Stranger Things premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2016.

Quick Scoop

  • The full first season of Stranger Things was released globally on Netflix on July 15, 2016, as an eight-episode drop.
  • A special advance screening took place in Los Angeles on July 11, 2016, but general audiences first got the show on July 15 via streaming.
  • The series quickly became a cultural phenomenon after that 2016 launch, helping drive the modern wave of nostalgic, 1980s-inspired genre TV.

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