Social media is where we spend a considerable amount of time every day. Whether you are an individual who is managing your own brand, or a member of a marketing team, or a digital marketing agency in the UAE, the comprehensive list below outlines all the important dates that may help you develop a holistic social media calendar that includes some of the important events, globally and in your region.

January 2022 Social Media Holidays

• January 1: New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
• January 2: Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
• January 4: National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
• January 5: National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
• January 11: Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
• January 11: Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
• January 13: National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
• January 15: National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
• January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday of January) #MLKDay
• January 20: Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
• January 20: Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #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 (Last Monday of January) #CMAD

February 2022 Social Media Holidays

• February 1 – 28: Black History Month
• February 2: Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
• February 2: 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
• February 9: National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
• February 9: Safer Internet Day #SID2022
• February 11: Inventors Day #InventorsDay
• February 12: Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear
• February 13: World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
• February 13: Super Bowl LV (Varies each year based on the U.S. Football season) #SBLV #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl
• February 14: Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
• February 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
• February 18: National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
• February 20: World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
• February 20: Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
• February 21: International Mother Language Day #IMLD
• February 21: Presidents Day (Third Monday of February) #PresidentsDay

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
• April 30 – May 4: Eid Al Fitr (dependent on moon)

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 8: Arafat Day (dependent on moon)
• July 9 – 11: Eid Al Adha (dependent on moon)
• 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
• July 30: Islamic New Year

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: Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) Birthday
• 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
• November 1: National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
• November 1: National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
• November 3: National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
• November 4: National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
• November 6: Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
• November 8: National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
• November 8: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
• November 11: Veterans Day #VeteransDay
• November 13: World Kindness Day #WKD
• November 14: World Diabetes Day #WDD
• November 15: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
• November 15: America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
• November 16: International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
• November 16: 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 25: Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
• November 26: National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
• November 26: National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
• November 27: Small Business Saturday (The last Saturday of November) #ShopSmall
• November 29: Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
• November 30: Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December 2022 Social Media Holidays

• December 1: Commemoration Day
• December 1: World AIDS Day #WAD2022
• December 2 and 3: UAE National Day
• 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
• December 10: Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
• December 10: National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
• December 11: International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
• December 21: Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
• December 21: First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
• December 27: No Interruptions Day #NoInterruptionsDay
• December 31: New Year’s Eve #NYE

Sources: National Day Calendar, Sprout Social, TrackMaven, Holiday Insights, Brownielocks, National Peace Corps Association, Sparkflow, There’s a Day for That