Less than a week has passed since the premiere of Stranger Things Season 5 on Netflix in the 2025 TV schedule, and the streamer has wasted no time in sharing viewership numbers that reveal just how much of a hit Volume 1 has already been among fans with a Netflix subscription. Not only has the new season already smashed records for the platform, but the increase in viewers over the last season is absolutely wild. Suffice it to say that the show's final season got off to a strong start!
The first volume of Season 5 has achieved 59.6 million views over the first five days of streaming after its pre-Thanksgiving holiday release on November 26, according to Variety. That total is enough to conclude that Stranger Things Season 5 had the best premiere-week viewership for an English-language Netflix series ever in the history of the streamer. It also holds a spot in the Top 3 overall, ranking behind only Squid Game's second and third seasons.
