Key social media dates for 2026
Editor’s Note:
Hi, I’m Layla, Content Producer here at Dotdigital and your go-to for keeping your social media calendar in check. If you’ve ever felt like the calendar is running you instead of the other way around, I’ve got you. This guide to key social media dates for 2026 is packed with all the fun, quirky, and meaningful moments you can plan content around.
Trends to keep an eye on this year? Short-form video is still king, but now it’s all about storytelling and creating communities, not just quick clips. Long-term, authentic creator partnerships are where the magic happens, and personalized content powered by AI is making audiences feel genuinely seen. So, plan smart, post strategically, and, most importantly, have fun with it!
January 2026
Themes for the month
Dry January — #DryJanuary
Veganuary — #Veganuary
National mentoring month — #MentoringAmplifies
National slavery & human trafficking prevention month
January calendar
January 2 – World introvert day #WorldIntrovertDay
January 4 – World braille day #WorldBrailleDay
January 5 – Twelfth night #TwelfthNight
January 6 – Epiphany #Epiphany
January 14 – World logic day #WorldLogicDay
January 16 – Global word search day #GlobalWordSearchDay
January 18 – Winnie the Pooh day #WinnieThePoohDay
January 19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. day #MLKDay
January 20 – Blue Monday #BlueMonday
January 24 – International day of education #InternationalDayOfEducation
January 24 – National compliment day #NationalComplimentDay
January 25 – Burns night #BurnsNight
January 25 – Opposite day #OppositeDay
January 26 – Australia day #AustraliaDay
January 27 – International holocaust remembrance day #HolocaustRemembranceDay
January 27 – Chocolate cake day #ChocolateCakeDay
January 31 – Hot chocolate day #HotChocolateDay
February 2026
Themes for the month
National black history month (USA)
LGBT+ History month (UK)
Ramadan: February 18, 2026 – March 18, 2026
February calendar
February 2 – Groundhog day #GroundhogDay
February 2 – World wetlands day #WorldWetlandsDay
February 3 – Golden retriever day #GoldenRetrieverDay
February 4 – World cancer day #WorldCancerDay #WeCanICan
February 5 – Time to talk day #TimeToTalkDay
February 6 – Frozen yoghurt day #FrozenYoghurtDay
February 6 – New York fashion week begins #NYFW
February 7 – Send a card to a friend day #SendACardToAFriendDay
February 7 – Bubble gum day #BubbleGumDay
February 7 – Wear red day #WearRed
February 8 – Boy scouts day #BoyScoutsDay
February 8 – Super bowl #SuperBowl2026
February 9 – Pizza day #PizzaDay
February 11 – International day of women and girls in science #WomenInScienceDay
February 11 – Safer internet day #SaferInternetDay
February 13 – Self-love day #SelfLoveDay
February 13 – Galentine’s day #GalentinesDay
February 14 – Valentine’s day #ValentinesDay
February 15 – Singles awareness day #SinglesAwarenessDay
February 17 – Random acts of kindness day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 18 – Ramadan begins #Ramadan
February 19 – London fashion week begins #LondonFashionWeek
February 20 – Love your pet day #LoveYourPetDay
February 20 – World day of social justice #SocialJusticeDay
February 21 – International mother language day #MotherLanguageDay
February 22 – Thinking day #ThinkingDay
February 23 – Helplines awareness day #HelplinesAwarenessDay
February 24 – London fashion week ends #LondonFashionWeek
February 24 – Tortilla chip day #TortillaChipDay
February 26 – Tell a fairy tale day #TellAFairyTaleDay
February 27 – Toast day #ToastDay
February 27 – International polar bear day #PolarBearDay
February 28 – Rare disease day #RareDiseaseDay
February 28 – Public sleeping day #PublicSleepingDay
March 2026
Themes for the month
Women’s history month #WomensHistoryMonth
Prostate cancer awareness month #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth
Ovarian cancer awareness month #OvarianCancerAwarenessMonth
March calendar
March 1 – St David’s day #StDavidsDay
March 1 – Self-injury awareness day #SelfInjuryAwarenessDay
March 1 – Zero discrimination day #ZeroDiscriminationDay
March 3 – World hearing day #WorldHearingDay
