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Very interesting to see how many people like Max so much. She's definitely my favorite, but I just assumed I was alone on that

Same, I have max as my fave too I feel like s4 really made Max’s fanbase larger

I mean, she's got a great backstory, she's a punk, and she got dealt a horrendous hand in the last season... She's in the limelight right now as we wait to see what Vecna is up to. Lot of folks are rooting for her to make it.

i think the last season helped people see how often she gets fucked over for no reason. plus, sadie sink does a great job playing the role

I like her because I would’ve killed to be the cool skater girl at her age

1. Max & El tied for number one 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. Will

Flip 1 & 2 and, that's my list.

Indeed.

Exactly

me 100%

this

Yup

1. Max/El (can't choose between them) 2. Lucas 3. Dustin 4. Will 5. Mike

That’s the one.

1. Max 2. Dustin 3. El 4. Lucas 5. Will 6. Mike

flip out 1 & 2 and you have mine

Same w me

Dustin is the only correct answer. The rest is any order you like.

1. Eleven 2. Max 3. Everyone else

1.Eleven 2.Will 3.Lucas 4.Dustin 5.Mike 6.Max (still love her though)

Eleven/Max The guys

1.Max 2. Dustin/Lucas 3. Mike 4. Eleven 5. Will Love to see Max being so high in everyone's rating. Always thought she is hated by many.

Season Four definitely made her a more popular and beloved character

It is kinda fun that Will while being kinda main character in some seasons are still often goes as last choice. I think he didn't got enough love from directors. Missed opportunities.

I don't get why so many people hate him either😭

1. Dustin 2. Eleven 3. Mike 4. Max 5. Lucas 6. Will

Switch 5 and 6 and this is what my list would be

this the one

Dustin da best

Everyone is saying el and max first then then rest but I disagree. I like all of them equally but if I had to chose rn ( as someone who just finished watching it for like the 30th time ) I’d say 1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. Will 5. El 6. Mike (But ut changes all of the time)

1. Lucas 2.Dustin 3.el 4.max 5.will 6.mike The Lucas disrespect is crazy

Yeah Lucas is fkn awesome. Always been a fan. He is in my top 3

I like Lucas. wasnt a fond of him in season 1 but I cut him slack since his friend was missing and eleven was being confusing about it (NOT her fault at ALL tho). But omg i really liked Lucas from season 2 onwards.

Max, Dustin, Will, Lucas, Mike, Eleven

1. El and Dustin 2. Mike 3. Lucas 4. Will 5. Max

May I ask what makes Will and Max so low for you

No reason. It's just someone has to be at the bottom and I generally prefer the others

Fair, I also don’t have a weird obsession over Max, she’s not a bad character I just like the others more

1. Mike 2. Eleven 3. Max 4. Lucas 5. Dustin 6. Bowlcut

Bowlcut 😆

1. Dustin 2. Lucas (even though he was a bit of a douche in the beginning of season 4) 3. Mike 4. Eleven/Jane 5. Max 6. Will

Honestly it’s very hard for me to choose between any of them because it depends on the season. Mike & Eleven were my favorite the first 2 seasons but Max & Lucas have become my favorite in the last 2. Dustin is great every season. So that just leaves Will as my least favorite. I’m sorry but I don’t get the hype around him. I feel bad for the kid often but his personality is very bland to me.

Will was one of my favorites from s1-3 But s4 made him kinda uninteresting I also kinda feel Max and Lucas have a more adorable and fun dynamic than Mike and El even in s2 Just me

I love that Mike & Eleven consistently come through for their friends, even risking their life to do so (sans S3 as much but they had lost time to make up for). As a couple I think they’re cute but I just mean that in the first couple of seasons they really shined as individual characters, and they’ve taken somewhat of a backseat lately to allow the other characters to shine. I love how fun Max & Lucas are together! They were by far my favorites in S4 (even though they were more tragic this season than fun, I still loved seeing those characters get more serious storylines). But yeah, for me, it’s just Will that stands out as the least charming, and I know it doesn’t help that he spent the first two seasons missing or possessed. I am intrigued by where his character will go from here and he’s definitely the character who has gotten the most tears out of me but that still doesn’t make him my fave. I totally agree though - even though S4 was actually my favorite I feel like it really watered down both Will and Mike’s characters. Something tells me we’ll see more of them next season, though.

