Overview

• Netflix will drop Season 5 in three volumes on November 26, December 25 and December 31, 2025.
• Each volume of the eight feature-length episodes will premiere globally at 5 p.m. PT (8 p.m. ET) to maximize prime-time viewership.
• Some fans have expressed frustration with the staggered release and say they would prefer a single binge drop.
• The holiday rollout is part of Netflix’s broader volumized release experiments aimed at boosting subscriptions and, according to analysts, could break viewership records.
• The final season concludes the main storyline but the Stranger Things universe will expand with planned spinoffs.