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 2022.

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 2022. 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 2022

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
  • National Deviled Egg Day

November 3

  • National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay
  • World Jellyfish Day #worldjellyfishday
  • International Stout Day #StoutDay #internationalstoutday

November 4

  • National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
  • National Chicken Lady Day
  • Fountain Pen Day #FountainPenDay
  • Love Your Lawyer Day #LoveYourLawyerDay

November 5

  • Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night (UK) #BonfireNight #guyfawkesnight
  • National Bison Day #NationalBisonDay
  • 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

November 10

  • National Forget-Me-Not Day
  • National Vanilla Cupcake Day #NationalVanillaCupcakeDay
  • International Tempranillo Day #tempranilloday

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

November 13

  • International Tongue Twister Day #InternationalTongueTwisterDay #TongueTwisterDay
  • National Indian Pudding Day #NationalIndianPuddingDay
  • National Pupusa Day #NationalPupusaDay
  • 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
  • National Zinfandel Day #zinfandelday
  • International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay #InternationalDayForTolerance

November 17

  • Beaujolais Nouveau Day #BeaujolaisNouveauDay
  • International Students’ Day #InternationalStudentsDay
  • National Baklava Day #NationalBaklavaDay
  • National Educational Support Professionals Day
  • National Homemade Bread Day #HomemadeBreadDay
  • National Take a Hike Day
  • World Prematurity Day #WorldPrematurityDay
  • National Black Cat Day
  • Children’s Grief Awareness Day #childgriefday
  • Great American Smokeout #GreatAmericanSmokeout
  • World Philosophy Day

November 18

  • Apple Cider Day #AppleCiderDay
  • GIS Day (geographic information system) #GISDay
  • Mickey Mouse Day #MickeyMouseDay
  • 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 Adoption Day
  • National Peanut Butter Fudge Day #NationalPeanutButterFudgeDay
  • Stir-Up Sunday #StirupSunday #StirupSunday2022
  • 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

November 23

  • DrinksGiving #drinksgiving
  • National Eat A Cranberry Day #NationalEataCranberryDay #EataCranberryDay
  • National Cashew Day #NationalCashewDay
  • National Espresso Day #EspressoDay #NationalEspressoDay
  • National Tie One On Day

November 24

  • Evolution Day #EvolutionDay
  • National Sardines Day #NationalSardinesDay #SardinesDay
  • Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving

November 25

  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • National Parfait Day #NationalParfaitDay #ParfaitDay
  • Shopping Reminder Day
  • Black Friday
  • Buy Nothing Day #BuyNothingDay
  • Maize Day
  • National Day of Listening

November 26

  • National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay
  • Flossing Day
  • Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall #SmallBusinessSaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday2022
  • International Aura Awareness Day

November 27

  • Advent
  • National Bavarian Cream Pie Day #NationalBavarianCreamPieDay #BavarianCreamPieDay

November 28

  • Cyber Monday #CyberMonday
  • National French Toast Day #FrenchToastDay #NationalFrenchToastDay

November 29

  • Electronic Greetings Day
  • Giving Tuesday #GivingTuesday
  • 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 2022

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 🙂