In 2021, Who had the biggest influence on holiday awareness each day? Many social feeds with simple websites looked to break into the crowded calendar space in 2021, but the established players generally retained their influence. Below is a list of web and social media influencers that stood out in the year. The glyph indicates that formal registrar services are offered.
| Twtr Foll. |
Ins Foll. |
Links | |
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National Day CalendarWidely accepted as one of the key sources for new national days, as the name indicates. Offers registrar services. Founded by Marlo Anderson. |
44.7K | 50.5K |
 
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National TodayHolidays aggregated by a PR and digital marketing agency based in San Francisco. Offers registrar service. Promoted holidays get significant social media attention. |
7.3K | 10.6K |
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Chase's Calendar of EventsStarted in 1957, Chase's remains the authoritative gold standard for events, relied upon by numerous other event sites and marketers. |
3.5K |
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National Day ArchivesOffers standard and premium listings for new national days in a simple to use process. |
<100 | ~125 |
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Days Of The YearOperates a colorful website replete with photographs for each event listing. |
28.4K | 3.8K |
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HeyWhatDayActive on Twitter and Instagram with nice photographs, many original. Retweets photographs if the tweet begins with "It's". |
6.6K | 1.9K |
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CheckidayOne of the most available on social platforms, plus an app and widget webmasters can place on their sites. Offers a printed calendar as well. |
18.3K | 1.9K |
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timeanddate.comThe website, online since '98, is one of the top calendar sites in the world, offering numerous tools and calculaors. |
21.4K | 8.1K |
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Awareness DaysComprehensive UK daily calendar, with a focus on health awareness days. |
2.6K |
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Urban DictionaryAlthough not a calendar site, many days are created on Urban Dictionary that end up widely celebrated on social media, a good portion of them being NSFW. |
325.3K | 149K |
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What National Day Is It?Cleverly determines the dates for national days based on what is currently being shared across social media. "12.2 Million Tweets and counting." |
1.4K |
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Happy Days 365Indian site tracking national and international days, with photos for each day. |
~700 |
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Cute CalendarOperates Kleiner Kalendar, Chouette Calendrier, and Calendario Chiquito (Twitter followers shows these all combined). |
5.8K | ~200 |
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Office HolidaysOffers a comprehensive list of international holidays with small flags to guide the reader. Also operates a similar service under the brand "There is a day for that!". |
12.3K |
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Party ExcusesOperates dozens of holiday domains in a cross-linked network, such as nationaltacoday.com, nationalsangriaday.com, etc. |
2.3K | ~250 |
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Holiday InsightsHolidays, birthdays, this day in history, recipes and more. Creator of multiple special days that have wide social media acceptance. |
n/a |
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BrownielocksPresents clean and simple pages with special days, weeks and months, with lots of "thank you's" to supporters. |
n/a |
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Club FoodyCelebrates food oriented national days with a recipe and original photography, with high engagement on Twitter. |
42.7K | 4K |
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List of National DaysAs the name implies, offers a list of national days with sections broken out by country. Active presence on all major socials. |
~200 | ~600 |
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World Wide DaysGlobal events placed daily on Twitter and the worldwidedays.com website, with an expertise in official days in other nations. |
10.8K |
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The Twitter and Instagram followers shown are rounded from tallies in mid-December. Twitter's format remains the most appropriate for daily holiday announcements, but reach from all social sites were incorporated into the above rankings. Please contact us with errors / omissions. Enjoy!
