when do stranger things episodes come out

New Stranger Things episodes for the final season dropped in three batches on Netflix: Volume 1 on November 26, 2025, Volume 2 on December 25, 2025, and the standalone finale on December 31, 2025, all at about 8 p.m. ET in the U.S.

Season 5 release at a glance

• Total format : Season 5 is the final season and has 8 episodes released in three parts.

• Volume 1 (Episodes 1–4) : Released November 26, 2025 (November 27 in some regions like the UK due to time zones).

• Volume 2 (Episodes 5–7) : Released December 25, 2025 (December 26 in some regions).

• Finale (Episode 8) : Released December 31, 2025 (January 1 in some regions).

What time do episodes come out?

• New Season 5 episodes arrive around 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on their release dates rather than Netflix’s usual early-morning drop.

• In other time zones, that lines up roughly with 1 a.m. GMT , 2 a.m. CET , 10 a.m. JST , and 12 p.m. AEDT , depending on local daylight saving rules.

Holiday-style rollout

• The schedule is designed around major holidays: Thanksgiving week (Volume 1), Christmas Day (Volume 2), and New Year’s Eve (finale), so fans could binge across the 2025 holiday season.

• A limited theatrical run for the big final episode was also offered in select U.S. and Canadian theaters from December 31 to January 1, giving fans a cinema-style goodbye to Hawkins.

Quick note for future seasons

• Season 5 is widely reported as the series finale , so there are no weekly “upcoming episode” dates beyond this schedule, though spin-off projects like Tales From ’85 are planned separately for later.

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