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.
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!
January 2024
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 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 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! 💫
About the writer
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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