The most popular Stranger Things characters, according to Twitter

With the third season of Stranger Things almost here, musicMagpie have analysed over 64 million tweets about the show to discover the internet’s favourite characters – https://musicmagpie.co.uk/most-talked-about-tv/#strangerthings

Who are the most talked about characters?

Unsurprisingly, Eleven was the characters fans just couldn’t stop talking about, with 1,018,636 tweets discussing the young hero. Will Byers was the second most talked about character, with 794,083 mentions.

1. Eleven – 1,018,636 mentions
2. Will Byers – 784,083 mentions
3. Steve Harrington – 465,510 mentions
4. Dustin Henderson – 385,663 mentions
5. Mike Wheeler – 358,450 mentions

Who are the most loved characters?

Lucas Sinclair was the most popular character, with 86% of tweets about him being joyous, followed by Jim Hopper with 83% joyous tweets.

1. Lucas Sinclair – 86% joy
2. Jim Hopper – 83% joy
3. Steve Harrington – 81% joy
4. Jonathan Byers – 80% joy
5. Joyce Byers – 78% joy

Who are the most popular power couples?

Stranger Things introduced us to a number of different couples throughout its first two seasons, both romantic and platonic, and fans were quick to get behind their favourites.

Mike and Eleven generated the most conversation, with 143,931 tweets sent discussing the pair. However, it was the newfound bromance between Dustin and Steve in season 2 that made fans the happiest, with 94% of the tweets sent about them being joyous.

What were the other top talking points?

When they weren’t talking about their favourite characters, fans were talking about Eleven’s snack of choice, eggos, with 70,592 mentions. Steve’s hair was another major talking point in seasons 1 and 2, with 17,061 tweets shared about his luscious locks, 82% of which were joyous.

Head over to the musicMagpie website to see the full set of results – https://musicmagpie.co.uk/most-talked-about-tv/#strangerthings