Even though the holiday season is well over, that doesn’t mean we’re done. It seems that year after year, there’s so much more to celebrate. Thanks to the ever-growing popularity of social media, holidays seem to appear out of thin air. It’s hard to log on and not see a special day trending.
We’re not the first ones to admit that some of these holidays are ridiculous. But, just because they’re a little ‘out there’, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be hopping on the trends for likes, shares, and comments.
Before you start posting for any old holiday, we want you to take a step away from the hashtag. Long gone are the days of just posting to post. You should be taking the time to craft posts that speak to your target audience. And that means that there are holidays that simply aren’t worth your efforts.
Start with creating a social media calendar. Determine what days and times are the best for your posts and build from there. Make sure to schedule posts for the major holidays that make the most sense for your business. For example, most people celebrate the New Year in some capacity while something like St. Patrick’s Day might not speak to your audience.
Once you’ve got your major holidays identified, it’s time to consider the fun ones. These hashtag holidays cover a broad range of niche topics that interest social media users. So, if your audience is participating in the fun, you should be too. Take some time to identify which of the hashtag holidays make the most sense for your business and then craft compelling posts for those dates.
There are a lot of holidays to consider, so we decided to list them for you by the month. Take a look at this complete list of hashtag holidays for 2019 and start brainstorming how you can incorporate them into your social media calendars!
January 2019
1. Tuesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
2. Wednesday, Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay
4. Friday, National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
4. Friday, World Braille Day #WorldBrailleDay
5. Saturday, National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
6. Sunday, National Cuddle Up Day #CuddleUpDay
8. Monday, Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay
11. Friday, Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
13. Sunday, National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
14. Monday, Dress Up Your Pet Day #DressUpYourPetDay
15. Tuesday, National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Sunday, Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay
21. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay
21. Monday, National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay
22. Monday, Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD
24. Thursday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Friday, Opposite Day #OppositeDay
28. Monday, Data Privacy Day #PrivacyAware
February 2019
2. Saturday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay
2. Saturday, World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
3. Sunday, Super Bowl LIII #SBLIII
4. Monday, World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
5. Tuesday, Chinese New Year #YearOfThePig
5. Tuesday, Safer Internet Day #SID2019
5. Tuesday, National Weatherperson’s Day #NationalWeatherpersonsDay
7. Thursday, National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay
8. Friday, National Boy Scouts Day #BoyScoutsDay
9. Saturday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
10. Sunday, National Umbrella Day #NationalUmbrellaDay
11. Monday, Inventors Day #InventorsDay
13. Wednesday, World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
14. Thursday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
15. Friday, Singles Awareness Day #SinglesAwarenessDay
16. Saturday, Chinese New Year #YearOfTheDog
17. Sunday, Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
18. Monday, National Battery Day #NationalBatteryDay
18. Monday, Presidents Day #PresidentsDay
20. Wednesday, World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
20. Wednesday, Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay
21. Thursday, International Mother Language Day #IMLD
22. Friday, National Margarita Day #NationalMargaritaDay
26. Tuesday, National Pistachio Day #PistachioDay
27. Wednesday, Pink Shirt Day #PinkShirtDay
March 2019
1. Friday, National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay
1. Friday, National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay
2. Saturday, National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss
3. Sunday, World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
4. Monday, National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
5. Tuesday, National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay
5. Tuesday, Mardi Gras #MardiGras
6. Wednesday, National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
7. Thursday, National Be Heard Day #NationalBeHeardDay
7. Thursday, National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
8. Friday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange #IWD
8. Friday, National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay
8. Friday, National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
10. Sunday, National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay
10. Sunday, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NWGHAAD
10. Sunday, Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings
11. Monday, National Worship of Tools Day #WorshipOfToolsDay
11. Monday, National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
12: Tuesday, National Girl Scout Day #GirlScoutDay
14. Thursday, Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay
14. Thursday, Pi Day #PiDay (To go the extra mile, post this at 1:59, as Pi equals 3.14159…)
15. Friday, World Consumer Rights Day #WCRD2019
15. Friday, World Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
16. Saturday, National Freedom of Information Day #FreedomOfInformationDay
17. Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
18. Monday, Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay
19. Tuesday, National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay
20. Wednesday, International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness
20. Wednesday, World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay
20. Wednesday, First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
21. Thursday, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination #RacialDiscriminationDay
21. Thursday, World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
22: Friday, World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
23. Saturday, National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
25. Monday, Waffle Day #WaffleDay
25. Monday, Tolkien Reading Day #TolkienReadingDay
26. Tuesday, National Spinach Day #NationalSpinachDay
26. Tuesday, Purple Day #PurpleDay
26. Tuesday, American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
30. Saturday, Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
30. Saturday, Earth Hour Day #EarthHour
30. Saturday, National Take a Walk in the Park Day #NationalWalkInTheParkDay
31. Sunday, World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay
