Netflix consistently achieves high viewership with its new releases, but the recent Nielsen report suggests Stranger Things Season 5 may have reached an unprecedented level of success, potentially setting a record that will be hard to beat. The report, which covered the week of November 24th, showed that Stranger Things garnered 8.46 billion minutes of viewing time – approximately 140 million hours – worldwide.
According to What’s on Netflix, the recent viewership numbers for Season 5 only cover the first 3.5 days after its release this week. Nielsen reports that Season 5 made up about 57% of total viewing time, while viewers spent the remaining 43% rewatching the earlier seasons. This new record breaks the previous one by over a billion minutes – a record previously held by Stranger Things, set during the premiere week of its fourth season.
The new episodes will arrive on Netflix December 25th, with the final episodes concluding the series on December 31st. We expect the show to continue its success and potentially set new viewership records in the next few weeks.
‘Stranger Things’ Comes to an End…Kind of
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When Stranger Things first appeared on Netflix in 2016, it was a complete surprise. This was because the show featured a cast of relatively unknown young actors and was created by Matt and Ross Duffer, who weren’t yet famous. Since then, the series has become incredibly popular, and it’s now a major part of pop culture.
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Okay, so the main story of Stranger Things is wrapping up, but honestly, the universe isn’t going anywhere! It’s already grown beyond the show with that amazing stage play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, and a bunch of cool comic books. Plus, we’re getting an animated spin-off, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, sometime in 2026, and I’ve heard they’re developing another live-action spin-off – though they’re keeping that one pretty secret for now.
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