The 2026 Social Media Planner

It’s baaaa-aaack! The 2026 Social Media Planner is back – and with new features!

If you aren’t familiar with the social media planner, it’s a simple spreadsheet that allows you to plan out the themes, links, copy and content of your social media posts ahead of schedule, so you aren’t scrambling to come up with content ideas. You can also see at a glance what has been planned for what channel, meaning you don’t have to scroll through each platform to find that one post.

This year, I’ve been working on a new feature that means you don’t have to manually hide columns for social media platforms you don’t use any more! Don’t use paid ads on social? Just make sure the “Do you do any paid social media posts?” checkbox is unchecked and all those columns will be hidden (you can always come back later and unhide them, if you want). Use Facebook, but not Tumblr? Simply check the boxes next to the social media platforms you do use, and your planner will only show those columns!

This is where the Social Media Planner comes in.

The Overview sheet helps you see major events throughout the year, like conventions or sales, while each moth goes into as much or as little details as you’d like.

I’ve also added columns for Australian public holidays, because so few tools exist for us. If you aren’t from Australia or if you interact with a few different countries, I’ve also included a link to international public and bank holiday information, so you can tweak those columns to suit your needs.

So, if you’ve grown your social media to a point where planning would help lessen the daily posting process, download it today and, if it works for you, might I suggest buying me a Ko-fi?

The 2025 Social Media Planner

As a former professional social media manager, and someone who advises small businesses and creatives, I’m always looking for tools that make planning content faster and easier for folks who are already so busy.

I am a loud fan of breaking the work into blocks of time, focussing on one specific task, like either cadence planning of post types, or writing the posts for the week or month ahead. Batch processing like this makes the time you spend planning your content more efficient, and means you spend less time scratching your head looking for things to post.

This is where the Social Media Planner comes in.

Offering a yearly event overview and a month at a glance, this spreadsheet offers a simple way to batch process your social media content planning, while still giving you space to get down to the post level for use with either native posting or scheduling tools like Buffer.

So, if you’ve struggled with planning out your content, download it today and, if it works for you, might I suggest buying me a Ko-fi?