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Stranger Things’ Season 5 Holds No. 1 on Netflix With 23.6M Views, Edging Sean Combs Doc

A staggered holiday rollout keeps the franchise front of mind ahead of new episodes on Dec. 25, followed by a feature-length finale on Dec. 31.

Overview

  • Netflix’s Dec. 1–7 chart shows Season 5 at 23.6 million views for week two, just ahead of Sean Combs: The Reckoning at 21.8 million.
  • The premiere drew 59.6 million views in its first five days, a record for an English-language Netflix series, before a roughly 60% week-two drop typical of front-loaded hits.
  • All four prior seasons re-entered the Top 10 for the third straight week, combining for 26.2 million views as the back catalogue surged alongside the new episodes.
  • Cumulative reporting places Season 5 at about 84.8 million views since launch, positioning it to climb Netflix’s all-time English-language rankings.
  • The Combs docuseries’ strong debut arrived as a cease-and-desist claim over footage surfaced from Combs, a claim denied by Netflix and the filmmakers.