In 2017, Who had the biggest influence on holiday awareness each day? Who can event marketers and calendar editors most rely on? This list assembles Twitter feeds, websites and blogs that stand out as 2017's most influential.
| Twtr Foll. |
Ins Foll. |
Links | |
|---|---|---|---|
National Day CalendarVia a paid Registrar service, creates dozens of widely recognized new holidays each year. Founded by Marlo Anderson. |
32.7K | 4.4K |
 
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Days Of The YearOperates a colorful website replete with photographs for each event listing. |
25.4K |
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CheckidayOne of the most available on social platforms, plus an app and widget webmasters can place on their sites. |
19.7K | 57 |
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Chase's Calendar of EventsStarted in 1957, Chase's is the gold standard, relied upon by numerous other event sites and marketers. |
3K |
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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. |
14.1K |
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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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Cute CalendarOperates Kliener Kalendar, Chouette Calendrier, and Calendario Chiquito (Twitter followers shows these all combined). |
7.7K | ~200 |
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FoodimentaryAs the name indicates, Foodimentary is primarily food-of-the-day oriented, rather than general holidays. Food days declared by Foodimentary carry the weight to be widely recognized by the entire holiday community. |
852K | 6K |
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Party ExcusesOperates dozens of holiday domains in a cross-linked network, such as nationaltacoday.com, nationalsangriaday.com, etc. |
2.6K | ~250 |
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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. |
10.2K |
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Hey What Day Is It?Tweets some original photographs and retweets others if the tweet begins with "It's". |
2.6K | ~400 |
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Crazy Days To CelebrateBonnie Algozzine's blog leads the charge to "Celebrate Something Every Day (CSED)." |
~900 |
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YayDayzOffers a printed calendar so readers will "never miss #InternationalTalkLikeAPirateDay again." |
~600 |
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PunchbowlPunchbowl is an online invitation site that also covers daily holidays via apps and Twitter. |
6.8K | ~80 |
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Awareness DaysComprehensive UK daily calendar, with a focus on health awareness days. |
1.9K |
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Holiday InsightsHolidays, birthdays, this day in history, recipes and more. Creator of Tea for Two Tuesday and Monkey Around Day. |
n/a |
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Care-AwareDaily event list largely with an altruistic theme. Caring+Awareness=Care-Aware |
6.9K |
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National DaysMassive Twitter following, but does not tweet with regularity. |
39.9K |
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Gone-ta-pottLegendary event site started back in 2004 and referenced by numerous other holiday sites. Limited social activity, however. |
~470 |
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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. |
1.7K |
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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!