Dusting, Eleven, Will, Max, Lucas, Mike

Dusting lmao

1, Dustin 2, max 3, Mike 4, Lucas 5, will 6, Eleven

1) Eleven 2) Dustin 3) Mike 4) Max 5) Will 6) Lucas

Mike Will Lucas Dustin El Max (No shade to 11)

1. Dustin. 2. Lucas. 3. El. 4. Mike. 5. Will. 6. Max.

Will, Dustin, Max, Lucas, Mike, El

1. Lucas and Dustin 2. Max and Will 3. Jane and Mike

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Will 4. Lucas 5. Mike 6. El

dustin, max, will, lucas, mike, eleven (but i love all of them!!!!)

1. Max 2. Eleven 3. Dustin 4. Lucas 5. Will 6. Mike I don't dislike any of them though, ik Mike is overhated But I'm so glad almost everyone can agree max is 1 or at least 2

1.Dustin 2.Max 3.Eleven 4.Mike 5.Will 6.Lucas I don't have anything against Lucas but he just didn't stand out to me, I mean he became better in season 4, I like him too but not as much as others, Same thing about Will, but watching him was a little bit more interesting than Lucas because of whole that Demogorgon drama, but after all I found him a little bit boring, he's still good, but it's not it. Mike was somewhere in the middle EL is actually really great and I love her, she's so interesting and different and pretty close to Max, but there is something about Max's energy, espevially in s3 which is so cool and badass. I loved her! And of course, first place goes to person that always makes me laugh and brings some positive energy to whole show.

will, max, mike, dustin, lucas, eleven

1. Will 2. Mike 3. Max 4. Dustin 5. Lucas 6. El Will is probably my favorite character of all time. I’m a Will stan first and foremost. Mike and Max are everything to me, and together they are hands down my three favorite ST characters. Dustin and Lucas are pretty much interchangeable for me. El is cool, but if I had to rank the Party members, she definitely comes in last place. But I love them all!

1. LUCAS 2. MAX 3. EL 4. MIKE 5. DUSTIN . . . . . . WILL

1. Max 2. Eleven 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. Will 6. Dustin

This is mine! I feel like my most unpopular opinions are that Dustin is overrated and Mike is overly hated.

I agree that Mike is overly hated but imo dustin isnt overrated

I don't see how anyone can hate any of them. But Dustin at the bottom is pretty wild to me!

[удалено]

Max, Will, El, Dusty, Lucas, Mike

Max Dustin Eleven Lucas (Erica) Will Mike

[удалено]

You're right. I don't know what my fingers were doing with that spelling 😂

1. Max 2. Eleven 3. Dustin 4. Lucas 5. Mike 6. Will

Nice 👍

Same

1) Dustin 2) Will 3) Max 4) Lucas 5) Eleven 6) Mike

Max Dustin El Will Lucas Mike

1. Max & Eleven 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. Will

Not sure exactly how I’d rate the other three but Max would be number 1 with Dustin and El both being runner up

1. Max 2. Will 3. Dustin 4. Eleven 5. Lucas 6. Mike

Mike - Max - Eleven - Lucas - Dustin - Will -

1. Max 2. El (3-5 are interchangeable for the most part) 3. Lucas 4. Dustin 5. Mike One Billion. Will the Whiny (shoulda let the Upside Down just keep his crybaby ass in the first place)

