Why is Netflix down? Tens of thousands of users face issues ahead of Stranger Things Season 5 release

Netflix, the popular streaming platform, encountered issues on Wednesday, November 26.

Updated on: Nov 27, 2025, 06:56:08 IST

By Shuvrajit Das Biswas

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Netflix, the popular streaming platform, appeared to run into issues on November 26. At the time of writing over 10,000 users faced problems with the platform, as per Downdetector. This comes ahead of the launch of the much anticipated final season of Stranger Things.

Netflix was reportedly down ahead of the Stranger Things Season 5 release. Image for representational purposes. (Pixabay)

While 51 percent of the people complained about issues with video streaming, 41 percent logged complains about the server connection, as per Downdetector.

Reactions to Netflix outage

Given the popularity of Netflix, several people reacted to the outage. Many also drew the link to the release of Stranger Things Season 5. “NOT NETFLIX BEING DOWN BC OF STRANGER THINGS INFLUX LMFAOOOOO,” one person wrote on X.

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Another added, “Waited all day to watch stranger things and now Netflix is down.” Yet another said, “Bro is Netflix fucking DOWN? LIKEHAHSJSJ,” sharing a photo of their screen.

A cause for the problem is not known and Netflix has addressed it yet. However, this is not the first time that Netflix has been overwhelmed by Stranger Things traffic. In July 2022, when the final two episodes of Season 4 dropped, the streaming service was unavailable for a brief time, as per Variety. Today's outage has been since 5 p.m. PT.

Stranger Things Season 5

Stranger Things Season 5 will see the heroes of Hawkins return to their hometown to take on Vecna and the Upside Down in one final epic showdown. The series will see Eleven go toe-to-toe with her psychic friend – One, or Vecna, even as Will's connection to the Upside Down will become clearer.

The first volume is now out on Netflix. “STRANGER THINGS 5 VOL. 1 IS NOW ON NETFLIX,” the platform announced, even as people complained about the server issue.

The second volume of episodes will release on December 25, or Christmas, and the season finale will be on New Year's eve.

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Shuvrajit Das Biswas
Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More

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