With 2022 in its final days, it’s time to start planning your social media strategy for 2023.
One of the best ways to expand your reach on social media is to piggyback onto key dates and awareness days (making sure your content is appropriate, of course!)
With that in mind, we’ve put together this epic guide of dates to consider for your 2023 social media calendar:
January
01/01 – New Year’s Day (bank holiday)
02/01 – New Year’s Day observed (bank holiday)
03/01 – Bank Holiday (Scotland only)/ Festival of Sleep Day
04/01 – World Braille Day
12/01 – Kiss a Ginger Day
15/01 – World Religion Day
16/01 – Blue Monday
17/01 – International Mentoring Day
21/01 – National Hug Day
22/01 – Chinese New Year
24/01 – International Day of Education
25/01 – Burns Night
26/01 – Australia Day
27/01 – International Holocaust Memorial Day
February
01/02 – LGBT History Month
02/02 – Groundhog Day
04/02 – Six Nations Rugby Championship
06/02 – National Sickie Day/ Children’s Mental Health Week begins
07/02 – Send a Card to a Friend Day/ Safer Internet Day
11/02 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
12/02 – National Pizza Day/ American Football Super Bowl
13/02 – World Radio Day
14/02 – Library Lovers Day/Valentine’s Day
17/02 – Random Acts of Kindness Day/ Care Day
20/02 – World Day of Social Justice
21/02 – Pancake Day
21/02 – International Mother Language Day
22/02 – World Thinking Day
28/02 – Rare Disease Day
March
01/03 – St. David’s Day/ Zero Discrimination Day
02/03 – World Book Day
03/03 – World Wildlife Day/ World Hearing Day
08/03 – International Women’s Day
09/03 – National No Smoking Day
10/03 – International School Meals Day
12/03 – Academy Awards (The Oscars)
17/03 – St. Patrick’s Day/ Comic Relief/ World Sleep Day
18/03 – Global Recycling Day
19/03 – Mother’s Day
20/03 – International Day of Happiness
21/03 – World Poetry Day
22/03 – Start of Ramadan/ World Water Day
23/03 – World Meteorological Day / National Day of Reflection (3 years since the first Covid-19 lockdown)
25/03 – Earth Hour/ International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
26/03 – Clocks go forward
30/03 – World Bipolar Day
April
01/04 – April Fools Day
02/04 – World Autism Awareness Day
05/04 – International Day of Conscience
06/04 – US Masters Golf
07/04 – Good Friday/ World Health Day
09/04 – Easter Sunday
10/04 – Easter Monday/ National Siblings Day
13/04 – Grand National (Aintree Racecourse)
21/04 – End of Ramadan/ World Creativity and Innovation Day/ National Tea Day
22/04 – Earth Day
23/04 – St George’s Day/ London Marathon
26/04 – World Intellectual Property Day
27/04 – International Girls in ICT Day
28/04 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29/04 – International Dance Day
May
01/05 – Early May Bank Holiday
02/05 – World Asthma Day
04/05 – May the Fourth (Star Wars Day)/ World Password Day
06/05 – Coronation of King Charles III
08/05 – Bank Holiday for the Coronation of King Charles III/ World Red Cross Day
11/05 – Eat What You Want Day
14/05 – Garden Day
15/05 – International Day of Families
17/05 – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
18/05 – National Numeracy Day
20/05 – World Bee Day
21/05 – International Tea Day/World Meditation Day
22/05 – World Goth Day
23/05 – World Turtle Day
28/05 – World Hunger Day
29/05 – Spring Bank Holiday/ Gloucester Cheese Rolling Day/ National Biscuit Day/ National BBQ Week
June
01/06 – Beginning of Pride Month/Global Day of Parents
02/06 – National Fish and Chips Day
03/06 – The Big Lunch/ World Bicycle Day
05/06 – World Environment Day
08/06 – World Oceans Day
10/06 – Uefa Champions League Final
15/06 – Clean Air Day
18/06 – Father’s Day/ International Picnic Day
21/06 – Summer Solstice
22/06 – Windrush Day
23/06 – National Writing Day
27/06 – Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
30/06 – World Social Media Day
July
01/07 – Tour de France begins
03/07 – Wimbledon Tennis Championship
04/07 – Independence Day (USA)/ National Thank You Day
06/07 – UEFA Women’s Euro 2023
07/07 – British Grand Prix begins/ World Chocolate Day
11/07 – World Population Day
15/07 – World Youth Skills Day
16/07 – National Ice Cream Day
17/07 – World Day for International Justice/ World Emoji Day
18/07 – Nelson Mandela International Day
24/07 – National Tequila Day
30/07 – International Day of Friendship
August
01/08 – Yorkshire Day
04/08 – Start of the Commonwealth Games/ International Beer Day
07/08 – Bank Holiday (Scotland only)
08/08 – International Cat Day
10/08 – International Update Your Bio Day
12/08 – International Youth Day
13/08 – International Left-Handers Day/ National Prosecco Day
19/08 – World Humanitarian Day/World Photography Day
21/08 – World Entrepreneurs’ Day
24/08 – National Burger Day
28/08 – Summer Bank Holiday (not Scotland)
September
05/09 – International Day of Charity
08/09 – International Literacy Day
10/09 – World Suicide Prevention Day
16/09 – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer/ World Cleanup Day/ Oktoberfest begins
18/09 – International Equal Pay Day
21/09 – International Day of Peace
23/09 – International Day of Sign Languages
27/09 – World Tourism Day
October
01/10 – UK Black History Month begins/ World Vegetarian Day
04/10 – World Animal Day
05/10 – World Teachers’ Day
06/10 – National Poetry Day
10/10 – World Mental Health Day/ World Homelessness Day
13/10 – World Egg Day
15/10 – Global Handwashing Day
21/10 – Back to the Future Day
25/10 – World Pasta Day
29/10 – RSPB Feed the Birds Day/ Clocks go back
31/10 – Halloween/ World Cities Day
November
01/11 – World Vegan Day/ National Author’s Day/ National Stress Awareness Day
03/11 – Sandwich Day
04/11 – National Roast Dinners Day
05/11 – Bonfire Night
11/11 – Remembrance Day
12/11 – Diwali
13/11 – World Kindness Day
14/11 – World Diabetes Day
19/11 – World Toilet Day
20/11 – World Children’s Day
21/11 – World Television Day
24/11 – Black Friday
25/11 – Small Business Saturday
27/11 – Cyber Monday
30/11 – St Andrew’s Day
December
01/12 – World AIDS Day
02/12 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03/12 – International Day of Disabled Persons
05/12 – International Volunteers Day
07/12 – Christmas Jumper Day
10/12 – Human Rights Day
21/12 – Winter Solstice
24/12 – Christmas Eve
25/12 – Christmas Day
26/12 – Boxing Day
31/12 – New Year’s Eve
If the list above isn’t enough(!), you can also add any significant dates for your local area, e.g. charity, political or local sporting events, to your 2023 social media calendar.
For maximum visibility, make sure you tag relevant organisations in your posts and find out whether there are specific hashtags associated with the day(s) in question.
Now you have everything you need to start planning your business’ 2023 social media calendar, and get a headstart on your content strategy before the new year!
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