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The Ultimate Social Media Holidays Calendar 2026
Get ready to elevate your social media strategy in 2026 with 450+ events, global holidays and fun dates! Discover key dates to engage your audience, spark creativity, and enhance your content calendar for maximum impact.
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2026 social media calendar: verified key dates
This curated on-page calendar focuses on durable international observances and verified 2026 movable dates. Unsupported event and resource claims from the former edition have been removed.
Market relevance varies. Confirm local requirements before scheduling a campaign, especially for country-specific holidays.
January 2026
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US)
- January 24: International Day of Education
February 2026
- February 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- February 14: Valentine’s Day
- February 21: International Mother Language Day
March 2026
- March 8: International Women’s Day
- March 20: International Day of Happiness
- March 21: International Day of Forests
- March 22: World Water Day
April 2026
- April 1: April Fools’ Day
- April 3: Good Friday
- April 5: Easter Sunday
- April 6: Easter Monday
- April 7: World Health Day
- April 22: International Mother Earth Day
May 2026
- May 1: International Workers’ Day
- May 3: World Press Freedom Day
- May 15: International Day of Families
- May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity
June 2026
- June 5: World Environment Day
- June 8: World Oceans Day
- June 19: Juneteenth (US)
- June 21: International Day of Yoga
July 2026
- July 4: Independence Day (US; federal offices observe July 3)
- July 11: World Population Day
- July 14: Bastille Day (France)
- July 30: International Day of Friendship
August 2026
- August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- August 12: International Youth Day
- August 19: World Humanitarian Day
September 2026
- September 5: International Day of Charity
- September 7: Labor Day (US)
- September 8: International Literacy Day
- September 21: International Day of Peace
- September 27: World Tourism Day
October 2026
- October 1: International Coffee Day
- October 5: World Teachers’ Day
- October 10: World Mental Health Day
- October 16: World Food Day
- October 24: United Nations Day
- October 31: Halloween
November 2026
- November 10: World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 11: Veterans Day (US)
- November 16: International Day for Tolerance
- November 20: World Children’s Day
- November 26: Thanksgiving Day (US)
- November 27: Black Friday
- November 30: Cyber Monday
December 2026
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 2: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 5: International Volunteer Day
- December 10: Human Rights Day
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 31: New Year’s Eve
Turn the dates into a useful content plan
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