The final season of Stranger Things is second only to Squid Game.
Netflix reported that Stranger Things Season 5 set a historical record for viewership among English-language series. According to the service's internal statistics, the show garnered 59.6 million views in the first week after its release. This result allowed it to surpass the previous leader, Wednesday, whose debut season launched in 2022 with 50.1 million views.
In the five days after its premiere on November 26, Season 5 entered the Netflix Top 10 in all 93 countries where the service tracks viewership, and took first place in 90 of them.
In the overall premiere ranking, the season is second only to the Korean hit Squid Game. Its second season garnered 68 million views in a week. However, the statistics only take into account absolute numbers and do not reflect the difference in the release model: all seven episodes of Squid Game's second season were released simultaneously, while only the first four episodes out of eight are currently available for Stranger Things Season 5.
The next three episodes will be released on December 26. The final episode will be available on January 1, 2026, at 4 AM Moscow time.
