Just like National holidays, the social media is replete with key dates and milestones Internet users celebrate as unofficial ‘weird’ holidays using hashtag, which businesses and social media managers relish.
Businesses and social media managers relish these ‘Holidays’ because they represent opportunities on which contents are pushed around on the social media using the hashtag. Social media managers usually plan corresponding contents to push around on these ‘Holidays’ with the view to drive brand awareness or traffic.
A hashtag is a type of label or metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme or content. Users create and use hashtags by placing the hash character (#) in front of a word or unspaced phrase, either in the main text of a message or at the end. Searching for that hashtag will yield each message that has been tagged with it. A hashtag archive is consequently collected into a single stream under the same hashtag, which results to a trend after some numbers of messages.
For example, on Twitter, the hashtag #TheNewsGuru allows users to find all the tweets that have been tagged using that hashtag. #WomenCrushWednesday, #MondayMotivational and #TGIF are some notorious hashtags. #OccupyNigeria, and most recently #iStandWithNigeria are key examples of hashtags that have been used for political purposes.
Here we have made a list of ‘weird’ potential micro holidays hashtags that can result to trends, which businesses and social media managers can exploit to drive brand awareness or traffic.
January
- January 4
- Trivia Day: #NationalTriviaDay
- January 15
- Hat Day: #NationalHatDay
- January 17
- Ditch Your Resolution Day: #DitchYourResolutionDay
- January 20
- Cheese Lovers Day: #NationalCheeseLoversDay
- January 23
- Community Manager Appreciation Day: #CMAD
- January 25
- Opposite Day: #OppositeDay
February
- February 7
- Send a Card to a Friend Day: #SendACardToAFriendDay
- February 11
- Inventors Day: #NationalInventorsDay
- February 15
- Singles Awareness Day: #SinglesAwarenessDay
- February 17
- Random Acts of Kindness Day: #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
- February 22
- Margarita Day: #NationalMargaritaDay
March
- March 3
- Day of Unplugging: #NationalDayOfUnplugging
- March 14
- Potato Chip Day: #NationalPotatoChipDay
- March 18
- Awkward Moments Day: #AwkwardMomentsDay
- March 23
- Puppy Day: #NationalPuppyDay
- March 30
- Doctors Day: #NationalDoctorsDay
April
- April 7
- Beer Day: #NationalBeerDay
- April 10
- Siblings Day: #NationalSiblingsDay
- April 11
- Pet Day: #NationalPetDay
- April 20
- Look-alike Day: #NationalLookAlikeDay
- April 22
- Earth Day: #EarthDay
- April 30
- Honesty Day: #NationalHonestyDay
May
- May 2
- Thank a Teacher Day: #ThankATeacher
- May 4
- Star Wars Day: #StarWarsDay (or #MayThe4thBeWithYou)
- May 6
- Nurses Day: #NursesDay
- May 10
- Receptionists Day: #NationalReceptionistDay
- May 24
- Scavenger Hunt Day: #NationalScavengerHuntDay
June
- June 2
- Donut Day: #NationalDonutDay
- June 8
- Best Friends Day: #NationalBestFriendsDay
- June 21
- Selfie Day: #NationalSelfieDay
- June 30
- Social Media Day: #SMDay
July
- July 1
- Joke Day: #InternationalJokeDay
- July 10
- Pina Colada Day: #NationalPinaColadaDay
- July 13
- French Fry Day: #NationalFrenchFryDay
- July 20
- Moon Day: #NationalMoonDay
- July 24
- Cousins Day: #NationalCousinsDay
August
- August 9
- Book Lovers Day: #NationalBookLoversDay
- August 12
- Middle Child Day: #MiddleChildDay
- August 15
- Relaxation Day: #NationalRelaxationDay
- August 27
- Just Because Day: #JustBecauseDay
September
- September 3
- Beard Day: #WorldBeardDay
- September 12
- Video Games Day: #NationalVideoGamesDay
- September 19
- Talk Like A Pirate Day: #TalkLikeAPirateDay (or #TLAPD)
- September 21
- Day of Peace: #InternationalDayOfPeace
- September 30
- Podcast Day: #InternationalPodcastDay
October
- October 1
- Coffee Day: #InternationalCoffeeDay
- October 4
- Taco Day: #NationalTacoDay
- October 15
- Maths Day: #WorldMathsDay
- October 29
- Internet Day: #InternetDay
November
- November 1
- Authors Day: #NationalAuthorsDay
- November 4
- Candy Day: #NationalCandyDay
- November 13
- Kindness Day: #WorldKindnessDay
- November 21
- Entrepreneurs Day: #NationalEntrepreneursDay
December
- December 4
- Cookie Day: #NationalCookieDay
- December 11
- Mountain Day: #InternationalMountainDay
- December 15
- Cupcake Day: #NationalCupcakeDay
- December 21
- Crossword Puzzle Day: #CrosswordPuzzleDay
- December 30
- Bacon Day: #BaconDay
Which “Weird hashtag ‘Holidays’” to celebrate on Social Media do you think I have omitted? Leave a comment.