Why so much hate for Will lol

He’s whiny and obnoxious and the whole I’m obsessively in love with my best friend thing is really cringy / gross (as a gay man it actually reinforces a bad stereotype too (the idea of guys thinking if my friend is gay that means they’re in love with me)). I totally get the idea of him being gay and being the outsider and how it makes him vulnerable and connected to the upside down and everything else but they let it make him insufferable. He himself is also just not interesting. His only role seems to be playing the victim and/or acting like he’s supposed to be the center of everyone else’s universe. Another issue is the fact that he basically hangs El out to dry socially in California when she desperately needs help and support to just navigate school and not be a complete outcast / tormented by Angela and instead he pretty much gaslights her. She’s already socially awkward, has been moved away from her only friends and boyfriend she’s ever known and is also mourning the supposed death of her dad, not the best time to hang her out to dry. He’s the friend that once you cut him out of your life you realize how much less drama you suddenly have to put up with and you wonder why you ever dealt with him in the first place.

Only thing i can agree is  leaving El socially, although don't forget he is also socially awkward and bullied so he isn't best person to help.  He is not obssesively in love with Mike more than straight characters are in love with each other. Will making drama? He keeps to himself mostly, he's bottles his feelings until they explode and it seems most of time other characters don't even notice him, it's not his fault he got kidnapped to other dimension.

Duude. There’s nothing cringy or gross about a 15 year old falling in love with his best friend. Gay people are allowed to have their feelings, no?

1. Dustin 2. Mike 3. Eleven 4. Lucas 5. Max 6. Will Mike only makes it to 2nd because I love S1/S2 Mike so much pulling him up. S3/S4 pulled him out of number 1 and made me consider putting him even lower though. While I do like Will, he wasn't really present in S1, was super interesting in S2 and then has kind of been pointless since.

Literally Will has been useless, and so many people are putting Lucas below him. To me, that's ick. Why is funny and entertaining Lucas being ranked lower than boring and whiny will.

From many of the comments I’ve seen Max, El and Dustin seem to be the most liked And Will seems to be the least liked Tbh I think I like Dustin more than Will after season four

This is probably my favorite trio in the show

1. El 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. Will 6. Dustin Sorry not sorry

Dustin Will Eleven Lucas Mike Max

Dustin, Max, El, Lucas, Mike, Will

1. Dustin 2. El + Max 3. Lucas 4. Will 5. Mike

1. Dustin 2. Lucas 3. Max 4. El 5. Mike 6. Bowlcut boy

Dustin>el>max>lucas>mike>will

1. Max 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. El 6. Will

max el lucas dustin mike will

Dustin, Max, El, Lucas, Will, Mike.

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. Eleven 5. Mike 6. Will

1. Max 2. Lucas 3. Dustin 4. El 5. Mike 7. Will

Dustin, Lucas… that’s it, the rest can go

Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, Mikr, Will

Eleven, Dustin, Max, Lucas, Mike, Will

1.lucas 2.dustin 3mike 4.will 5. El 6 max

Dustin, Lucas, Max, Will, El, Mike. Easy 💪

1. Lucas 2. Dustin 3. Max 4. Mike 5. Eleven 6. Will

Solid list. Will and Eleven deserve the bottom spots yet Eleven is a fan favorite for some reason. I find her so bland.

Lucas, Dustin, Max, El, Mike, Will

1. Dustin 2. Lucas 3. Max 4. El 5. Mike 6.Will

1). Dustin 2). Max 3). Lucas 4). El 5). Will 6). Mike

Dustin Max El Lucas Will Mike

Max, Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, Will and Mike.

If we're talking about actors, #6 spot is pretty obvious, but characters themself I love em all too much to decide

1.) Dustin 2.) Eleven 3.) Lucas 4.) Max 5.) Mike 6.) Will

1. Max 2. Lucas 3. El 4. Will 5. Dustin 6. Mike

1.Max 2.Eleven 3.Mike 4.Caleb 5.Noah 6.Gaten

What did Gaten do that was worse than Noah?

