The newest Stranger Things episodes are from Season 5 , which is being released in three waves during late 2025 on Netflix.

What’s “new” right now

As of late December 2025, the new episodes are all of Season 5 (the final season), especially the Christmas batch and the upcoming finale.

  • Season 5, Volume 1 (already out) – Episodes 1–4
    • Chapter One: The Crawl
* _Chapter Two: The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler_
* _Chapter Three: The Turnbow Trap_
* _Chapter Four: Sorcerer_
  • Season 5, Volume 2 (just released on Christmas Day 2025) – Episodes 5–7
    • Chapter Five: Shock Jock
* _Chapter Six: Escape from Camazotz_
* _Chapter Seven: The Bridge_
  • Season 5 finale (about to drop / dropping New Year’s Eve 2025)
    • Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up – the supersized series finale.

Quick release schedule

These are all on Netflix, tied to big U.S. holiday dates.

  • Volume 1 (Eps 1–4): November 26, 2025
  • Volume 2 (Eps 5–7): December 25, 2025
  • Finale (Ep 8): December 31, 2025

So if you’ve only seen up through Season 4, every Season 5 episode listed above is new for you.

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Wondering which Stranger Things episodes are new? Here’s a quick guide to all the latest Season 5 episodes, including titles and release dates for each 2025 drop.

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