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How many days until Cyber Monday?
Cyber Monday falls on ….
Counted in your own time zone, —.
Cyber Monday is the Monday after Thanksgiving — four days after the fourth Thursday in November — so it moves every year.
A date invented for a reason that no longer exists
Cyber Monday was named in 2005, when the observation was that people went back to work on the Monday and used a fast office connection to shop online. Nearly everyone now has a better connection in their pocket, so the reason has gone while the date has stayed — which is why it survives as a marketing deadline rather than a behaviour.
What it is still good for
The prices are genuinely different from Black Friday's. Electronics and physical goods tend to bottom out on the Friday; software, subscriptions and digital services more often on the Monday. If you are waiting on something specific, which of the two dates you count to changes what you pay.
Counting to a purchase you have already decided on
Waiting deliberately is the only sensible use of a shopping countdown. The failure mode is not missing the date — it is forgetting you were waiting at all, and buying at full price in October. That is exactly the sort of thing a date on your Lock Screen fixes.
Questions
What date is Cyber Monday?
The Monday immediately after Thanksgiving, which is the Monday after Black Friday. It moves each year.
Is it the same as Black Friday?
No, it is three days later. Physical goods tend to be cheapest on the Friday, digital goods and subscriptions on the Monday.
How many days until Cyber Monday?
The counter above calculates this year's date and counts to it live.