International workers' day 💪
  • May 3: World press freedom day
  • May 4: Star Wars day 🪐
  • May 5: World laughter day
  • May 6: International no diet day
  • May 12: International nurses day 👩🏽⚕️
  • May 15: International day of families
  • May 17: International day against homophobia & transphobia
  • May 17: Bike To Work Day
  • May 17: World information society day
  • May 18: International museum day 🖼
  • May 21: World day for cultural diversity for dialogue & development
  • May 25: Geek pride 🎮
  • May 31: World no tobacco day

June 2024

  • June 1: International children's day
  • June 3: World Bicycle day 🚲
  • June 5: World environment day
  • June 8: World oceans day 🌊
  • June 15: Global wind day
  • June 21: Summer Solstice ☀️
  • June 21: International surfing day
  • June 21: International day of yoga
  • June 26: Forgiveness day 🙌🏼

July 2024

  • July 1: International joke day 🤡
  • July 1: International tartan day
  • July 6: World kiss day 💋
  • July 10: World population day
  • July 14: Bastille day (French national day)
  • July 16: World snake day
  • July 17: World emoji day 😊
  • July 30: International Day of Friendship

August 2024

  • August 1: World breastfeeding week
  • August 2: International beer day 🍻
  • August 8: World cat day
  • August 9: International day of the world's indigenous people
  • August 9: National book lover's day 📕
  • August 11: National Son’s and Daughter’s Day
  • August 15: Relaxation day
  • August 19: World photography day 📸
  • August 26: International dog day
  • August 31: World blog day 💻

September 2024 

  • September 1: World letter writing day  📝
  • September 5: International day of charity
  • September 6: Read a Book Day
  • September 8: International literacy day
  • September 12: National Video Games Day
  • September 13: World programmers & developers day 💻
  • September 13: Positive thinking day
  • September 21 & 22: European Heritage Days 🇪🇺
  • September 22: Autumn 🍂
  • September 27: World tourism day

October 2024

  • October 1: Pink October 🎀
  • October 1: International coffee day
  • October 1: International music day 🎶
  • October 1: International vegetarian day
  • October 4: World animal day 🐾
  • October 5:World teachers' day
  • October 10: World mental health day 🌈
  • October 16: World food day
  • October 24: United nations day
  • October 25: World pasta day
  • October 31: Halloween 🎃

November 2024 

  • November 1: Anti-tobacco month
  • November 1: Movember 🥸
  • November 1: World vegan day
  • November 8: World gift day
  • November 10: World science day for peace & development 🔬
  • November 11: International singles day 👨🏻💼
  • November 13: World kindness day
  • November 17: World peace day 🌅
  • November 18: World video game day
  • November 19: International men's day
  • November 25: Small Business Saturday
  • November 29: Black Friday 🛒

December 2024

  • December 1: Start of Advent Calendar ☃️
  • December 2: Cyber Monday
  • December 5: International volunteer day
  • December 8: World Climate Day 🌍
  • December 10: Human rights day
  • December 13: International Raclette Day 🧀
  • December 17: National maple syrup day
  • December 21: Winter
  • December 25: Christmas 🎄
  • December 31: New Year's Eve 🥂

Never miss a social media holiday!

With Iconosquare, you won't miss a date that matters to your community! Not only can you schedule posts on the platform, you can also keep an eye on the month's events. They're directly integrated!

Once you've published a post about an event that engages your audience, monitor your performance with analytics, measure the results closely to see what's working and what's not, with Iconosquare, so you can improve your social media content plan.

You can also adapt this calendar to your workflow! You can access your free social media calendar on Notion (with precious insights in it). Like we said, don't miss a date that matters! No more excuses for uninspired content – elevate your online presence today! 💫

Iconosquare 2024 social media calendar on Notion

About
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Marie Kelchlin

Marie Kelchlin

Content Manager @Iconosquare

Marie Kelchlin is specialized in digital content creation. After starting out as a social media freelancer, she joined Iconosquare over three years ago as Social Media Manager for the management of their international social media. Based in Berlin, she has now evolved to Content Manager and is in charge of all the digital content offered by one of the pioneering Social Media Management solutions. 

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