Naturally, the series has been a massive boon to the business of content. Since 2016, "Stranger Things" has created more than 8,000 production jobs in the U.S. and contributed $1.4 billion to the national GDP.

The eight-episode final season of "Stranger Things" is being dropped in three parts. The first part, "Volume 1," premiered on Nov. 26. Three more episodes, "Volume 2," will hit Netflix on Christmas Day. The finale will drop on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2025.

Joe Keery shared at PaleyLive’s 'Stranger Things' event that he wanted to work with costar Gaten Matarazzo after seeing his performance in the first season of the Netflix series.

Co-creator Ross Duffer shared the runtimes for the supersized next batch of final episodes, along with a slight update to the series finale.

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Noah Schnapp opens up to USA TODAY about invasive fans, social media scrutiny and life after Will Byers on Netflix phenomenon "Stranger Things."

Dacre Montgomery chats Dead Man's Wire, working with Gus Van Sant, life after Stranger Things and just how to pronounce his name.

"They have had their hearts broken by shows they loved, that failed fans in the end," he recently told Variety, adding that series creators, the Duffer brothers, "did not want, and do not want, and refuse to be one of those shows".

The First Shadow" is a prequel that focuses on Henry Creel, aka Vecna. That backstory might be a clue to his fate in the season 5 finale of "Stranger Things."

A woman accused of trespassing at the 'Hawkins lab' filming site from 'Stranger Things' was found dead. What to know

Some *Stranger Things* kids doubled down on fame, while others stepped back significantly. Several have enrolled in college, pursued low-key creative projects, or taken extended breaks. That divergence reflects a generational shift away from nonstop visibility. Fame is no longer the default goal.