As Stranger Things ultimately rides away into the Upside Down sunset, Netflix is not closing the gates of Hawkins forever.

Netflix juggernaut Stranger Things ended its nine-year run on New Year’s Eve 2025, but the internet has other plans. A viral theory dubbed "Conformity Gate" has convinced thousands of fans that Netflix is hiding a secret ninth episode, and that today, January 7, 2026, is the day it drops.

Stranger Things is officially over, but the franchise will continue to endure thanks to various tie-in media, an upcoming animated spinoff, and, of course, the requisite live-action spinoff series. The latter is being kept firmly under lock and key at the moment. What do we know so far?

Stranger Things has ended but its universe is continuing to expand. The first spin-off is the animated series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 which is scheduled to release sometime in 2026. Officially greenlit in April 2023, the series is created by Eric Robles and executive-produced by the Duffer Brothers.

After years of watching Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Will, Eleven, and the rest of the group face cosmic horrors, the end is finally here, and here's how it went down.

In the first year on Netflix, RAW had not seen a collaboration of this scale with any other Netflix Original series. With the finale of Stranger Things barely a week old, it’s clear that Netflix and the WWE are trying to strike while the iron is hot and take advantage of Stranger Things ‘ popularity.

A new live-action spinoff of Stranger Things is in development, but fans still know almost nothing about it. Series creators Matt and Ross Duffer have been planning the show for years, but they’ve only given vague hints so far.