The Handmaid's Tale - 'The Word'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"The Word": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 29 Mar 2018
  • Chart debut: #10 (24 Aug 2018)
  • Highest Position: #7 (21 Oct 2023)
  • Most recent chart position: #89 (25 Feb 2025)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 134

'The Word' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia.

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Episode Synopsis: Serena and the other Wives strive to make change. Emily learns more about her new Commander. Offred faces a difficult decision.

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Detailed Chart Progress for "The Word" (The Handmaid's Tale)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for The Word

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2018 Aug 13 Mon 1 new The Handmaid's Tale
The Word
14 Tue 2 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Art of the Prank
15 Wed 2 no-move
16 Thu 3 down
17 Fri 3 no-move
18 Sat 2 up
19 Sun 4 down
20 Mon 4 no-move
21 Tue 5 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Drop Dead Gorgeous
22 Wed 6 down
23 Thu 10 down
24 Fri 10 no-move
25 Sat 10 no-move
26 Sun 11 down
27 Mon 11 no-move
28 Tue 18 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Nightmare Before Christmas
29 Wed 24 down
30 Thu 17 up
31 Fri 35 down Bodyguard
Episode 1
2018 Sep 1 Sat 20 up
2 Sun 30 down
3 Mon 57 down
4 Tue 21 up
5 Wed 42 down
6 Thu 38 up
7 Fri 53 down
8 Sat 70 down
9 Sun 55 up
10 Mon 35 up Bodyguard
Episode 4
11 Tue 27 up
12 Wed 33 down
13 Thu 22 up
14 Fri 28 down
15 Sat 38 down Bodyguard
Episode 1
16 Sun 26 up
17 Mon 24 up Bodyguard
Episode 5
18 Tue 24 no-move
19 Wed 26 down
20 Thu 35 down
21 Fri 41 down
22 Sat 85 down
23 Sun 48 up
24 Mon 36 up Bodyguard
Episode 6
25 Tue 69 down
26 Wed 23 up
27 Thu 27 down
28 Fri 35 down
29 Sat 49 down American Horror Story
The End
30 Sun 43 up Bodyguard
Episode 1
2018 Oct 1 Mon 52 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Perfect Stormi
2 Tue 63 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
An American Model in Paris
3 Wed 57 up
4 Thu 47 up
5 Fri 60 down American Horror Story
The Morning After
6 Sat 81 down Succession
Celebration
7 Sun 50 up
8 Mon 57 down Doctor Who
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
11 Thu 74 re-entry The Walking Dead
A New Beginning
12 Fri 35 up Succession
Celebration
13 Sat 99 down
14 Sun 64 up
15 Mon 68 down Doctor Who
The Ghost Monument
16 Tue 71 down The Walking Dead
The Bridge
17 Wed 85 down
19 Fri 51 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Let's Play Ball!
20 Sat 44 up The Big Bang Theory
The Conjugal Configuration
21 Sun 61 down
22 Mon 81 down Doctor Who
Rosa
24 Wed 53 re-entry The Walking Dead
Warning Signs
25 Thu 78 down
28 Sun 66 re-entry
29 Mon 78 down Doctor Who
Arachnids in the UK
30 Tue 63 up The Walking Dead
The Obliged
31 Wed 90 down
2018 Nov 5 Mon 54 re-entry The Little Drummer Girl
Episode 2
6 Tue 47 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Betrayal
7 Wed 87 down
13 Tue 48 re-entry The Walking Dead
Who Are You Now?
14 Wed 100 down
25 Sun 93 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
True Story
28 Wed 86 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Vegas, Baby!
2018 Dec 2 Sun 97 re-entry Mrs Wilson
Episode 1
10 Mon 89 re-entry A Discovery of Witches
Episode 1
14 Fri 73 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Break Free
22 Sat 36 re-entry A Discovery of Witches
Episode 1
23 Sun 70 down
27 Thu 86 re-entry The ABC Murders
Episode 1
30 Sun 76 re-entry
2019 Jan 4 Fri 71 re-entry Luther
Episode 1
13 Sun 35 re-entry Cleaning Up
Episode 1
14 Mon 72 down
16 Wed 53 re-entry Silent Witness
Lift up Your Hearts Part 2
17 Thu 65 down Cleaning Up
Episode 2
21 Mon 53 re-entry Vera
Cuckoo
2019 Mar 5 Tue 47 re-entry The Walking Dead
Episode 12: Guardians
2019 May 31 Fri 72 re-entry Game of Thrones
The Iron Throne
2019 Jun 10 Mon 23 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Night
11 Tue 59 down
12 Wed 65 down
13 Thu 40 up
15 Sat 77 re-entry
16 Sun 38 up
17 Mon 78 down The Handmaid's Tale
Mary and Martha
19 Wed 34 re-entry
20 Thu 32 up
21 Fri 55 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Heavy Meddle
22 Sat 92 down The Handmaid's Tale
Mary and Martha
23 Sun 96 down
24 Mon 25 up The Handmaid's Tale
Watch Out
25 Tue 54 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Treachery
26 Wed 67 down
28 Fri 52 re-entry
30 Sun 41 re-entry London Kills
The Politician's Son
2019 Jul 1 Mon 67 down The Handmaid's Tale
God Bless the Child
2 Tue 50 up Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Aftershock
3 Wed 51 down
6 Sat 56 re-entry Chernobyl
01.23.45
7 Sun 90 down
22 Mon 48 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Under His Eye
2019 Aug 9 Fri 82 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Heroic
24 Sat 87 re-entry Chernobyl
01.23.45
2019 Sep 4 Wed 76 re-entry A Confession
Episode 1
5 Thu 78 down
7 Sat 93 re-entry
2019 Oct 3 Thu 83 re-entry The Boulet Brothers' DRAGULA
The Operating Theatre
29 Tue 95 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
The Ex-Factor
2019 Dec 9 Mon 97 re-entry His Dark Materials
The Daemon-Cages
2021 Jan 2 Sat 71 new The Undoing (2020)
The Undoing
2021 Apr 21 Wed 37 re-entry Too Close
Episode 1
2023 Sep 7 Thu 41 no-move And Just Like That
Season 2, Episode 1: Met Cute
8 Fri 45 no-move And Just Like That
Hello It’s Me
9 Sat 49 down And Just Like That
There Goes the Neighborhood
11 Mon 14 re-entry And Just Like That
Met Cute
24 Sun 52 re-entry Succession
Celebration
28 Thu 9 re-entry Special Ops: Lioness
Sacrificial Soldiers
2023 Oct 1 Sun 29 no-move
10 Tue 13 no-move
11 Wed 16 no-move Boiling Point
Episode 1
12 Thu 24 no-move Mrs. Sidhu Investigates
Breaking Convention
18 Wed 25 no-move Doctor Who: The Classic Series
An Unearthly Child, An Unearthly Child
20 Fri 23 no-move Rick and Morty
How Poopy Got His Poop Back
21 Sat 7 no-move
22 Sun 30 no-move
23 Mon 9 no-move Planet Earth III
Coasts
2025 Feb 25 Tue 89 no-move The White Lotus: Miniseries
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