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 2023.
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 2023. 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.
Social Media Holidays: November 2023
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 🙂
November 1
- All Saints’ Day #AllSaintsDay
- National Authors’ Day #NationalAuthorsDay
- National Calzone Day #NationalCalzoneDay
- National Cinnamon Day #NationalCinnamonDay #CinnamonDay
- National Deep Fried Clams Day
- National Pâté Day
- National Family Literacy Day
- National Vinegar Day #nationalvinegarday
- World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay
November 2
- Day of the Dead a.k.a. Dia de los Muertos #DayoftheDead #diadelosmuertos
- International Stout Day #StoutDay #internationalstoutday
- National Deviled Egg Day
November 3
- Fountain Pen Day (check out our curated list of stationery-related national days) #FountainPenDay
- Love Your Lawyer Day #LoveYourLawyerDay
- National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
- World Jellyfish Day #worldjellyfishday
November 4
- National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
- National Chicken Lady Day
- National Bison Day #NationalBisonDay
November 5
- Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night (UK) #BonfireNight #guyfawkesnight
- National Donut Day a.k.a. National Doughnut Day (there is another Donut Day celebrated in June) #NationalDoughnutDay #NationalDoughnutDay🍩 #NationalDoughnutDay2022 #NationalDonutDay #NationalDonutDay🍩 #NationalDonutDay2022
- National Redhead Day
November 6
- National Nachos Day #NationalNachosDay #NachosDay
- Saxophone Day #SaxophoneDay
November 7
- Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings
- International Hug A Bear Day #HugABearDay
- National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8
- Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
- National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay #NationalCappucinoDay (the full list of coffee holidays here)
- National Harvey Wallbanger Day #HarveyWallbangerDay · #NationalHarveyWallbangerDay
- National Parents as Teachers Day
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay #STEMSTEAMDay
- National Tongue Twister Day #TongueTwisterDay
Between November 9 and November 15 there are a number of holidays to observe – some simply fun (National Vanilla Cupcake Day) and others more serious (World Diabetes Day). Finally, on Singles’ Day, the biggest shopping day worldwide, you can make some great bargains – or maybe announce a Singles’ Day sale if you have an online business.
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
- British Pudding Day
- National Chicken Sandwich Day
- National Scrapple Day
- World Freedom Day #FreedomDay
- International Tempranillo Day #tempranilloday
November 10
- National Forget-Me-Not Day
- National Vanilla Cupcake Day #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay
November 11
- National Sundae Day #NationalSundaeDay
- Origami Day #OrigamiDay
- Pocky Day a.k.a. Pocky & Pretz Day and Pretz #PockyDay #PockyDay2022 #PockyDay11Nov
- Singles’ Day #SinglesDay
November 12
- Happy Hour Day #HappyHourDay
- National French Dip Day #NationalFrenchDipDay
- National Pizza With The Works (Except Anchovies) #nationalpizzawiththeworksexceptanchoviesday
- National Pupusa Day #NationalPupusaDay
- International Tongue Twister Day #InternationalTongueTwisterDay #TongueTwisterDay
November 13
- National Indian Pudding Day #NationalIndianPuddingDay
- World Kindness Day #WKD #WorldKindnessDay
November 14
- National Pickle Day #PickleDay #NationalPickleDay
- National Spicy Guacamole Day
- World Diabetes Day #WDD #WorldDiabetesDay
November 15
- America Recycles Day a.k.a. National Recycling Day #BeRecycled #AmericaRecyclesDay
- National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #NationalCleanoutYourRefrigeratorDay #NationalCleanoutYourfrigeDay
- National Philanthropy Day #Philanthropy Day
- National Raisin Bran Cereal Day #NationalRaisinBranCerealDay
- National Zinfandel Day #ZinfandelDay
November 16
- National Button Day #NationalButtonDay
- National Fast Food Day #NationalFastFoodDay #FastFoodDay
- International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay #InternationalDayForTolerance
- Beaujolais Nouveau Day #BeaujolaisNouveauDay
- Great American Smokeout #GreatAmericanSmokeout
- World Philosophy Day
November 17
- International Students’ Day #InternationalStudentsDay
- National Baklava Day #NationalBaklavaDay
- National Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay
- National Take a Hike Day
- World Prematurity Day #WorldPrematurityDay
- National Black Cat Day
November 18
- Apple Cider Day #AppleCiderDay
- GIS Day (geographic information system) #GISDay
- Mickey Mouse Day #MickeyMouseDay
- National Adoption Day
- National Vichyssoise Day #NationalVichyssoiseDay
November 19
- International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay #MensDay
- National Camp Day #NationalCampDay
- National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day
- World Toilet Day #WorldToiletDay
November 20
- National Absurdity Day
- National Peanut Butter Fudge Day #NationalPeanutButterFudgeDay
- Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #TransgenderDayofRememberance
- Universal Children’s Day #UNChildrensDay
November 21
- National Gingerbread Cookie Day #NationalGingerbreadCookieDay #GingerbreadCookieDay
- National Stuffing Day #NationalStuffingDay #StuffingDay
- World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
- World Television Day #WorldTVDay
November 22
- National Cranberry Relish Day #NationalCranberryRelishDay #CranberryRelishDay
- DrinksGiving #drinksgiving
November 23
- National Eat A Cranberry Day #NationalEataCranberryDay #EataCranberryDay
- National Cashew Day #NationalCashewDay
- National Espresso Day #EspressoDay #NationalEspressoDay
- National Tie One On Day
- Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving
November 24
- Black Friday
- Buy Nothing Day #BuyNothingDay
- Evolution Day #EvolutionDay
- Maize Day
- National Day of Listening
- National Sardines Day #NationalSardinesDay #SardinesDay
- Flossing Day
November 25
- International Aura Awareness Day
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
- National Parfait Day #NationalParfaitDay #ParfaitDay
- Shopping Reminder Day
- Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday2023
November 26
- National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
- Stir-Up Sunday #StirupSunday #StirupSunday2023
November 27
- Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
- National Bavarian Cream Pie Day #NationalBavarianCreamPieDay #BavarianCreamPieDay
November 28
- National French Toast Day #FrenchToastDay #NationalFrenchToastDay
- Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
November 29
- Electronic Greetings Day
- National Lemon Cream Pie Day #NationalLemonCreamPieDay #LemonCreamPieDay
November 30
- Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay
- National Mason Jar Day #MasonJarDay
- National Meth Awareness Day
- National Mousse Day #MousseDay #NationalMousseDay
- St Andrew’s Day
Awareness Months in November 2023
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
I hope you liked our complete list of social media holidays to observe in November. Which holidays will you observe? Leave us a comment 🙂
