Planning your social media content for the next week/month/year is not easy. What should you post and when? How do you make sure you don’t become irrelevant and repetitive? The answer: know your social media holidays. This is the list of Social Media Holidays in November 2019.
Knowing the biggest social media holidays on a given day/week/month makes planning your social media content a lot easier. It also makes a lot of sense for several reasons. First of all, observing a social media holiday makes you something of an influencer – those who weren’t aware of the holiday will consider you more professional for being aware of the holiday. Secondly, these are perfect for creating a dialogue with your audience and create engagement. Thirdly, you might learn something new about your audience, which can actually be both interesting and useful when you develop your marketing strategy. Lastly, observing relevant social media holidays makes you interesting and relevant – it’s a way for you to brand yourself.
This unique list contains more than 100 important social media holidays celebrated in November 2019. You will probably want to come back to this article several times, so make sure you bookmark it. The list comprises all social media holidays the hashtags of which have been used over 1000 times on Instagram. In other words, you can be sure that the holidays mentioned are big enough for you to observe. Some, however, are obviously more widely celebrated than others.
Should you observe each of these social media holidays? No. Should you observe one every day? No. Should you observe one every week? Yes. Between 1 and 3 social media holidays per week should be the sweet spot for most businesses.
You might also be interested in: 200+ Daily Hashtags For Each Day Of The Week
Like I mentioned before, social media holidays are perfect content for Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or blog, for that matter. But if you feel like taking the easy route, check out Angie Gensler’s Social Media Content Calendar for 2019 and 2020 . If you want to know exactly what to post on each day of the year and maintain a good ratio of self-promoting posts vs. engagement-focused ones, Angie Gensler’s content calendar is the one for you. Angie’s content prompts follow roughly the classic 80/20 ratio where 20% of the posts are promoting your business and 80% either “inform, educate or entertain” your followers. This means that by following her prompts, you can’t go wrong. If you buy her social media content calendar now, you get both the 2019 and the 2020 calendar, which I think is a rather nice deal. Note: I use affiliate links, meaning that any sales through my links might earn me a commission.
Here’s a short summary of the most notable social media holidays in early November (November 1- November 8). Coming one day after Halloween, November starts out with All Saints’ Day on November 1. On the same day, World Vegan Day is observed. On November 4 you have the best excuse ever for enjoying your favorite candies: that’s right, it’s National Candy Day! If you are in the UK you shouldn’t forget about Guy Fawkes Night, a.k.a. Bonfire Night on November 5. Also worth observing on November 5 is National Redhead Day. Finally, on November 8 it’s National Cappuccino Day, meaning that you can share your love for Italian coffee with the world 🙂
Social Media Holidays: November 2019
November 1
- All Saints’ Day #AllSaintsDay
- World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
- National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
- Love Your Lawyer Day #LoveYourLawyerDay
- Fountain Pen Day #FountainPenDay
November 2
- Day of the Dead #DayoftheDead
- National Bison Day #NationalBisonDay
November 3
- World Jellyfish Day
- National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
- Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
November 4
- National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 5
- Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night (UK) #BonfireNight
- National Hot Sauce Day #NationalHotSauceDay #NationalHotSauceDay2019
- National Redhead Day #NationalRedheadDay #NationalRedheadsDay
November 6
- National Nachos Day #NationalNachosDay
- Saxophone Day #SaxophoneDay
November 7
- National Stress Awareness Day #NationalStressAwarenessDay
- International Stout Day #International Stout Day
- Hug A Bear Day #HugABearDay
November 8
- National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay #NationalCappucinoDay
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay #STEMSTEAMDay
- Tongue Twister Day #TongueTwisterDay
Between November 9 and November 15 there are a number of holidays to observe – some simply fun (Sesame Street Day, Happy Hour Day, National Vanilla Cupcake Day) and others more solemn (Veterans Day, Orphan Sunday). My tip for ALL businesses: don’t forget about World Kindness Day on November 13. Share a story of kindess and/or let your audience share their stories. Both you and your audience will appreciate this.
