Stranger Things season 5 loses #1 spot in Netflix prime 10 exhibits checklist in only a week, dethroned by a documentary

Stranger Things is Netflix’s largest English-language present. Over the years, it has turn into synonymous with the streaming big within the West, simply as Squid Game is within the East. So naturally, when the ultimate season of the present drops, most anticipate it to prime the most well-liked exhibits’ checklist on the streamer for weeks, if not months. But surprisingly, Stranger Things season 5 misplaced the numero uno spot on Netflix in only a week of its launch. And it misplaced the highest spot to a documentary no much less.

Stranger Things season 5 pipped from prime of Netflix charts

Four episodes of the fifth and remaining season of Stranger Things launched on Netflix on 26 November worldwide. In the 5 days after that, the so-called Volume 1 of S5 amassed 59.6 million views to prime the viewership charts. This is the second-highest views for a Netflix present within the debut week, behind the 60 million achieved by Squid Games season 2 earlier this yr. Stranger Things S5 additionally trended within the prime 10 exhibits on Netflix in dozens of nations the world over.

However, by December 3, only a week after its launch, a brand new launch dethroned Stranger Things from the highest 10 spot in the most well-liked exhibits within the US. The spot was taken by a docu sequence on the disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Titled Sean Combs: The Recknoning, the docu sequence aired on Netflix from December 2 regardless of Diddy’s makes an attempt to dam its launch.

What is Sean Combs: The Reckoning?

The docu sequence unpacks the sexual abuse and trafficking allegations confronted by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and his Bad Boy empire, spanning many years of his life and profession. Produced by 50 Cent, the docu sequence has been labelled a ‘shameful hit piece’ by its topic, who’s behind bars presently. This has solely elevated its reputation, nevertheless. The present is trending within the prime 10 on Netflix worldwide, and has displaced Stranger Things as primary within the US.

About Stranger Things finale

Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers, started in 2016 and shortly established itself as the most well-liked present on the platform. Set within the fictitious city of Hawkins, Indiana, the sci-fi thriller offers with a gaggle of children who come across a world of experiments and parallel dimensions whereas on the lookout for their lacking mates. The present has turn into a popular culture phenomenon, and turns its younger forged into worldwide celebrities. The second quantity of episodes will drop on 25 December, with the two-hour sequence finale releasing on New Year’s Eve.