Since Stranger Things and Wednesday are so popular, that means there's a ton of folks watching as new episodes drop on Netflix. While binge-watching is a solitary pastime, releasing batches of episodes allows fans to take in the story at a uniform pace. That makes it feel like more of a community-driven experience.

Per Netflix's own figures, Wednesday season 2 drew 50 million views for the viewing period of August 4 to August 10 (the show released on August 6, so that's across 5 days of streaming). While that's certainly an impressive figure, it's ever so slightly down from season 1, which drew 50.1 million viewers (H/T What's on Netflix ).