More than 26 Million US Viewers Watched Part of Stranger Things Season 3 in Its First 4 Days

It's the most-streamed Netflix original debut Nielsen has analyzed

Stranger Things isn’t just a pop culture phenomenon and product-placement bonanza for Netflix. The show’s third season is now the most-watched original programming debut on the streaming service, according to both Netflix and Nielsen.

On July 4, the first day the ’80s-themed sci-fi thriller was available, Stranger Things’ third season saw an average per-minute audience of 8.9 million U.S. viewers, according to Nielsen’s SVOD Content Ratings released Tuesday. That’s more than 1 million more viewers than the 7.7

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