About this countdown
The Black Friday Countdown counts down, second by second, to Black Friday — the biggest shopping day of the year — in your own time zone. Open the page and the numbers start ticking on their own: days, hours, minutes and seconds, updating every second for as long as the page stays open. Black Friday 2026 falls on Friday, November 27, 2026, and the counter counts down to midnight at the start of that day, local time.
Black Friday is always the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, which is why its date moves from year to year: Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, so Black Friday is the fourth Friday of November. In 2026 that Friday is November 27. The day is famous for deep retail discounts, doorbuster deals and the unofficial start of the Christmas shopping season, and it is followed by Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday — together, the whole stretch is often called the BFCM weekend.
Everything runs in your browser. There is no sign-up, no download and nothing is uploaded — the whole countdown is a small piece of code on this page, so it works on a phone, a tablet or a computer without installing anything.
How to use it
- Just open the page. The countdown starts automatically — there is nothing to set up and no date to type in.
- Read the four boxes. Days, hours, minutes and seconds remaining until Black Friday.
- Check the line underneath. It tells you the same gap in weeks and in total hours, and how many “sleeps” are left.
- Come back any time. After Black Friday has passed, the counter automatically rolls over to the next Black Friday, so the page never goes out of date.
Frequently asked questions
When is Black Friday 2026?
Friday, November 27, 2026. Black Friday is always the day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
Why is it called Black Friday?
There are two popular explanations. One says it comes from the heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving, which left black marks on the road surface. The other — more widely repeated — says it comes from old bookkeeping: losses were written in red ink and profits in black ink, and the day after Thanksgiving was when many shops finally started showing a profit for the year. Either way, the name stuck because the day became the biggest shopping day of the year.
When is Black Friday 2027?
Friday, November 26, 2027 — the day after Thanksgiving Day 2027 (Thursday, November 25, 2027).
What about Cyber Monday?
Cyber Monday is the Monday after Black Friday — in 2026, that is Monday, November 30, 2026. It started as the online-shopping counterpart to Black Friday, and today most sales run across the whole Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday weekend rather than on a single day.
What happens after Black Friday?
The counter automatically switches to the next Black Friday (the fourth Friday of the following November). On Black Friday itself, the page shows a Happy Black Friday message instead of numbers.
Is the Black Friday Countdown free?
Yes — like every tool on ToolFoxHub, it is free to use with no sign-up. The page is supported by ads, and the optional sponsored link in the box above helps keep it free.
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Thanksgiving Countdown — the live countdown to Thanksgiving Day, the day before Black Friday. Christmas Countdown — the live countdown to Christmas Day. Date Difference Calculator — find the exact gap between any two dates of your own.