2022 Social Media Holidays Cheat Sheet
Do you celebrate International Cat Day, Pizza Day, or Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day?
There are a plethora of observance days worldwide during which marketers can share content relevant to their industries, get involved in a movement, or simply generate more awareness. But odds are, you probably don't acknowledge these days until you see your favorite brand posting about it. We have compiled 280 Social Media Holidays for Your 2022 Content Calendar to keep you ahead of the game.
March 2022 Social Media Holidays
March 1: Mardi Gras #MardiGras
March 2: National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss
March 3: World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 4: National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
March 4: National Employee Appreciation Day (First Friday of March) #EmployeeAppreciationDay
March 4: National Day of Unplugging (First Friday of March) #NationalDayOfUnplugging
March 6: National Dentist's Day #DentistsDay
March 7: National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
March 7: National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 8: International Women's Day #BeBoldForChange
March 8: National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
March 10: National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
March 11: National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
March 11: Popcorn Lover's Day #PopcornLoversDay
March 12: National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
March 14: Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
March 14: Pi Day #PiDay (To go the extra mile, post this at 1:59, as Pi equals 3.14159...)
March 13: Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
March 15: National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 16: National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
March 17: St. Patrick's Day #StPatricksDay
March 18: Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
March 19: National Let's Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
March 19: World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 19: Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay
March 20: International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
March 20: World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
March 20: First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
March 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
March 21: World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
March 22: World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 23: National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 23: American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
March 25: Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
March 26: National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
March 26: Purple Day #PurpleDay
March 27: Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
March 30: Doctor's Day #NationalDoctorsDay
March 30: National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
March 31: World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV
March 31: Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
April 2022 Social Media Holidays
April 1 - 30: National Stress Awareness 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 10: National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 10: 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
April 15: National High-Five Day #NH5D
April 16: National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
April 16: 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
April 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
April 22: Earth Day #EarthDay2022
April 23: National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
April 23: National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
April 23: World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 23: Arbor Day #ArborDay
April 25: National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
April 25: World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
April 28: Denim Day #DenimDay
April 29: International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 30: National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
April 30: National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
April 30: International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May 2022 Social Media Holidays
May 1: May Day #MayDay
May 1: International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
May 3: World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2022 #PressFreedom
May 4: Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
May 4: International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 4: World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
May 4: Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
May 5: Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 6: National Nurses Day #NursesDay
May 7: World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 7: Space Day #SpaceDay
May 9: Europe Day #EuropeDay
May 9: Mother's Day #MothersDay
May 12: National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
May 12: National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
May 15: International Day of Families #FamilyDay
May 16: Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2022
May 21: National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 21: National Bike to Work Day #BTWD
May 21: Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 24: National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
May 27: Heat Awareness Day (Last Friday of May) #NoFryDay
May 28: Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
May 29: Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
May 30: Memorial Day (Fourth Monday of May) #MemorialDay #MDW
May 31: World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
June 2022 Social Media Holidays
June 1: Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 4: National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
June 5: World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6: National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2022
June 6: Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
June 8: World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
June 8: 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 20: First Day of Summer
June 20: Father’s Day #FathersDay
June 21: National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
June 21: World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
June 21: 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
July 2022 Social Media Holidays
July 1: National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 2: World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4: Independence Day (United States)
July 7: World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 11: Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
July 12: Malala Day #MalalaDay
July 15: Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 15: Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
July 17: World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
July 30: Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
July 30: International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August 2022 Social Media Holidays
August 1: Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
August 2: National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
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
August 12: World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
August 13: International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
August 15: National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
August 16: National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
August 19: World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
August 19: World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
August 20: National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
August 26: National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
August 26: National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
September 2022 Social Media Holidays
September 4: National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
September 5: International Day of Charity #CharityDay
September 6: Labor Day #LaborDay
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
September 12: National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
September 12: National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 15 - October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month #hispanicheritagemonth
September 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
September 21: International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
September 21: Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
September 22: Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
September 22: Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
September 22: First Day of Fall
September 26: National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
September 26: European Day of Languages #EDL2022
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 1: International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP
October 1: International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1: World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 1: World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 2: International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
October 3: National Techies Day #TechiesDay
October 4: World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
October 4: National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
October 4: 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
October 14: World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
October 14: National Dessert Day #DessertDay
October 15: Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 16: World Food Day #FoodDay
October 16: 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
October 21: Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
October 24: United Nations Day #UNDay
October 25: Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
October 30: National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
October 30: Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31: Halloween #Halloween
November 2022 Social Media Holidays
November 1: World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay