
Social Media Days – 2022 List
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