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Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 1 broke streaming records with an impressive 8.46 billion viewing minutes in its first week, surpassing the previous record set by Season 4.
The new season prompted many fans to revisit previous seasons, contributing to a significant percentage of total views coming from Season 5 episodes.
The show returned to the list of most-watched series, with over 921 million minutes viewed in the first week of November.
Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 1, has set a new record for Nielsens streaming show by achieving this high viewership during its opening week.

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 1 Smashes Streaming Records with 8.46 Billion Viewing Minutes

Stranger Things continues to break records. Volume 1 of the fifth season, released on November 25, 2025, has achieved new maximum viewership for the series. In its first week, Stranger Things season 5, volume 1, recorded over 8.4 billion minutes of viewing, far surpassing all other content available that week. According to Deadline, this figure represents viewing of all episodes from every season, 57% of which came from the new Season 5 episodes. The new episodes prompted many fans to revisit previous seasons. This record exceeds that of Stranger Things season 4, which reached 7.2 billion views in its first week upon its release in 2022. Even before the arrival of volume 1, Stranger Things had sparked renewed interest, returning to the list of most-watched series with over 921 million minutes viewed in the first week of November. Stranger Things season 5, volume 1, has smashed Nielsen’s streaming show record with 8.46 billion viewing minutes during its opening week.

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Specification
Official Name	Stranger Things
Brief Summary	When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Released	July 15, 2016
Genre	Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Production Companies	21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre Productions, Upside Down Pictures
Countries of Origin	US
Actors	Millie Bobby Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Cara Buono, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Linda Hamilton, Nell Fisher
Ratings	8.6/10 (19627 reviews)
Number of episodes	42
Number of seasons	5