November 9
- World Freedom Day #FreedomDay
November 10
- Orphan Sunday #OrphanSunday
- SesameStreetDay #SesameStreetDay
- Marine Corps Birthday (US) #MarineCorpsBirthday
- National Vanilla Cupcake Day #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay
November 11
- Veterans Day (US) #VeteransDay
- Remembrance Day (Canada) #RemembranceDay
- Origami Day #OrigamiDay
- Singles Day #SinglesDay
- Pocky Day #PockyDay
- National Sundae Day #NationalSundaeDay
- Armistice Day (France) #armisticeday
November 12
- Happy Hour Day #HappyHourDay
November 13
- World Kindness Day #WKD #WorldKindnessDay
November 14
- World Diabetes Day #WDD #WorldDiabetesDay #WorldDiabetesDay2019
- National Pickle Day #PickleDay #NationalPickleDay
November 15
- America Recycles Day #BeRecycled #AmericaRecyclesDay
- Philanthropy Day #Philanthropy Day
November 16
- International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay #InternationalDayForTolerance
- National Fast Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay
- National Button Day #NationalButtonDay
- Clarinet day #Clarinetday
November 17
- World Prematurity Day #WorldPrematurityDay #WorldPrematurityDay2019
- International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
- National Adoption Day #NationalAdoptionDay
- National Hiking Day #TakeAHikeDay #NationalHikingDay
- Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay
November 18
- Adoption Day #AdoptionDay
- Princess Day #PrincessDay
- GIS Day #GISDay
- Mickey Mouse Day #MickeyMouseDay
- Housing Day #HousingDay
November 19
- International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay #MensDay
- National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
- World Toilet Day #WorldToiletDay
- National Camp Day #NationalCampDay
November 20
- Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
- Future Teachers of America Day (US) #FutureTeachersofAmerica
- Transgender Day of Remembrance #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #Transgender DayofRememberance
November 21
- World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
- World Television Day #WorldTVDay
- World Philosophy Day #WorldPhilosophyDay
- Great American Smokeout #GreatAmericanSmokeout
November 22
- Buy Nothing Day #BuyNothingDay
November 23
- National Espresso Day #EspressoDay #NationalEspressoDay
November 24
- Evolution Day #EvolutionDay
There are also a couple of big events taking place on November 24th. See the end of the article for more information.
November 25
- Parfait Day #ParfaitDay
November 26
- National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
November 27
No major holidays to observe on this day.
November 28
- Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving
- Day of Mourning #DayofMourning
- French Toast Day #FrenchToastDay #NationalFrenchToastDay
November 29
- Black Friday #BlackFriday #BlackFriday2019
November 30
- St Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
- Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
- Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday2019
- Mason Jar Day #MasonJarDay
November Awareness Weeks 2019
In addition to all social media holidays, there are awareness weeks worth mentioning. Here are the most important ones.
- November 4, 2019 – November 8, 2019 International Stress Awareness Week #StressAwareness
- November 11, 2019 – November 15, 2019 Anti-bulling Week #AntiBullingWeek
- November 11, 2019 – November 15, 2019 World Antibiotic Awareness Week #WorldAntibioticAwarenessWeek
- November 18, 2019 – November 22, 2019 American Education Week #AmericanEducationWeek
- November 19, 2019 – November 25, 2019 Alcohol Awareness Week (UK) #AlcoholAwareness
November Awareness Months 2019
Finally, November is a month during which a number of causes are being championed. The ones in the list below are the ones you should know about. At the very least, don’t miss #Movember!
Fun and General Observances
- No Shave November #Noshavenovember
- Movember #Movember
- Peanut Butter Month #PeanutButterLoversMonth
- Manatee Awareness Month #ManateeAwarenessMonth
- Native American Heritage Month #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
- World Vegan Month #VeganMonth
- Adoption Month #AdoptionMonth
- National Novel Writing Month #NovelWritingMonth #NationalNovelWritingMonth
Health-Related Observances
- National Diabetes Month #NationalDiabetesMonth
- Epilepsy Awareness Month #EpilepsyAwarenessMonth
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month #LungCancerAwareness
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness #PancreaticCancerAwareness
- Prematurity Awareness Month #PrematurityAwarenessMonth #PrematurityAwareness
- National Healthy Skin Month #NationalHealthySkinMonth
Big Sports and Business Events in November 2019
When planning your social media content calendar, consider these major events taking place this November.
- Nov 2, 2019 Rugby World Cup Final, Yokohama, Japan #worldcuprugby #worldcuprugby2019 #japanrugbyworldcup
- Nov 3, 2019 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix 2019, Texas, USA #usgrandprix
- Nov 7, 2019 – Nov 17, 2019 Zagreb Film Festival (Golden Pram Awards), Zagreb, Chroatia #zagrebfilmfestival
- Nov 15, 2019 – Nov 17, 2019 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, Brazil #braziliangp #braziliangrandprix
- Nov 18, 2019 – Nov 24, 2019 Tennis Davis Cup, Madrid, Spain #DavisCup #DavisCupFinal #DavisCupMadridFinals
- Nov 20, 2019 – Nov 21, 2019 World Business Forum, New York, USA #worldbusinessforum
- Nov 22, 2019 – Dec 1, 2019 LA Auto Show, Los Angeles, CA, United States #laautoshow
Which holidays will you observe? Leave us a comment 🙂
