Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 1 dropped on November 26, 2025, on Netflix. It seems the show’s latest season was so highly anticipated that, upon its arrival, the streaming service briefly crashed before returning to normal. Fans also took to social media to talk about the outage and kick off a wave of interesting memes.
Netflix seemingly suffered a brief crash amid debut of Stranger Things Season 5
As Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 1 premiered, Netflix seemingly suffered a brief crash, with users in huge numbers flocking to watch the latest season. Fans instantly took to social media to share their thoughts on this brief outage while also sparking a series of memes.
A fan wrote, “My Netflix crashed, damn it, everyone’s logging in to watch Stranger Things.” Another mentioned, “NETFLIX YOU HAD ONE JOB NOW THE SITE CRASHED BRO.” “Netflix crashed during the first 20 minutes of Stranger Things season 5 because delaying it for three years apparently wasn’t enough,” a third user wrote.
After the brief crash, Netflix was restored, allowing fans to watch the latest season. “And it’s back up, here we go! I’m staying off this app until I finish the new Stranger Things episodes because I don’t want to risk seeing any spoilers,” a user updated other fellow fans.
In a conversation with Variety, the Duffer brothers spoke about the final chapter of Stranger Things. They revealed that they always wanted to deliver not just a resolved ending but also a satisfactory one. Reflecting on the last season of the beloved show, Ross said, “It doesn’t feel like we dropped a storyline — it all connects.” “We do every last remaining thing we wanted to do with the Demogorgons and Mind Flayer and Vecna and the Upside Down and Hawkins and these characters. This is a complete story. It’s done,” Matt added.
Stranger Things Season 5 Vol. 2 will drop on December 25, and the finale is set to premiere on December 31.
Originally reported by Shazmeen Navrange on ComingSoon.