31. Sunday, Transgender Day of Visibility #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility
April 2019
1. Monday, April Fools Day #AprilFools
2. Tuesday, World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD
3. Wednesday, Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
3. Wednesday, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
3. Wednesday, World Party Day #WorldPartyDay
4. Thursday, Hug a Newsperson Day #HugANewsperson
7. Sunday, World Health Day #LetsTalk
7. Sunday, National Beer Day #NationalBeerDay
9. Tuesday, Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
10. Wednesday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
10. Wednesday, Encourage a Young Writer Day #EncourageAYoungWriterDay
11. Thursday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
12. Friday, International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
15. Monday, National Tax Day #TaxDay
16. Tuesday, National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
16. Tuesday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay
17. Wednesday, Haiku Poetry Day #HaikuPoetryDay
18. Thursday, National Columnists’ Day #NationalColumnistDay
18. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
18. Thursday, National High-Five Day #NH5D
20. Saturday, National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
22. Monday, Earth Day #EarthDay2019
23. Tuesday, National Picnic Day #NationalPicnicDay
23. Tuesday, World Book Day #WorldBookDay
24. Wednesday, National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
24. Wednesday, Denim Day #DenimDay
25. Thursday, National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay
25. Thursday, World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood
25. Thursday, National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME
26. Friday, Arbor Day #ArborDay
29. Monday, International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
30. Tuesday, National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
30. Tuesday, National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day #AdoptAShelterPetDay
30. Tuesday, International Jazz Day #JazzDay
May 2019
1. Wednesday, May Day #MayDay
1. Wednesday, International Workers Day #IntWorkersDay
1. Wednesday, Loyalty Day #LoyaltyDay
2. Thursday, World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
3. Friday, World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2019 #PressFreedom
3. Friday, Space Day #SpaceDay
4. Saturday, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou
4. Saturday, International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
4. Saturday, No Pants Day #NoPantsDay
5. Sunday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo
5. Sunday, Kentucky Derby #KentuckyDerby
5. Sunday, Free Comic Book Day #FreeComicBookDay
6. Monday, National Nurses Day #NursesDay
6. Monday, No Diet Day #NoDietDay
6. Monday, National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
7. Tuesday, World Asthma Day #WorldAsthmaDay
7. Tuesday, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
8. Wednesday, National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay
9. Thursday, Europe Day #EuropeDay
11. Saturday, Military Spouse Appreciation Day #MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay
12. Sunday, National Limerick Day #NationalLimerickDay
12. Sunday, International Nurses Day #NursesDay
13. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay
15. Wednesday, International Day of Families #FamilyDay
15. Wednesday, National Chocolate Chip Day #NationalChocolateChipDay
16. Thursday, Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay
17. Friday, International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT2019
17. Friday, National Bike to Work Day #BTWD #BikeToWorkDay
17. Friday, Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
21. Tuesday, National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
23. Thursday, Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay
24. Friday, National Scavenger Hunt Day #NationalScavengerHuntDay
25. Saturday, National Wine Day #NationalWineDay
25. Saturday, Geek Pride Day #GeekPrideDay
27. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW
28. Tuesday, Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay
29. Wednesday, Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay
31. Friday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
31. Friday, Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
June 2019
1. Saturday, Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents
1. Saturday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
2. Sunday, National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019
3. Monday, Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
5. Wednesday, World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
5. Wednesday, Hot Air Balloon Day #HotAirBalloonDay
6. Thursday, Higher Education Day #HigherEducationDay
7. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
8. Saturday, World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay
8. Saturday, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
14. Friday, World Blood Donor Day #GiveBlood
14. Friday, National Flag Day #FlagDay
16. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay
19. Wednesday, National Martini Day #NationalMartiniDay
20. Thursday, World Refugee Day #WithRefugees
21. Friday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay
21. Friday, World Music Day #WorldMusicDay
21. Friday, International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
21. Friday, First Day of Summer
21. Friday, Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
27. Thursday, National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
27. Thursday, National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
30. Sunday, Social Media Day #SMDay
July 2019
1. Monday, National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
1. Monday, International Joke Day #TellAJoke
2. Tuesday, World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
4. Thursday, Independence Day (United States)
7. Sunday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
11. Thursday, Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay
12. Friday, Malala Day #MalalaDay
13. Saturday, National French Fry Day #NationalFrenchFryDay
14. Sunday, Shark Awareness Day #SharkAwarenessDay
15. Monday, Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
17. Wednesday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
18. Thursday, Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
18. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Saturday, National Lollipop Day #National Lollipop Day
21. Sunday, National Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
24. Wednesday, National Tequila Day #NationalTequilaDay
26. Friday, Talk in an Elevator Day #TalkInAnElevatorDay
28. Sunday, Parent’s Day #ParentsDay
30. Tuesday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August 2019
1. Thursday, Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay
2. Friday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
3. Saturday, National Watermelon Day #WatermelonDay
4. Sunday, Campfire Day #CampfireDay
8. Thursday, International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
