Stranger Things 4 becomes Netflix''s 1st English-language show to be viewed for over 1 billion hours Stranger Things is running up that hill to break records for Netflix. The streamer says the recently concluded fourth season of Stranger Things has been viewed for a whopping 1.15 billion hours during its first 28 days of release, per The Hollywood Reporter . That makes it only the second Netflix series to pass this threshold in a month after the hit South Korean show Squid Game , and the first English-language series to do so. Stranger Things passed the 1 billion hour mark after the release of Vol. 2 of season four, which included the final two episodes — though it''s worth noting that Netflix measures the series'' popularity via hours viewed, and the fourth season was unusually long, ending with a two-and-a-half hour finale. Still, it''s clear Stranger Things remains as big a hit as ever, racking up tons of social media buzz, breaking Nielsen records , and even helping Kate Bush earn over $2 million in royalties off her song "Running Up That Hill," which was featured prominently in the season.