“Stranger Things” season 5 is on its way
Grab your walkie-talkies, grease your bike wheels, and start stocking up on Eggos: Netflix confirmed on Wednesday that the fifth — and final — season of sci-fi sensation “Stranger Things” will hit our screens in 2025.
On “Stranger Things Day,” marked November 6, 1983 (the day that character Will Byers was trapped in the Upside Down, as superfans well know), the streaming service reported that the show has been in production since January 8 and is now over halfway through filming, as well as posting behind-the-scenes photos of the cast and episode titles for the upcoming season.
The anticipation built by the staggered launch of the most recent series (the seven episodes that comprised Volume 1 dropped May 27th, with the last two episodes in Volume 2 airing on July 1st) helped season 4 to rocket past 1 billion total hours viewed just days after the second drop — making it the second season of a Netflix show to reach the milestone, after Squid Game.
Another Upside of the dual-volume season? Streams of the previous chapters of Stranger Things also soared in the weeks surrounding both releases, with series 1, 2, and 3 all staying in Netflix’s Global Top 10 TV shows for at least 10 weeks through May-August 2022, averaging over 35 million views per week.
The anticipation built by the staggered launch of the most recent series (the seven episodes that comprised Volume 1 dropped May 27th, with the last two episodes in Volume 2 airing on July 1st) helped season 4 to rocket past 1 billion total hours viewed just days after the second drop — making it the second season of a Netflix show to reach the milestone, after Squid Game.
Another Upside of the dual-volume season? Streams of the previous chapters of Stranger Things also soared in the weeks surrounding both releases, with series 1, 2, and 3 all staying in Netflix’s Global Top 10 TV shows for at least 10 weeks through May-August 2022, averaging over 35 million views per week.
