Does your social media calendar need a little inspiration? You’ve come to the right place. We’ve rounded up an ultimate list of social media holidays for 2022.

No matter what type of business you’re creating social media content for, you’re sure to find a holiday relevant to your target audience. There are holidays for the environment, social justice, health and wellness, and just plain fun. 

Take a look at the list of 2022 social media holidays below (hashtags included!) and see which ones you can work into your content calendar this year.

January 2022 Social Media Holidays

January is Financial Wellness Month, Walk Your Dog Month, and National Hobby Month. 

  • January 2: Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
  • January 4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
  • January 5: National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
  • January 11: Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
  • January 13: National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
  • January 15: National Hat Day #NationalHatDay and National Bagel Day #NationalBagelDay
  • January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
  • January 20: Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay and Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
  • January 21: National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
  • January 24: National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
  • January 25: Opposite Day #OppositeDay
  • January 28: Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
  • January 31: Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD

February 2022 Social Media Holidays

February is Black History Month, American Heart Month, and National Snack Food Month.

  • February 2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay and World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
  • February 4: World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
  • February 5: National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
  • February 7: National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
  • February 8: National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay and Safer Internet Day #SID2022
  • February 9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
  • February 11: Inventors Day #InventorsDay and International Day of Women and Girls in Science #WomenInScience
  • February 13: World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay and Galentine’s Day #GalentinesDay 
  • February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
  • February 18: National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
  • February 20: World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay and Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
  • February 25: National Skip the Straw Day #SkiptheStrawDay

March 2022 Social Media Holidays

March is Women’s History Month, National Caffeine Awareness Month, and National Crafting Month.

  • March 1: Zero Discrimination Day #ZeroDiscriminationDay
  • March 2: National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #DrSeussDay
  • March 3: World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
  • March 4: National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay and National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay and National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
  • March 6: National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
  • March 7: National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay and National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
  • March 8: International Women’s Day #WomensDay #IWD2022 and National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
  • March 10: National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
  • March 11: National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay and Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay
  • March 12: National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
  • March 14: Pi Day #PiDay and Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
  • March 15: National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay and World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
  • March 16: National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
  • March 18: Global Recycling Day #GlobalRecyclingDay and Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
  • March 19: National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay and World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay and Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay
  • March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness and World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
  • March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay and World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
  • March 22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
  • March 23: National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay 
  • March 24: All Women’s Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
  • March 25: Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
  • March 26: National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay and Purple Day #PurpleDay
  • March 27: Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
  • March 29: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day #MomPopBusinessOwnersDay
  • March 30: Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay and National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
  • March 31: World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay and Transgender Day of Visibility #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV

April 2022 Social Media Holidays

April is National Stress Awareness Month, Volunteer Month, and National Poetry Month.

  • April 1: April Fools Day #AprilFools
  • April 2: World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
  • April 3: Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
  • April 4: Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
  • April 5: World Health Day #LetsTalk
  • April 6: National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
  • April 7: World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
  • April 10: National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay and Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
  • April 11: National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
  • April 12: International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
  • April 15: National Tax Day #TaxDay and National High-Five Day #NH5D
  • April 16: National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay and National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
  • April 17: Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
  • April 18: National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistDay
  • April 20: National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
  • April 21: National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay and Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
  • April 22: Earth Day #EarthDay2022
  • April 23: National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #TakeOurChildrenToWorkDay and National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay and World Book Day #WorldBookDay
  • April 25: National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
  • April 28: Denim Day #DenimDay and National Superhero Day #NationalSuperheroDay
  • April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
  • April 30: National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay and National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay

May 2022 Social Media Holidays

May is Asian Heritage Month, Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and Mental Health Awareness Month.

  • May 1: International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
  • May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou and Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
  • May 5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
  • May 6: National Nurses Day #NursesDay
  • May 7: World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay and Space Day #SpaceDay
  • May 9: Europe Day #EuropeDay
  • May 12: National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay and National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
  • May 15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
  • May 16: Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
  • May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia #IDAHOT2022
  • May 18: International Museums Day #IMD2022
  • May 21: National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay and National Bike to Work Day #BTWD and Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
  • May 24: National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
  • May 27: Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
  • May 28: World Hunger Day #WorldHungerDay
  • May 29: Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay

June 2022 Social Media Holidays

June is Pride Month, Great Outdoors Month, and National Adopt a Cat Month.

