'Heartstopper' Season 4: Everything We Know

Rom-com fans, rejoice: Netflix's romance series Heartstopper returned in fall 2024 to continue our favorite teens's love story! The beloved YA series created by Alice Oseman and based on her LGBTQ+ books of the same name returned for its third season on October 3, 2024, bringing Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson's (Kit Connor) romance back to our screens. Season 3 was full of the dreamy charm that has made millions fall for the show's ensemble cast, while also exploring serious real-world issues like mental health, eating disorders, and first sexual experiences, as well as a nuanced portrayal of asexuality and aromanticism. And with the addition of a cameo from Viscount Anthony Bridgerton (a.k.a. actor Jonathan Bailey) himself, you have truly unmissable TV.

Countless fans binged the eight-episode installment as soon as it dropped and have been clamoring ever since for news regarding an additional season. Read on for everything we know about a possible Heartstopper season 4 so far.

Has 'Heartstopper' been renewed for season 4?

Unfortunately, Netflix has not given any word of Heartstopper's future. The streaming giant usually waits several weeks to see viewing numbers before announcing renewals—but even after several months, it's unclear if season 4 will be greenlit.

In February 2025, Oseman shared an update about the process, as reported by Deadline. At a panel for the Waterstones Children's Book Festival in the U.K., they said, "I’m working very hard behind the scenes to get us a renewal for Heartstopper...It is still ongoing, we don’t have a final answer yet, but there are so many people behind the scenes who are working really hard to make it happen."

The author continued to reassure fans by adding, "We’re feeling optimistic, we’re feeling hopeful, and hopefully we’ll be able to share some news about that sometime soon. Fingers crossed. Thank you so much for watching!"

While it has been some time without any news about the show's future, praise from critics and the social media love surrounding season 3 proves the interest is there. With that in mind, hopefully, the decision on season 4 will be announced by spring 2025.

When would 'Heartstopper' season 4 come out?

While season 4's premiere will depend on when a renewal is announced, we can look at Heartstopper's previous release dates for an idea. After season 1 debuted in April 2022, season 2 returned in August 2023, followed by season 3 in October 2024. If a renewal is announced in spring 2025 and pre-production goes swimmingly, with filming following shortly after, we could expect new episodes to hit streaming in the first half of 2026.

Who would be in the cast of 'Heartstopper' season 4?

All of the show's main cast would be expected to return, including Joe Locke (Charlie), Kit Connor (Nick), Yasmin Finney (Elle), William Gao (Tao), Corinna Brown (Tara), Kizzy Edgell (Darcy), Tobie Donovan (Isaac), Rhea Norwood (Imogen), Jenny Walser (Tori), Cormac Hyde-Corrin (Harry), and Darragh Hand (Michael).

Season 3 included a big cast shake-up, with Olivia Colman unable to reprise her role as Nick's mother Sarah due to scheduling conflicts. Marvel alum Hayley Atwell was able to step in for a book-favorite scene as Nick's aunt, but hopefully, Colman can return for season 4 (and maybe even share a scene with Atwell).

What would 'Heartstopper' season 4 be about?

Spoilers for the ending of Heartstopper season 3 ahead. The first three seasons of Heartstopper were adapted from creator Alice Oseman's beloved web-comic-turned-graphic-novel-series. The series has published five graphic novels so far, with Netflix taking inspiration from volumes 1-3 for seasons 1 and 2. Season 3, meanwhile, followed books four and five.

Oseman announced the sixth and final installment in April 2023 and resumed publishing her webcomic online on October 1, 2024, to coincide with the season 3 premiere. So, there certainly is more material for the show to go off.

Speaking with The Guardian in September 2024, she shared her thoughts about ending the series she began nearly a decade ago.

"I’m only 50 pages in, but I know what’s going to happen, what all the dialogue is going to be, and now I’m just sitting down and drawing it, which is my favorite bit," she told the outlet. "I’m really excited about what’s going to happen towards the end of the story, but it’s also very bittersweet. I also feel it’s absolutely the right time for it to end. It’s very sad, but it’s time."

According to J-14, the writer and illustrator plans to release volume 6 ahead of the Netflix series' fourth and, likely, final season.

“I will most likely be drawing vol. 6 simultaneously while writing the season 4 scripts, even if we haven’t been renewed,” she wrote on her Patreon, per the outlet. “And the other thing that I have to keep in mind is that I really, extremely, devoutly need the volume 6 book to come out before season 4 comes out, so people experience the end of the story from the books first. So there’s a timer counting down now.”

As for the possible plot, season 4 will likely deal with the show's lingering questions about Charlie and Nick's relationship as they approach the end of high school (or college, as the Brits say). In the season 3 finale, Nick goes on a university-visit road trip and falls in love with Leeds, a London school four hours away from their hometown. Nick seems hesitant about having a long-distance relationship, so he and Charlie may have some tricky (and likely tear-inducing) conversations in season 4.