9. Friday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
10. Saturday, National Lazy Day #LazyDay #NationalLazyDay
11. Sunday, National Sons and Daughters Day #SonsAndDaughtersDay
12. Monday, International Youth Day #YouthDay
12. Monday, World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
13. Tuesday, International Lefthanders Day #LefthandersDay
15. Thursday, National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
19. Monday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay
19. Monday, World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
21. Wednesday, Senior Citizens Day #SeniorCitizensDay
26. Monday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
26. Monday, National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay
27. Tuesday, Global Forgiveness Day #GlobalForgivenessDay
31. Saturday, International Bacon Day #BaconDay
September 2019
2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay
4. Wednesday, National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay
4. Wednesday, World Sexual Health Day #SexualHealthDay
5. Thursday, International Day of Charity #CharityDay #InternationalDayOfCharity
6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay
8. Sunday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
8. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
11. Wednesday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
12. Thursday, National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement
12. Thursday, National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay #VideoGamesDay
13. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye
19. Thursday, Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay #DayOfPeace
21. Saturday, Miniature Golf Day #MiniGolfDay
21. Saturday, Civic Day of Hacking #HackForChange
22. Sunday, Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay
22. Sunday, Hobbit Day #HobbitDay
23. Monday, First Day of Fall
23. Monday, International Celebrate Bisexuality Day #CelebrateBisexuality
25. Wednesday, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
27. Friday, World Tourism Day #WTD2019
28. Saturday, World Rabies Day #WorldRabiesDay
28. Saturday, National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
29. Sunday, International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay
30. Monday, International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay
October 2019
1. Tuesday, International Day of Older Persons #UNDOP
1. Tuesday, World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
2. Wednesday, International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence
2. Wednesday, World Cerebral Palsy Day #CerebralPalsyDay
3. Thursday, National Techies Day #TechiesDay
4. Friday, World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay
4. Friday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay
4. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
5. Saturday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay
7. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
10. Thursday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
10. Thursday, World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
11. Friday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
11. Friday, National Coming Out Day #NationalComingOutDay
13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay
14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay
14. Monday, Indigenous Peoples Day #IndigenousPeoplesDay
15. Tuesday, Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
16. Wednesday, World Food Day #FoodDay
16. Wednesday, Bosses Day #BossesDay
17. Thursday, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
20. Sunday, World Statistics Day #StatisticsDay
21. Monday, Reptile Awareness Day #ReptileAwarenessDay
24. Thursday, United Nations Day #UNDay
25. Friday, Greasy Foods Day #GreasyFoodsDay
25. Saturday, World Pasta Day #WorldPastaDay
26. Sunday, National Pumpkin Day #NationalPumpkinDay
29. Tuesday, National Internet Day #InternetDay
30. Wednesday, National Publicist Day #NationalPublicistDay
30. Wednesday, Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween
November 2019
1. Friday, World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay #VeganDay
1. Friday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
1. Friday, National Cook For Your Pets Day #CookForYourPetsDay
3. Sunday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
3. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
4. Monday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay #CandyDay
8. Friday, National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay
8. Friday, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay
13. Wednesday, World Kindness Day #WKD #WorldKindnessDay
14. Thursday, World Diabetes Day #WDD #WorldDiabetesDay
15. Friday, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
15. Friday, America Recycles Day #BeRecycled
16. Saturday, International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay
17. Sunday, International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
17. Sunday, National Adoption Day #NationalAdoptionDay
19. Tuesday, International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
19. Tuesday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
20. Wednesday, Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
21. Thursday, World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
26. Tuesday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving
29. Friday, Black Friday #BlackFriday
29. Friday, National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
29. Friday, Electronic Greeting Card Day #ElectronicGreetingCardDay
30. Saturday, Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
30. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday
December 2019
1. Sunday, World AIDS Day #WAD2019
2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
3. Tuesday, Giving Tuesday #Giving Tuesday
3. Tuesday, International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
5. Thursday, World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
6. Friday, Microwave Oven Day #MicrowaveOvenDay
8. Sunday, Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day #PretendToBeATimeTravelerDay
8. Sunday, National Brownie Day #NationalBrownieDay
9. Monday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay
10. Tuesday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay
10. Tuesday, Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize
11. Wednesday, International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
13. Friday, National Salesperson Day #SalespersonDay
21. Saturday, Crossword Puzzle Day #CrosswordPuzzleDay
21. Saturday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
23. Monday, Festivus #Festivus
24. Tuesday, National Eggnog Day #NationalEggnogDay
28. Saturday, Card Playing Day #CardPlayingDay
30. Monday, No Interruptions Day – Last Work Day of the Year #NoInterruptionsDay
31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE
What a list! We will be adding any holidays that pop up along the way, so make sure to check back here when you’re creating your monthly social media calendar. We’re excited to celebrate as many of these 2019 hashtag holidays as we can with you!