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 2020.
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 2020. 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
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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 2020
November 1
- All Saints’ Day #AllSaintsDay
- World Vegan Day (UK) #WorldVeganDay
- National Authors’ Day #NationalAuthorsDay
- National Family Literacy Day (US)
- National Vinegar Day (US)
- Love Your Lawyer Day #LoveYourLawyerDay
- Fountain Pen Day #FountainPenDay
November 2
- National Deviled Egg Day (US)
- Day of the Dead (Mexico) #DayoftheDead
November 3
- World Jellyfish Day
- National Sandwich Day (US) #NationalSandwichDay
- Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
November 4
- National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
- National Chicken Lady Day (US)
November 5
- Guy Fawke’s Night or Bonfire Night (UK) #BonfireNight
- International Stout Day (UK)
November 6
- National Nachos Day (US) #NationalNachosDay
- Saxophone Day (US) #SaxophoneDay
November 7
- National Bison Day #NationalBisonDay (celebrated on the first Saturday of November)
- International 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
- National Parents as Teachers Day (US)
- National Harvery Wallbanger Day (US)
Between November 9 and November 15 there are a number of holidays to observe – some simply fun (National Vanilla Cupcake Day) and others more solemn (Veterans Day). On Singles’ Day, the biggest shopping day worldwide, you can make some great bargains.
My advice to businesses: don’t forget about World Kindness Day on November 13. Share a story of kindess and/or let your audience share their stories.
November 9
- World Freedom Day (US) #FreedomDay
- National Scrapple Day (US)
- National British Pudding Day (UK)
November 10
- National Vanilla Cupcake Day #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay
- National Forget-Me-Not Day (US)
- Marine Corps Birthday (US) #MarineCorpsBirthday
November 11
- Veterans Day (US) #VeteransDay
- Remembrance Day (Canada) #RemembranceDay
- Armistice Day (France) #armisticeday
- Singles’ Day (China/Worldwide) #SinglesDay
- National Sundae Day #NationalSundaeDay
- Origami Day #OrigamiDay
- Pocky Day #PockyDay
November 12
- Happy Hour Day #HappyHourDay
- Tempranillo Day (UK)
November 13
- World Kindness Day #WKD #WorldKindnessDay
- National Indian Pudding Day (US)
November 14
- World Diabetes Day (United Nations) #WDD #WorldDiabetesDay #WorldDiabetesDay2020
- National Pickle Day #PickleDay #NationalPickleDay
- National Spicy Guacamole Day (US)
November 15
- America Recycles Day #BeRecycled #AmericaRecyclesDay
- National Philanthropy Day (US) #Philanthropy Day
- National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day (US)
- World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (United Nations)
November 16
- National Fast Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay
- National Button Day #NationalButtonDay
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations) #ToleranceDay #InternationalDayForTolerance
November 17
- World Prematurity Day #WorldPrematurityDay #WorldPrematurityDay2020
- Homemade Bread Day (UK) #HomemadeBreadDay
- National Baklava Day (US)
- National Take a Hike Day (US)
- International Students Day (Philippines) #InternationalStudentsDay
November 18
- GIS Day #GISDay
- Mickey Mouse Day #MickeyMouseDay
- National Vichysoisse Day (US)
- National Educational Support Professionals Day (US)
November 19
- International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay #MensDay
- World Toilet Day (United Nations) #WorldToiletDay
- World Philosophy Day (United Nations) (celebrated every 3rd Thursday of November)
- Great American Smokeout #GreatAmericanSmokeout (celebrated every 3rd Thursday of November)
- National Camp Day #NationalCampDay
November 20
- Universal Children’s Day (United Nations) #UNChildrensDay
- National Absurdity Day (US)
- National Peanut Butter Fudge Day (US)
- Transgender Day of Remembrance #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #Transgender DayofRememberance
November 21
- National Adoption Day (US)
- National Stuffing Day (US)
- National Gingerbread Day (UK)
- World Television Day (United Nations) #WorldTVDay
- World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 22
- National Cranberry Relish Day (US)
November 23
- National Espresso Day #EspressoDay #NationalEspressoDay
- National Cashew Day (US)
November 24
- National Sardines Day (US)
- Evolution Day #EvolutionDay
November 25
- National Parfait Day (US) #ParfaitDay
- Shopping Reminder Day (US)
- National Tie One On Day (US)
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (United Nations)
November 26
- Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving (celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November)
- National Cake Day (US) #NationalCakeDay
- National Day of Mourning (US)
November 27
- Black Friday (celebrated the Friday after Thanksgiving)
- Buy Nothing Day #BuyNothingDay (celebrated on the same day as Black Friday)
- Flossing Day (US)
- Maize Day (US)
- National Day of Listening (US)
November 28
- Small Business Saturday (US) #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday2020 (celebrated on the fourth Saturday of November)
- National French Toast Day (US) #FrenchToastDay #NationalFrenchToastDay
- International Aura Awareness Day (US)
November 29
- Advent (celebrated on the fourth Sunday before Christmas)
- Electronic Greetings Day (US)
November 30
- St Andrew’s Day (UK)
- Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
- Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
- National Meth Awareness Day (US)
- National Mason Jar Day #MasonJarDay
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November Awareness Months 2020
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
Sources we used to compile the list of Social Media Holidays in November:
https://www.timeanddate.com, https://www.thereisadayforthat.com, https://nationaldaycalendar.com,http://www.holidayscalendar.com, https://nationaltoday.com, https://www.checkiday.com.
I hope you liked my complete list of social media holidays to observe in November. Which holidays will you observe? Leave us a comment 🙂
