2016 · Netflix · Action & Adventure, Mystery
How long does it take to watch Stranger Things?
Stranger Things takes about 45 hours to watch: 42 episodes across 5 seasons, 2,722 minutes in all.
Updated October 2, 2026
- Episodes
- 42
- Seasons
- 5
- Per episode
- 65 min
- Status
- Ended in 2025
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Season by season
| Season | Length | Hours | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 6.6h | 8 eps | |
| Season 2 | 7.8h | 9 eps | |
| Season 3 | 7.5h | 8 eps | |
| Season 4 | 13.0h | 9 eps | |
| Season 5 | 10.5h | 8 eps |
Longest: season 4, 13.0 hours. Shortest: season 1, 6.6 hours.
At your pace
- 1 episode a night
- 42 nights, about 6 weeks
- 3 episodes a night
- 14 nights, about 2 weeks
- Weekend binges, 8 hours a day
- 3 weekends
- Straight through, no sleep
- 1 day, 21 hours
Counts aired regular-season episodes only; specials are excluded. Runtimes come from TMDB, so totals can differ from other sources.
How it holds up
- Best-rated season
- Season 1 8.5
- Lowest-rated season
- Season 5 7.6
- The finale
- Rated 7.0 against a 8.2 series average
Season scores are vote-weighted averages of TMDB episode ratings.
The details
- Status
- Ended in 2025
- Network
- Netflix
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- First aired
- 2016
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