When is Cyber Week 2026?
Cyber Week 2026 usually means the five days from Thanksgiving, Thursday 26 November, to Cyber Monday, 30 November. That is how Adobe, which measures US online spending, defines it, and the National Retail Federation describes the same five days as one shopping period. But not every store uses the name that way: Best Buy's Cyber Week Deals run from 1 to 6 December, the week after Cyber Monday. So before you plan around Cyber Week deals, check which week a store means.
| Day | Date | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | Thursday 26 November | Most big chains' stores are closed, but many keep deals running online |
| Black Friday | Friday 27 November | Black Friday sales in stores and online; Adobe forecasts $12.9 billion online |
| Cyber Weekend, Saturday | Saturday 28 November | Also promoted as Small Business Saturday |
| Cyber Weekend, Sunday | Sunday 29 November | Kohl's Cyber Deals start; Best Buy's Cyber Sunday and Monday event |
| Cyber Monday | Monday 30 November | The biggest online day of the year in Adobe's figures; forecast $15.1 billion |
| The days after | 1 to 6 December | Walmart's Cyber Monday event runs to 2 December; Best Buy's Cyber Week Deals run 1 to 6 December |
Some pages still show last year's dates. In 2025 Thanksgiving fell on 27 November and Cyber Monday on 1 December; in 2026 each day comes one day earlier.
What is Cyber Weekend?
Cyber Weekend is the Saturday and Sunday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday: 28 and 29 November in 2026. It is a name for the middle of the Thanksgiving shopping weekend rather than a sale of its own. Several stores' Black Friday events run into it: Kohl's Black Friday Week and Best Buy's 10 days of Black Friday both run to Saturday 28 November, and Walmart's Black Friday Deals run to Sunday 29 November.
- Saturday 28 November is also promoted as Small Business Saturday. In the NRF's survey of the 2023 Thanksgiving weekend, 78% of the people who shopped on that Saturday said they shopped specifically for Small Business Saturday.
- Sunday 29 November is when several stores open their Cyber sales. Kohl's Cyber Deals run on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 November, and Best Buy's Cyber Sunday and Monday Sale Event covers the same two days by its name.
Which stores have announced Cyber sales
These are the Cyber dates stores have published on their own sites. Where a store has not announced, the table says so.
| Store | Cyber event and dates | Online or in store | Source, read 31 October |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walmart | Cyber Monday, 30 November to 2 December | Walmart.com, from 12:01 a.m. ET | Walmart release, 26 October |
| Best Buy | Cyber Sunday and Monday Sale Event (no dates printed); Cyber Week Deals 1 to 6 December | Best Buy describes its Cyber deals as online deals and Doorbusters | Best Buy holiday calendar, 27 October |
| Kohl's | Cyber Deals, 29 and 30 November | Not stated | Kohl's release, 30 October |
| Costco | A set of savings dated 30 November | The 10 items listed were all online only | Costco.com Holiday Savings pages |
| Lowe's | "Extended Cyber Deals" after Black Friday, no dates given | Not stated | Lowe's release, 8 October |
| Target | Not announced | Target Black Friday page and releases | |
| The Home Depot | Not on its corporate pages; its ad and website refuse our tools | Home Depot corporate news |
We add stores as they announce. For each store's Black Friday dates, see when Black Friday 2026 starts at each store.
What Adobe expects for Cyber Week 2026
Adobe's 2026 holiday forecast, published on 28 September, gives the clearest picture of how big these five days are online:
- $47.5 billion spent online over Cyber Week, up 7.4% on 2025, which would be 17.3% of the whole November and December season. Last year's Cyber Week brought in $44.2 billion.
- Cyber Monday at $15.1 billion and Black Friday at $12.9 billion, with Thanksgiving Day at $6.9 billion.
- Discounts of up to 30% off listed prices during Cyber Week, against up to 21% just before Thanksgiving and 10% to 15% through December.
- Stocking up: Adobe expects online sales of clothing basics to be up 210% and personal hygiene products up 150% during Cyber Week, compared with average levels in September.
These are forecasts and averages across many retailers, not a promise about any one product. A 30% figure means some items are discounted more and many less.
Cyber Week deals on SavingArena
The Cyber Week offers we track are on our Cyber Monday deals page, and Black Friday offers are on our Black Friday deals page. We add more as stores publish their Cyber sales. More Cyber Monday guides are in our Cyber Monday hub.
If you are shopping a store with its own Cyber window, such as Walmart's three-day Cyber Monday event or Best Buy's Cyber Week Deals in December, the store's own dates in the table above matter more than the general Cyber Week.
Black Friday or Cyber Week: when to buy what
Adobe's forecast names the day it expects the deepest online deals for each category:
| Category | Day Adobe expects the deepest online deals |
|---|---|
| Electronics and computers | Cyber Monday |
| TVs, toys, apparel, appliances and furniture | Black Friday |
| Sporting goods | Thanksgiving Day |
Adobe puts the typical peak discount at about 30% for electronics, 29% for toys, and 23% each for TVs, computers and apparel. Whatever the day, compare the price with the item's own history before you buy: our guide Are Black Friday deals real? shows how, and the same checks work for Cyber Week.
How we checked
Store dates come from each store's own newsroom or website, read from a US server on 31 October 2026: Walmart's release of 26 October, Best Buy's holiday calendar of 27 October, Kohl's release of 30 October, Costco.com's Holiday Savings pages, Lowe's release of 8 October and Target's Black Friday page. The figures come from Adobe's 2026 holiday forecast (28 September 2026) and its 2025 season recap (January 2026), and the five-day definition from the National Retail Federation's holiday FAQs. We read these again before Thanksgiving week and add stores as they announce. This guide is written by the SavingArena Editorial Team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers to what readers ask about this topic.
When is Cyber Week 2026?
Cyber Week usually means the five days from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, which in 2026 is Thursday 26 to Monday 30 November. Best Buy uses the name for its own Cyber Week Deals from 1 to 6 December.
What is Cyber Weekend?
Cyber Weekend is the Saturday and Sunday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which are 28 and 29 November in 2026. Some stores start their Cyber sales then, such as Kohl's Cyber Deals on 29 and 30 November.
Is Cyber Week the same as Black Friday week?
Not quite. Cyber Week usually means Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, while each store sets its own Black Friday week, such as Walmart's Black Friday Deals from 23 to 29 November and Kohl's Black Friday Week from 22 to 28 November.
When is Best Buy's Cyber Week?
Best Buy's Cyber Week Deals run from 1 to 6 December 2026, after its Cyber Sunday and Monday Sale Event. Its Plus and Total members' double rewards also end on 6 December.
Does Walmart have Cyber Week deals?
Walmart's Cyber Monday event runs for three days, from 30 November to 2 December 2026, starting on Walmart.com at 12:01 a.m. ET. Its Black Friday Deals run before that, from 23 to 29 November.
How big is Cyber Week?
Adobe forecasts $47.5 billion of US online spending over the five days of Cyber Week 2026, up 7.4% on 2025. That would be about 17% of all online holiday spending in November and December.
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