Stranger Issues Dethroned As 2025’s Most-Watched Sequence By Shock Present

Stranger Issues is formally outdated information as followers wave Hawkins goodbye as a result of a shocking youngsters’s collection has crushed Netflix’s sci-fi phenomenon because the most-watched collection of 2025.

Stranger Issues concluded with season 5 after almost a decade on the finish of final yr, however even with staggering streaming numbers, it couldn’t prime the charts for the most-watched present of the yr. The collection had a divisive ending as many followers felt the story didn’t end the way in which they might’ve hoped for his or her favourite characters, however that didn’t cease thousands and thousands from tuning in.

Nielsen shared streaming numbers in the course of the ARTEY Awards, and Stranger Issues didn’t make the reduce because the Australian youngsters’s animation Bluey is the most-watched collection of 2025 with 45.2 billion minutes watched on Disney+. The collection constantly dominates the streaming big, and regardless of having quick episodes at solely eight minutes, the collection has been watched over and over worldwide.

Bluey follows the lifetime of the Heeler household, Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chilli, as they sort out real-life points, but additionally have enjoyable whereas doing it. Regardless of being bought as a youngsters’s present, the collection actually is for the entire household because it’s crammed with relatable and heart-warming moments for fogeys. The collection presently has 154 episodes with plans for extra, together with a film set to launch on August 6, 2027.

Stranger Issues wasn’t too far behind when it comes to minutes considered, and with solely 41 episodes, the collection ranked third on Nielsen’s listing with 40 billion minutes watched final yr. The second-highest collection was the long-running collection Gray’s Anatomy, and with 455 episodes, it raked in a powerful 40.9 billion minutes streamed through Netflix and Hulu.

1. Bluey – 45.2 billion minutes on Disney+
2. Gray’s Anatomy – 40.9 billion minutes on Netflix/Hulu
3. Stranger Issues – 40 billion minutes on Netflix
4. NCIS – 36.9 billion minutes on Hulu/Netflix/Paramount+/PlutoTV
5. SpongeBob SquarePants – 34.3 billion minutes on Paramount+
6. Bob’s Burgers – 34.1 billion minutes on Hulu
7. Household Man – 33.4 billion minutes on Hulu
8. The Large Bang Concept – 32.4 billion minutes on HBO Max
9. Legislation & Order: SVU – 26.8 billion minutes on Hulu/Peacock
10. Felony Minds – 24.1 billion minutes on Hulu/Paramount+/PlutoTV

Stranger Issues wasn’t a whole flop and nonetheless had spectacular numbers regardless of not being the most-watched present total. Season 5 ranks sixth on Netflix’s World High 10 most-watched exhibits of all time with 115 million views, and has the potential to surpass its earlier season, which is presently at 140.7 million minutes.

Launch Date

2016 – 2025-00-00

Community

Netflix

Showrunner

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer

Administrators

Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont, Nimród Antal, Uta Briesewitz

Writers

Kate Trefry, Jessie Nickson-Lopez, Jessica Mecklenburg, Alison Tatlock