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Netflix Monday claimedStranger Things 3shatteredviewership recordsfor the service, and TV ratings giant Nielsen apparently agrees.

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Even more encouragingly for Netflix,Stranger Thingsgrew its American audience between seasons.

Its worth noting that Nielsens streaming survey doesnt capture the full audience forST3(or any Netflix show).

This is one reason Netflixs Monday ratings tweet offered a bigger audience size forST3.

In some ways, Netflixs selective ratings tweets actually undercount the likely audience for its shows vs. Nielsens analysis.

We really dont know how Netflix shows precisely compare to, say, an episode ofNCIS.