Social Media Calendar 2022 - Key Affiliate Marketing Dates + Hashtags

Maximize your affiliate marketing strategy with this social media calendar for affiliate marketing. Whether you are using blog posts, Facebook or Instagram… this affiliate marketing calendar has the key dates you need to know to promote products in 2022.

Why use a social media calendar?

A social media calendar is an excellent tool to help you plan your content. It helps you decide what time of the year it is best to publish certain pieces of content and if there are any trends that might be worth capitalizing on.

It can also help mix up your content production, especially if you tend to create the same types of content when promoting your affiliate links. The benefit of creating a social media calendar is that you can focus on producing key pieces of content at certain times of the year. This will help maximize your traffic and lead to more conversions from potential customers.

What is an Affiliate Marketing Calendar?

In addition to helping you plan ahead, your social media calendar can also help you track your progress. It will show you what content has worked well in the past and which topics are starting to feel stale.

We have included important affiliate marketing dates for you to use throughout 2022, so get brainstorming!

January Key Dates

The start of the year, and some great niches for marketing in January include the self-development and fitness niches. As well as these, there are a number of other great niches you can tap into in the New Year.

To give your affiliate marketing campaign a kick-start, here’s our list of key social media calendar dates for January:

January 1. New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay
January 2. Science Fiction Day #ScienceFictionDay, World Introvert Day #WorldIntrovertDay
January 4. National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay
January 5. National Bird Day #NationalBirdDay
January 6. National Technology Day #NationalTechnologyDay, National Shortbread Day #NationalShortbreadDay
January 8. Bubble Bath Day #BubbleBathDay
January 10. Houseplant Appreciation Day #HouseplantAppreciationDay
January 11. Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay
January 13. Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay, National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay
January 14. Dress Up Your Pet Day #DressUpYourPetDay
January 15. National Hat Day #NationalHatDay
January 18. Blue Monday #BlueMonday
January 19. Popcorn Day #PopcornDay
January 20. Cheese Lovers’ Day #CheeseLoversDay
January 21. Hugging Day #HuggingDay
January 24. Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
January 25. Opposite Day #OppositeDay
January 27. Chocolate Cake Day #ChocolateCakeDay
January 28. Data Privacy Day #DataPrivacyDay
January 29. Puzzle Day #PuzzleDay
January 30. Croissant Day #CroissantDay
January 31. Grammy Awards #GrammyAwards

February Key Dates

A great month to market to Rugby fans in Europe as we have the start of the six nations competition. And whatever you do, don’t forget Valentine’s Day whether you are marking or not!

Note: the pet niche is a great one to start planning ahead for, with Love Your Pet Day on February 20th.

February 2. Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay, World Wetlands Day #WorldWetlandsDay
February 4. World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay
February 5. World Nutella Day #WorldNutellaDay, Beginning of Six Nations #SixNations
February 7. Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay,
February 9. National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay
February 11. Safer Internet Day #SID2021, National Inventors’ Day #NationalInventorsDay
February 12. Chinese New Year #ChineseNewYear
February 13. World Radio Day #WorldRadioDay
February 14. Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay
February 15. Singles Awareness Day #SinglesAwarenessDay
February 16. Pancake Day #PancakeDay
February 17. Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
February 20. Love Your Pet Day #LoveYourPetDay, World Day of Social Justice #SocialJusticeDay
February 21. International Mother Language Day #MotherLanguageDay
February 25. Digital Learning Day #DigitalLearningDay
February 28. Golden Globes 2021 #GoldenGlobes

March Key Dates

March 2. National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica
March 3. World Wildlife Day #WorldWildlifeDay
March 4. World Book Day #WorldBookDay, National Grammar Day #NationalGrammarDay
March 5. Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay, National Day of Unplugging #NationalDayOfUnplugging
March 6. Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay
March 7. National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay
March 8. International Women’s Day #InternationalWomensDay
March 9. National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day #WorldConsumerRightsDay
March 17. St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay
March 19. Red Nose Day #RedNoseDay, Sleep Day #WorldSleepDay
March 20. International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness, First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring
March 21. World Poetry Day #WorldPoetryDay
March 22. World Water Day #WorldWaterDay
March 23. National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
March 25. International Waffle Day #InternationalWaffleDay
March 26. Purple Day #PurpleDay
March 27. Earth Hour Day #EarthHour, Mother’s Day UK
March 28. Daylight Saving Time #DaylightSavingTime
March 30. Doctor’s Day #NationalDoctorsDay
March 31. World Backup Day #WorldBackupDay