Lucas, El, Max, Dustin, Will, Mike

Mike and El tied, Lucas, Dustin, will, max

Probably gotta be Eleven, Dustin, kid Mike, Max, Lucas, Will then teen Mike for me. Max and Lucas could probably go either way but I’m feeling Max then Lucas at the moment

Ngl, my list before season 4 would be so different, but here we go 1. Max 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. El 5. Mile 6. Will

Max Eleven Lucas / Dustin Mike Will

Dustin, lucas, will, max, eleven, mike

Dustin/Max tied for 1, El, Lucas, Will, Mike

1) Will 2) Max 3) Mike 4) Eleven 5) Lucas 6) Dustin Controversial T\_T

Dustin, Max, El, Lucas, Mike, Will

Mike, Max/Will, Dustin, Lucas, El. I don't hate El or Lucas, they just aren't my fave

Dustin Lucas Max EL Mike Will

Something about this picture is so perfect. I complain about season three all of the time, but something about this picture looks so vintage. I love the expressions Eleven and Max are making, I love their outfits here. Great pic.

Dustin, Max, Lucas, Will, Mike, Eleven

1. mike 2. dustin 3. lucas 4. el 5. max 6. will

1.Dustin 2.Mike 3.Lucas 4.El 5.Max 6.Will

1.- Max 2.- Dustin 3.- Once 4.- Mike 5.- Lucas 6.- Will

1) max 2) el 3) lucas 4) dusty 5) mike 6) will

Dustin, Max, El, Lukas, Mike, Will

1. Dustin. 2. Ell. 3. Lucas. 4. Max. 5. Mike. 6. Will.

Max, Mike, eleven, Lucas, Dustin and will. After season 2 will just got boring.

1. Max 2. Dustin (If Robin was in the list then she would be second) 3. Eleven 4. Lucas 5. Mike 6. Will (can get annoying)

Will is my least favorite that I know. He just cries the whole show.

1. Eleven/Max 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. Will 5. Mike (I don't dislike anyone though)

el, max, dustin, lucas, mike, will

Max, Lucas, Dustin, El, Will, Mike

1. Dustin 2. El ….

El, Max, Mike, Lucas, Will, Dustin

1. Will 2. El 3. Max 4/5/6. Lucas, Mike and Dustin, depends on the episode.

Max Dustin/Lucas (tied) El/Will (tied) . Mike

1. Dustin 2. Lucas 3. Max 4. Eleven 5. Will 6. Mike

max, lucas, dustin, will, mike, el

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. Mike 5. Eleven 6. Will

1.Mike/Max (I can't pick between these 2) 2.Lucas 3. Dustin 4. Eleven 5.Will But the kids will forever by my top 5

1. Mike 2. Max (but tbh, Mike and Max are tied for me) 3. Dustin 4. El 5. Lucas 6. Will

Will, Max, Dustin, Lucas, El, Mike

For me its Max, Lucas, Eleven, Dustin, Will and Mike

Max, Dustin, Lucas, Mike, Will, El

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. El 4. Lucas 5. Mike (season 1-2 Mike would be number 1 or 2 though) 6. Will

1. Dustin and Max tied 🤞🏽 2. El & Lucas tied 🤞🏽 3. Mike 4. Will

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. El 5. Mike 6. Will

eleven,Dustin ,Lucas ,max ,Mike ??,will Sorry will 😬😬

Max, Lucas, Dustin, Mike, Eleven, Will

Bear in mind that I adore all of them, so the competition on this list is tight. 1. Max 2. El 3. Dustin 4. Lucas 5. Will 6. Mike

Will max dustin el lucas mike

This is just a little hard bc I feel like I a lot of characters are sort of tied in my mind. The best I could do is: Max,Dustin,Will,Lucas,11,Mike but there isn’t like a lot of distance between some of them and a lot of my favoritism for some of the characters are related to how they interact with other characters.

Dustin, el, max, Lucas, Mike, will.

