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Stranger Things 2016

5 seasons · 42 episodes

All-time standing

#83 of 874

In the top 10% of TV shows

By scope

2010s #22 of 320 Top 5% 2016 #6 of 41 Top 15%

Ballots (45)

All time 3

Empire

Empire

  • Published 2024
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #47
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 2025
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #61
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2023
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #83
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Decade 6

2010s

Rolling Stone Italia

Rolling Stone Italia

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #3
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Consequence

Consequence

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #5
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Espinof

Espinof

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #12
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Paste

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #21
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A.V. Club

  • Published 2019
  • Decade list · 2010s
  • Ranked #42
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2000-2021

BBC Culture

BBC Culture

  • Published 2021
  • Decade list · 2000-2021
  • Ranked #68
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Year 36

2025

Omelete

Omelete

  • Published 2025
  • Year list · 2025
  • Ranked #14
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Autostraddle

Autostraddle

  • Published 2025
  • Year list · 2025
  • Ranked #24
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2022

ScreenCrush

ScreenCrush

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #10
BBC Culture

BBC Culture

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #12
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Slant

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #12
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BuzzFeed

BuzzFeed

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #13

Complex

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #14

Guardian

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #25
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Polygon

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Ranked #26
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HuffPost

HuffPost

  • Published 2022
  • Year list · 2022
  • Included, unranked
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2019

TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #6
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Decider

Decider

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #10
ScreenCrush

ScreenCrush

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #10

Complex

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #17
Little White Lies

Little White Lies

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #17

USA Today

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #21

A.V. Club

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #22
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Guardian

  • Published 2019
  • Year list · 2019
  • Ranked #42
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2017

Vulture

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #6
Observer

Observer

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #7

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #9
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Slant

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #21
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Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #28

Guardian

  • Published 2017
  • Year list · 2017
  • Ranked #44
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2016

Paste

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #2
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Guardian

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #3
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #3
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San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #6

Vulture

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #7

Complex

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #11
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The Playlist

The Playlist

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #11
RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #16
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #19
Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #23
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A.V. Club

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Ranked #24
Variety

Variety

  • Published 2016
  • Year list · 2016
  • Included, unranked
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