  • June 1: Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
  • June 3: Global Running Day #GlobalRunningDay
  • June 4: National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
  • June 5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
  • June 6: National Cancer Survivors Day #NCSD2022 and Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
  • June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay and Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
  • June 13: International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
  • June 14: World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
  • June 14: National Flag Day #FlagDay
  • June 19: Juneteenth (Freedom Day) #Juneteenth
  • June 20: World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
  • June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay and World Music Day #WorldMusicDay and International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
  • June 24: National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
  • June 25: Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
  • June 27: National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
  • June 30: Social Media Day #SMDay #SocialMediaDay

July 2022 Social Media Holidays

July is National Anti-Boredom Month, National Ice Cream Month, and National Make a Difference to Children Month.

  • July 1: National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
  • July 2: World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
  • July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day #PlasticBagFreeDay
  • July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
  • July 11: Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
  • July 15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay #GivingDay and Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
  • July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
  • July 18: National Ice Cream Day #IceCreamDay and World Listening Day #WorldListeningDay
  • July 30: Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
  • July 30: International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August 2022 Social Media Holidays

August is Black Business Month, Back to School Month, and National Sandwich Month.

  • August 1: Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
  • August 2: National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
  • August 3: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day #BlackWomensEqualPay
  • August 8: International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
  • August 9: National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
  • August 10: National Lazy Day #LazyDay
  • August 11: National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
  • August 12: International Youth Day #YouthDay and World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
  • August 13: International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
  • August 14: National Financial Awareness Day #FinancialAwarenessDay
  • August 15: National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
  • August 16: National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
  • August 19: World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay and World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
  • August 20: National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
  • August 26: National Dog Day #NationalDogDay and National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay

September 2022 Social Media Holidays

September is World Alzheimer’s Month, Classical Music Month, and Hispanic Heritage Month.

  • September 4: National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
  • September 5: International Day of Charity #CharityDay
  • September 6: Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
  • September 8: International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
  • September 10: Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
  • September 11: National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
  • September 12: Civic Day of Hacking #HackForChange
  • September 12: National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay and National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement and National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
  • September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
  • September 21: International Day of Peace #PeaceDay and World Alzheimer’s Day #WorldAlzheimersDay and Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
  • September 22: Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay and Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
  • September 26: National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay 
  • September 27: World Tourism Day #WTD2022
  • September 28: World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
  • September 28: National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
  • September 29: National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
  • September 30: International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October 2022 Social Media Holidays

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Emotional Wellness Month, and National Pizza Month.

  • October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay and World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay and World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
  • October 2: International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
  • October 3: National Techies Day #TechiesDay
  • October 4: World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay and National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay and World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
  • October 5: World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
  • October 10: World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay
  • October 11: International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl and Indigenous Peoples’ Day #IndigenousPeoplesDay and National Coming Out Day #NationalComingOutDay
  • October 14: World Sight Day #WorldSightDay and National Dessert Day #DessertDay
  • October 15: Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
  • October 16: World Food Day #FoodDay and Bosses Day #BossesDay
  • October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
  • October 20: World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
  • October 21: Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay and Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
  • October 24: United Nations Day #UNDay
  • October 25: Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
  • October 29: National Cat Day #NationalCatDay
  • October 30: National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay and Checklist Day #ChecklistDay

November 2022 Social Media Holidays

November is No-Shave November (also known as Movember), National Novel Writing Month, and National Entrepreneurship Month.

  • November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay and National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay and National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
  • November 3: National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
  • November 4: National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
  • November 8: National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
  • November 13: World Kindness Day #WKD
  • November 14: World Diabetes Day #WDD
  • November 15: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay and America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
  • November 16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay and National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
  • November 17: International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
  • November 19: International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
  • November 20: Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
  • November 21: World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
  • November 26: National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay and National Day of Listening #DayOfListening and Small Business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday #ShopSmall
  • November 29: Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay and Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
  • November 30: Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December 2022 Social Media Holidays

December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, Learn a Foreign Language Month, and National Tie Month.

  • December 1: World AIDS Day #WAD2022
  • December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
  • December 4: National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
  • December 5: World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
  • December 6: Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
  • December 8: Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
  • December 10: Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay and Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrizeDay and National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
  • December 11: International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
  • December 21: Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
  • December 27: No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay

Mix holidays into your social media strategy 

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