Stranger Things Final Season Tops 2025-26 TV Ratings with 32.9 Million Viewers
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Michael Schneider
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Summary
Netflix's "Stranger Things" ended its final season as the most-watched TV series of the 2025-26 season, averaging 32.9 million viewers over 35 days according to Nielsen's multiplatform ranker. Netflix also held the previous season's top spot with "Squid Game." The article covers the most popular TV shows of the 2025-26 TV season using Nielsen's 35-day multiplatform data and broadcast/cable L7 ratings.
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Netflix also scored the previous season No. 1 with 'Squid Game.'
Nielsen introduced the multiplatform data last year, finally...
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