‘Stranger Things’ Happens To Netflix, As Season 5 Premieres With Stream Crashed
Written by Tariq on November 27, 2025
It appears even Netflix isn’t safe from the Upside Down. When Volume 1 of the highly anticipated fifth season of Stranger Things premiered on the streaming service at 5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, fans flooded social media, complaining that Netflix had crashed.
The streaming service was seemingly back up and running a few minutes after the new season of Stranger Things dropped, and the official Netflix account on X retweeted a user’s comment that read, “STRANGER THINGS IS BACK EVERYONE STFU.” Earlier on Wednesday, co-creator Ross Duffer shared on his Instagram Story, “Netflix increased bandwidth by 30 percent to avoid a crash.” However, that didn’t seem to be enough. Netflix said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter following the crash, “Some members briefly experienced an issue streaming on TV devices, but service recovered for all accounts within five minutes.”
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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