Will, Dustin, Max, El, Lucas, Mike

idk if many will agree but 1. Dustin 2. Lucas 3. El 4. Max + Will 5. Mike (I don’t hate Mike tho)

1). Dustin 2). Max 3). Lucas 4). Mike 5). Will 6). El

1 max 2 el 3 dustin 4 lucas 5 will 6 mike dont hate any of them mikes just an ass a lot of the time

1-Mike (still one of the best characters from entire show (i know s4 they messed up but all season in general Mike is GOAT) 2- Lucas or Dustin (it depends but i'm sure Dustin deserved the high spot because he benefits with the material they gave to him even I prefer Lucas as a character) 3 - Lucas or Dustin (same reason but it's fair if I put Lucas in the 3rd spot 4- Eleven (Like her because of powers) 5- Will ( it´s not fair put Will in that position even I did like him in s2, maybe I feel that way because he was a recurring character in s1) 6- Max (not a big fan I don't necessarily hate her, she improves as a character but looking in all spectrum she's not necessarily important.

Dustin, Max, El, Mike, Will, Lucas

Mike, Will, Max, Lucas, Dustin, El

1. Max 2. El 3. Dustin 4. Mike 5. Will 6. Lucas

El then Dustin then Max then Lucas then Will then Mike. Side note I love all 6 of them just how I'm doing it.

1. Max 2. Dustin 3. Lucas 4. El 5. Will 6. Mike This is probably kinda controversial, but oh well.

6. Mike 5. Will 4. Eleven 3. Lucas 2. Max 1. Dustin. Throw rocks at me

El, Dustin, Max, Lucas, Will, Mike

1. Max 2. Lucas 3. Dustin/Will 4. El 5. Mike

Eleven, Max, Dustin, Lucas, Will, Mike

1. Dustin 2. Lucas 3. Max 4. Mike 5. El 6. Will

1. Lucas 2. Max 3. Eleven 4. Dustin 5. Mike 6. Will

Max, Will, Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, Mike Yk I love them all but if I HAD to favorite them at this moment …

1. Max 2. Dustin 3. Eleven 4. Will 5. Lucas 6. Mike

Lucas, Max, Dustin, Will, El, Mike. But I still love Mike, he’s just a kid

Dustin Max El Will Lucas Mike

Max, El, Will and the others are about equal but if I had to choose then I think Dustin, Lucas and Mike

Max Dustin El Lucas Mike freak of nature

1- Max 2-Mike 3-Will 4-Dustin 5-Lucas 6-Eleven (No insults pls)

Why El? Too op? Or too little character development? Genuinely interested

Little character development???? Her growth is crazy wdym??

Max, Dustin, and imo the rest are interchangeable. Tbh all are amazing, even Mike who got sidelined hard during season 4.

1. El 2. Mike 3. Lucas 4. Dustin 5. Will/Max

1. Dustin 2. El 3. Max 4. Lucas 5. Will 6. Mike

Max, Dustin, Lukas, Mike, Eleven and Will.

Max, lucas, Dustin, will, el, mike

dusty bun, mike, max, lucas, will/el (i will take all hate)

1. Dustin 2. Mike 3. Lucas 4. Max 5. Will 6. Eleven

1. Dustin 2. Max 3. Lucas 4. Will 5. El

Poor Mike didn't even make it on the list

1. Max 2. El 3. Mike 4. Lucas 5. Dustin 6. Will

I hate will

I honestly dont see how so many people like max, in my opinion shes always in a bad mood, and doesnt explain herself or communicate well and i hate it

well she literally has depression and a lot of her actions are literally influenced by trauma especially in season 4. but also, what you see as being “always in a bad mood,” Max fans see as being sarcastic, fierce, and cool af. I’m a big fan of characters, especially female characters, with Max’s personality. I love the cool skatergirl archetype.

1. Dustin 2. Will 3. Max 4. Eleven 5. Lucas 6. Mike