Stuck on ideas for your 2020 social media? An easy win in terms of content is to look at what could potentially be trending throughout the year. You can research these ‘hashtag holidays’ in advance and use them as a starting point when putting together a content plan. The great thing about this strategy is that you’ll never run out of content ideas and it’s a great way to increase engagement across all your channels.
We’ve collated some dates in 2020 that we think your institution could make the most of!
January
4th - World Braille Day
25th - Chinese New Year
25th - Burns Night
February
2nd - Pancake Day
4th - World Cancer Day
11th - Safer Internet Day
13th - World Radio Day
14th - Valentine's Day
21st - International Mother Language Day
March
1st - St David's Day
3rd - World Wildlife Day
8th - International Women's Day
17th - St Patrick's Day
21st - World Poetry Day
22nd - World Water Day
April
1st - April Fool's Day
7th - World Health Day
15th - World Art Day
22nd - Earth Day
23rd - World Book Day
May
3rd - World Laughter Day
4th - Star Wars Day
June
Pride Month
5th - World Environment Day
8th - Earth Day
9th - Global Wellness Day
21st - Summer Solstice
July
17th - World Emoji Day
August
8th - International Cat Day
12th - World Youth Day
13th - International Lefthanders Day
19th - World Photography Day
26th - International Dog Day
September
21st - International Day of Peace
27th - World Tourism Day
October
1st - International Coffee Day
1st - World Vegetarian Day
1st - World Chocolate Day
4th - World Animal Day
31st - Halloween
November
1st - World Vegn Day
3rd - World Kindness Day
11th - Armistice Day
21st - World Television Day
30th - St Andrew's Day
December
3rd - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
21st - Winter Solstice
25th - Christmas Day
31st - New Year's Day
There’s a hashtag holiday for everything these days - are there any dates that you would include that we missed off?