March 3 – World wildlife day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 4 – Holi #Holi
March 5 – World book day #WorldBookDay
March 8 – International women’s day #InternationalWomensDay
March 15 – Mother’s day (UK) #MothersDay
March 15 – Red nose day #RedNoseDay
March 16 – Disabled access day #DisabledAccessDay
March 17 – St Patrick’s day #StPatricksDay
March 18 – Global recycling day #GlobalRecyclingDay
March 19 – Eid al-Fitr #EidAlFitr
March 20 – International day of happiness #InternationalDayOfHappiness
March 20 – First day of spring #FirstDayOfSpring
March 20 – World oral health day #WorldOralHealthDay
March 22 – World water day #WorldWaterDay
March 28 – Earth hour #EarthHour
March 31 – International trans visibility day #TransDayOfVisibility
April 2026
Themes for the month
Stress awareness month
April calendar
April 1 – April fool’s day #AprilFools
April 2 – World autism awareness day #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
April 3 – Good Friday #GoodFriday
April 4 – International carrot day #InternationalCarrotDay
April 5 – Easter Sunday #EasterSunday
April 6 – Easter Monday #EasterMonday
April 6 – International day of sport for development and peace #SportForDevelopment
April 6 – Tartan day #TartanDay
April 7 – World health day #WorldHealthDay
April 10 – National siblings day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 11 – World Parkinson’s day #WorldParkinsonsDay
April 14 – Garden day #GardenDay
April 15 – World art day #WorldArtDay
April 20 to April 26 – Lesbian visibility week #LesbianVisibilityWeek
April 21 – National tea day #NationalTeaDay
April 22 – Earth day #EarthDay
April 23 – St George’s day #StGeorgesDay
April 28 – Workers’ memorial day #WorkersMemorialDay
April 28 – World day for safety and health at work #WorldSafetyHealthDay
April 28 – World day for safety & health at work #SafetyHealthAtWork
May 2026
Themes for the month
Mental health awareness month – #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
National walking month – #NationalWalkingMonth
May calendar
May 1 – May day #MayDay
May 1 – Buddha day #BuddhaDay
May 2 – International Harry Potter day #HarryPotterDay
May 2 – World tuna day #WorldTunaDay
May 3 – World press freedom day #WorldPressFreedomDay
May 3 – World laughter day #WorldLaughterDay
May 4 – Early May bank holiday #EarlyMayBankHoliday
May 5 – Cinco de mayo #CincoDeMayo
May 5 – International day of the midwife #DayOfTheMidwife
May 6–12 – Deaf awareness week #DeafAwarenessWeek
May 8 – World red cross day #WorldRedCrossDay
May 9 – Europe day #EuropeDay
May 10 – Mother’s day (UK) #MothersDay
May 11–17 – Mental health awareness week #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
May 12 – International nurses day #InternationalNursesDay
May 14 – Ascension day (Christian) #AscensionDay
May 15 – International day of families #DayOfFamilies
May 17 – International day against homophobia, transphobia & biphobia #IDAHOBIT
May 19–26 – Knife crime awareness week #KnifeCrimeAwarenessWeek
May 21 – World meditation day #WorldMeditationDay
May 22 – International day for biological diversity #BiodiversityDay
May 25 – Spring bank holiday (UK) #SpringBankHoliday
May 25 – Africa day #AfricaDay
May 28 – Menstrual hygiene day #MenstrualHygieneDay
May 28 – World hunger day #WorldHungerDay
May 29 – International day of united nations peacekeepers #UNPeacekeepersDay
May 31 – World no tobacco day #WorldNoTobaccoDay
June 2026
Themes for the month
Pride month
June calendar
June 1 – Global day of parents #GlobalDayOfParents
June 1 – World reef awareness day #WorldReefAwarenessDay
June 2 – Leave the office early day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
June 3 – Global running day #GlobalRunningDay
June 3 – World bicycle day #WorldBicycleDay
June 4 – National cheese day #NationalCheeseDay
June 5 – World environment day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6 – D-day anniversary #DDayAnniversary
June 7 – National cancer survivors day #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay
June 7 – World food safety day #WorldFoodSafetyDay
June 8 – World oceans day #WorldOceansDay
June 12 – World day against child labour #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour
June 14 – World blood donor day #WorldBloodDonorDay
June 15–21 – Refugee week #RefugeeWeek
June 17 – Clean air day #CleanAirDay
June 19 – Juneteenth (US) #Juneteenth
June 20 – World refugee day #WorldRefugeeDay
June 21 – Summer solstice #SummerSolstice
June 21 – World humanist day #WorldHumanistDay
June 22–28 – School diversity week #SchoolDiversityWeek
June 22 – Windrush day #WindrushDay
June 25 – Armed forces day #ArmedForcesDay
June 27 – PTSD awareness day #PTSDawarenessDay
June 30 – Social media day #SocialMediaDay
July 2026
Themes for the month
Plastic free July
Summer fun and relaxation (Northern hemisphere)
Christmas in July (Southern hemisphere)
July calendar
July 1 – International joke day #InternationalJokeDay
July 1 – Disability pride month begins #DisabilityPrideMonth
July 4 – Independence day (US) #IndependenceDay
July 4 – National sidewalk egg frying day #SidewalkEggFryingDay
July 7 – World chocolate day #WorldChocolateDay
July 11 – World population day #WorldPopulationDay
July 12 – Malala day #MalalaDay
July 12 – Orangemen’s day #OrangemensDay
July 14 – Bastille day #BastilleDay
July 15 – National give something away day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 16 – National cherry day #NationalCherryDay
July 16 – World snake day #WorldSnakeDay
July 18 – Nelson Mandela international day #MandelaDay
July 19 – National ice cream day #NationalIceCreamDay
July 20 – Moon landing anniversary #MoonLandingAnniversary
July 20 – International chess day #InternationalChessDay
July 22 – National hammock day #NationalHammockDay
July 24 – International self-care day #SelfCareDay
July 26 – Parents’ day #ParentsDay
July 28 – World War I day #WorldWarIDay
July 28 – World hepatitis day #WorldHepatitisDay
July 29 – International tiger day #InternationalTigerDay
July 30 – International day of friendship #InternationalDayOfFriendship
July 31 – National avocado day #NationalAvocadoDay
August 2026
Themes for the month
National immunization awareness month
Black business month
August calendar
1 August – National girlfriends day #NationalGirlfriendsDay
1 August – World lung cancer day #WorldLungCancerDay
2 August – Sisters’ day #SistersDay
4 August – National chocolate chip cookie day #ChocolateChipCookieDay
5 August – National underwear day #UnderwearDay
7 August – National lighthouse day #LighthouseDay
8 August – National bowling day #BowlingDay
10 August – National s’mores day #SmoresDay
12 August – World elephant day #WorldElephantDay
13 August – International lefthanders day #LefthandersDay
14 August – National financial awareness day #FinancialAwarenessDay
15 August – National relaxation day #RelaxationDay
16 August – National tell a joke day #TellAJokeDay
17 August – National non-profit day #NonprofitDay
18 August – National fajita day #FajitaDay
19 August – World humanitarian day #WorldHumanitarianDay
20 August – National radio day #NationalRadioDay
22 August – National tooth fairy day #ToothFairyDay
24 August – National waffle day #WaffleDay
25 August – National banana split day #BananaSplitDay
26 August – National dog day #NationalDogDay
27 August – National bow tie day #BowTieDay
28 August – National chop suey day #ChopSueyDay
31 August – Summer bank holiday
September 2026
Themes for the month
Childhood cancer awareness month
Suicide prevention month
Back to school
September calendar
1 September – World letter writing day #WorldLetterWritingDay
2 September – World coconut day #WorldCoconutDay
4 September – Janmashtami (Hindu Holiday) #Janmashtami
4 September – National food bank day #NationalFoodBankDay
5 September – World beard day #WorldBeardDay
5 September – International day of charity #DayOfCharity
6 September – Read a book day #ReadABookDay
7 September – Organ donation week begins #OrganDonationWeek
8 September – World physiotherapy day #WorldPhysiotherapyDay
8 September – International literacy day #LiteracyDay
10 September – World suicide prevention day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
12 September – End digital poverty day #EndDigitalPoverty
15 September – International day of democracy #DayOfDemocracy
15 September – World afro day #WorldAfroDay
16 September – International day for the preservation of the ozone layer #OzoneLayerDay
21 September – International day of peace #DayOfPeace
21 September – World Alzheimer’s say #WorldAlzheimersDay
22–28 September – Recycle week #RecycleWeek
27 September – World tourism day #WorldTourismDay
29 September – World heart day #WorldHeartDay
October 2026
Themes for the month
Breast cancer awareness month
Domestic violence awareness month
Global diversity awareness month
National bullying prevention awareness month
National cyber security awareness month
Black history month (UK)
October calendar
1 October – World vegetarian day #WorldVegetarianDay
1 October– International coffee day #CoffeeDay
2 October – International day of non-violence #NonViolenceDay
4 October – World animal day #WorldAnimalDay
5 October – World teachers’ day #WorldTeachersDay
10 October – World mental health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
10 October – World egg day #WorldEggDay
11 October – International day of the girl #DayOfTheGirl
15 October – Global handwashing day #GlobalHandwashingDay
16 October – World food day #WorldFoodDay
17 October – International day for the eradication of poverty #EndPoverty
20 October – World statistics day #WorldStatisticsDay
24 October – United nations day #UNDay
October 26 – Pumpkin day #PumpkinDay
31 October – Halloween #Halloween
November 2026
Themes for the month
Lung cancer awareness month
Men’s health awareness month #Movember
November calendar
1 November – All saints day #AllSaintsDay
1 November – World vegan day #WorldVeganDay
2 November – Stress awareness day #StressAwarenessDay
3 November – Sandwich day #SandwichDay
5 November – Guy Fawkes night #GuyFawkesNight
6 November – Nachos day #NachosDay
8 November – National cappuccino day #CappuccinoDay
11 November – Remembrance day #RemembranceDay
12 November – Chicken soup for the soul day #ChickenSoupForTheSoulDay
13 November – World kindness day #WorldKindnessDay
14 November – Spaghetti day #SpaghettiDay
15 November – Clean out your fridge day #CleanOutYourFridgeDay
16 November – International tolerance day #ToleranceDay
17 November – Homemade bread day #HomemadeBreadDay
18 November – Princess day #PrincessDay
19 November – Talk like a pirate day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
22 November – Cappuccino day #CappuccinoDay
23 November – Netflix day #NetflixDay
24 November – Celebrate your unique talent day #UniqueTalentDay
26 November – Cake day #CakeDay
27 November – Black Friday #BlackFriday
28 November – Small business Saturday #SmallBusinessSaturday
29 November – Electronic greetings day #ElectronicGreetingsDay
30 November – St Andrew’s day #StAndrewsDay #Scotland
December 2026
Themes for the month
Hanukkah: December 4 – December 12
Christmas: December 24 – December 26
December calendar
1 December – World aids day #WorldAIDSDay
2 December – Eat a red apple day #EatARedAppleDay
3 December – Make a gift day #MakeAGiftDay
4 December – Santa’s helpers day #SantasHelpersDay
5 December – Volunteer day #VolunteerDay
6 December – St Nicholas day #StNicholasDay
7 December – Cotton candy day #CottonCandyDay
8 December – Brownie day #BrownieDay
10 December – Human rights day #HumanRightsDay
12 December – Gingerbread house day #GingerbreadHouseDay
13 December – Ice cream day (yes, in winter!) #IceCreamDay
14 December – Monkey day #MonkeyDay
15 December – Wear your Christmas sweater day #ChristmasSweaterDay
16 December – Chocolate-covered anything day #ChocolateCoveredDay
17 December – National maple syrup day #MapleSyrupDay
18 December – Answer the phone like buddy the elf day #BuddyTheElfDay
20 December – International human solidarity day #HumanSolidarityDay
21 December – Winter solstice #WinterSolstice
24 December – Christmas eve #ChristmasEve
25 December – Christmas day #ChristmasDay
26 December – Boxing day #BoxingDay
31 December – New year’s eve #NewYearsEve
Let’s wrap up
Don’t miss a single chance to connect with your audience and spark meaningful engagement. Planning your social media strategy ahead of time is key! Use this complete list of key social media dates for 2026 as your guide, and schedule content around these dates to maximize visibility, boost interactions, and help your brand shine all year long.