April Key Dates

April 1. April Fools’ Day #AprilFoolsDay, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay
April 2. World Autism Awareness Day #WorldAutismAwarenessDay, Good Friday #GoodFriday
April 3. Find a Rainbow Day #FindARainbowDay
April 4. Easter Sunday #EasterSunday
April 5. Easter Monday #EasterMonday
April 7. World Health Day #WorldHealthDay
April 10. The Grand National #TheGrandNational, Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay
April 11. National Pet Day #NationalPetDay
April 12. Ramadan begins #Ramadan2021, International Day of Human Space Flight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight
April 13. Equal Pay Day #EqualPayDay
April 15. Tax Day #TaxDay
April 16. Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
April 19. Bicycle Day #BicycleDay
April 20. Look Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay
April 21. National Tea Day #NationalTeaDay, Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday #QueensBirthday
April 22. Earth Day #EarthDay2021
April 23. World Book Day #WorldBookDay
April 25. The Oscars Academy Awards #Oscars2021, World Malaria Day #WorldMalariaDay
April 26. Arbor Day #ArborDay
April 29. International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
April 30. International Jazz Day #JazzDay

May Key Dates

May 1. May Day #MayDay, International Workers Day #InternationalWorkersDay
May 3. Early May Bank Holiday #MayBankHoliday, World Press Freedom Day #WorldPressFreedomDay
May 4. Star Wars Day #Maythe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay, International Firefighters Day #InternationalFirefightersDay
May 5. Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher
May 6. World Password Day #WorldPasswordDay
May 7. Space Day #SpaceDay
May 9. Europe Day #EuropeDay
May 11. National Eat What You Want Day #NationalEatWhatYouWantDay
May 13. World Cocktail Day #WorldCocktailDay
May 15. International Day of Families #InternationalDayofFamilies, Endangered Species Day #EndangeredSpeciesDay
May 16. Love a Tree Day #LoveATreeDay, International Day of Light #InternationalDayofLight
May 17. International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia #IDAHOT, World Baking Day #WorldBakingDay
May 18. National Museum Day #MuseumDay
May 20. World Bee Day #WorldBeeDay
May 21. National Memo Day #NationalMemoDay
May 28. World Hunger Day #WorldHungerDay
May 29. National Paperclip Day #NationalPaperclipDay, National Biscuit Day #NationalBiscuitDay
May 30. National Creativity Day #NationalCreativityDay
May 31. Spring Bank Holiday #SpringBankHoliday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco

June Key Dates

June 1. Global Day of Parents #GlobalDayOfParents, International Children’s Day #InternationalChildrensDay
June 2. Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
June 3. National Fish and Chip Day #NationalFishAndChipDay
June 4. National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay
June 5. World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay
June 6. National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NationalCancerSurvivorsDay
June 7. Chocolate Ice Cream Day #ChocolateIceCreamDay
June 8. World Oceans Day #WorldOceansDay, Best Friends Day #BestFriendsDay
June 10. Iced Tea Day #IcedTeaDay
June 11. European Championship start #EuropeanChampionship
June 12. Queen’s Birthday #QueensBirthday
June 14. World Blood Donor Day #WorldBloodDonorDay
June 15. National Beer Day #NationalBeerDay
June 18. International Sushi Day #InternationalSushiDay
June 20. Father’s Day #FathersDay2021, First Day of Summer #FirstDayofSummer
June 21. National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay, World Music Day #WorldMusicDay, International Yoga Day #InternationalYogaDay
June 23. Women in Engineering Day #WomeninEngineering
June 25. National Cream Tea Day #NationalCreamTeaDay, Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay
June 27. National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay
June 28. Wimbledon begins #Wimbledon2021
June 30. Social Media Day #SocialMediaDay

July Key Dates

July 1. National Postal Worker Day #NationalPostalWorkerDay
July 2. World UFO Day #WorldUFODay
July 4. American Independence Day #IndependenceDay #4thofJuly
July 6. National Kissing Day #NationalKissingDay
July 7. World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay
July 11. Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay, World Population Day #WorldPopulationDay
July 12. Simplicity Day #SimplicityDay, Malala Day #MalalaDay
July 14. Bastille Day #BastilleDay
July 15. Give Something Away Day #GiveSomethingAwayDay
July 17. World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay
July 18. Nelson Mandela International Day #MandelaDay
July 19. Ice Cream Day #NationalIceCreamDay
July 20. International Chess Day #InternationalChessDay
July 30. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons #EndHumanTrafficking, Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship

August Key Dates

August 1. Respect for Parents Day #RespectForParentsDay, Planner Day #PlannerDay, World Wide Web Day #WorldWideWebDay
August 2. Summer Bank Holiday #SummerBankHoliday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay
August 6. International Beer Day #InternationalBeerDay
August 8. International Cat Day #InternationalCatDay
August 9. National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay
August 10. National Lazy Day #NationalLazyDay, World Lion Day #WorldLionDay
August 12. International Youth Day #InternationalYouthDay, World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay
August 13. International Left Handers Day #LeftHandersDay
August 15. National Relaxation Day #NationalRelaxationDay
August 16. National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay
August 19. World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay
August 20. National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
August 21. World Entrepreneurs Day #WorldEntrepreneursDay
August 26. National Women’s Equality Day #WomensEqualityDay, International Dog Day #InternationalDogDay
August 30. Summer Bank Holiday #SummerBankHoliday

September Key Dates

September 4. National Wildlife Day #NationalWildlifeDay, World Beard Day #WorldBeardDay
September 5. International Day of Charity #CharityDay, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay
September 6. Labor Day #LaborDay, Read a Book Day #ReadaBookDay
September 8. International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay
September 10. World Suicide Prevention Day #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
September 11. National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day
September 12. National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement, National Video Games Day #NationalVideoGamesDay
September 13. Roald Dahl Day #RoaldDahlDay
September 15. Online Learning Day #OnlineLearningDay
September 16. 100 days until Christmas #100DaysUntilChristmas, Guacamole Day #NationalGuacamoleDay
September 18. National Cheeseburger Day #NationalCheeseburgerDay
September 19. Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay
September 21. International Day of Peace #PeaceDay
September 22. Car-Free Day #CarFreeDay, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay, Autumn Equinox #AutumnEquinox #FirstDayofAutumn
September 26. European Day of Languages #EuropeanDayofLanguages
September 27. World Tourism Day #WorldTourismDay
September 28. National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
September 30. International Podcast Day #InternationalPodcastDay

October Key Dates

October 1. International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay, World Vegetarian Day #WorldVegetarianDay
October 2. International Day of Nonviolence #InternationalDayOfNonviolence, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay
October 3. National Techies Day #TechiesDay
October 4. World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay
October 10. World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 11. International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl
October 14. National Dessert Day #NationalDessertDay, World Sight Day #WorldSightDay
October 15. Global Handwashing Day #GlobalHandwashingDay
October 16. World Food Day #WorldFoodDay
October 17. International Day for the Eradication of Poverty #EndPoverty
October 20. World Statistics Day #WorldStatisticsDay
October 24. United Nations Day #UNDay
October 25. World Pasta Day #WorldPastaDay
October 30. Checklist Day #ChecklistDay
October 31. Halloween #Halloween2021, Daylight Saving Time

November Key Dates

November 1. World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay
November 3. National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay, International Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay
November 4. Diwali #Diwali2021, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay
November 5. Bonfire Night #BonfireNight
November 8. National Cappuccino Day #NationalCappuccinoDay, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay
November 11. Remembrance Day #RemembranceDay
November 13. World Kindness Day #WorldKindnessDay
November 14. Remembrance Sunday #RemembranceSunday
November 15. Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day #CleanOutYourRefrigeratorDay
November 16. International Day for Tolerance #ToleranceDay, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay
November 17. International Students Day #InternationalStudentsDay
November 19. International Men’s Day #InternationalMensDay
November 20. Universal Children’s Day #UniversalChildrensDay
November 21. World Hello Day #WorldHelloDay
November 25. Thanksgiving Day (US) #Thanksgiving2021
November 26. Black Friday #BlackFriday2021
November 27. Small Business Saturday (The last Saturday of November) #ShopSmall
November 29. Cyber Monday #CyberMonday2021
November 30. Computer Security Day #ComputerSecurityDay

December Key Dates

This is a key month. Not only are we getting the Christmas and New Year preparations and presents, but also people are looking to set new resolutions for the following year.

December can be a great month to promote self-development courses and learning programs. In addition, here are some International Days that you can base content, email promotions, and affiliate marketing around:

December 1. World AIDS Day #WorldAidsDay
December 3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPWD
December 4. National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay
December 5. World Soil Day #WorldSoilDay
December 6. St Nicholas Day #StNicholasDay
December 9. Christmas Card Day #ChristmasCardDay
December 10. Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay, Nobel Prize Day #NobelPrize, International Animal Rights Day #InternationalAnimalRightsDay
December 11. International Mountain Day #InternationalMountainDay
December 14. Christmas Jumper Day #ChristmasJumperDay
December 21. First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice #FirstDayofWinter
December 24. Christmas Eve #ChristmasEve2021
December 25. Christmas Day #ChristmasDay2021
December 26. Boxing Day #BoxingDay2021
December 31. New Year’s Eve #NewYearsEve2021