Social media users report Netflix outage during ‘Stranger Things’ premiere

Social media users report Netflix outage during ‘Stranger Things’ premiere


A Netflix logo is on display at the Lucca Comics & Games 2025 event, one of Europe’s largest pop culture conventions, as stars and creators of “Stranger Things” series launch Season 5, in Lucca, Italy, October 31, 2025.

Claudia Greco | Reuters

Users on social media posted that they were experiencing issues with Netflix’s service on Wednesday, the night of the widely anticipated “Stranger Things” fifth-season premiere.

DownDetector.com on Wednesday said “User reports indicate problems at Netflix.”

“Netflix fix your app bro,” one X user posted.

Users began reporting issues with Netflix around 7:40 p.m. Eastern, according to DownDetector.com. Netflix had said the latest season of “Stranger Things” would go live Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Netflix said it would release the first four episodes of the “Stranger Things” fifth season on Wednesday. The streaming service has said it will release another three episodes on Dec. 25 and the final episode of the show on Dec. 31.

The company did not respond to a request for comment.

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