Archive · 7 Jan 2026
Stranger Things 5 Sets Records
The finale of Stranger Things 5 on New Year's Eve made Netflix have the most views ever on New Year's Day.
The whole season got 31.5 million views in one week and is now in the Top 10 Most Popular English TV list.
Over 1.1 million people watched the finale in theaters.
Other shows like Run Away and Emily in Paris Season 5 also did well.
The Korean movie The Great Flood was the most popular non-English film with 72.1 million views.
Stranger Things 5 finale set a New Year's Day viewership record for Netflix.
The entire season had 31.5 million views in the week of Dec. 29.
Stranger Things 5 entered Netflix's Most Popular English TV list at No. 9 with 105.7 million total views.
Over 1.1 million fans watched the series finale in theaters.
The Great Flood, a Korean disaster movie, was No. 1 on the non-English film list and entered the Most Popular non-English film list at No. 7 with 72.1 million views.
- Who
- Netflix, Stranger Things 5, The Great Flood
- What
- Stranger Things 5 finale sets New Year's Day viewership record, The Great Flood enters Most Popular non-English film list
- When
- Week of Dec. 29, 2023
- Where
- Netflix, theaters
- Why
- High viewership and popularity of the series and film
- Views for Week of Dec. 29
- 31.5 million
- Total Views for Season 5
- 105.7 million
- Theater Viewers for Finale
- 1.1 million
- Most Popular English TV List Ranking
- No. 9
- Most Popular Non-English Film
- The Great Flood
- The Great Flood Views
- 72.1 million
- Run Away Views
- 12.7 million
- Emily in Paris Season 5 Views
- 7.4 million
- Mortality Views
- 5.1 million