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The News Tab users statistics

Chrome Web Store · News & Weather

A new tab extension for chrome that allows you to view the latest news

View on Chrome Web Store Fresh · Oct 17, 2026

The News Tab has approximately 876 recorded users on Chrome Web Store.

It ranks #600 of 1,556 tracked Chrome Web Store listings by users.

It is rated 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings.

PluginStats has 1 daily observations since Oct 17, 2026; the latest is from Oct 17, 2026.

Users
~876
Public listing page · Oct 17, 2026
7-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#600
Among tracked Chrome Web Store listings

Rating: 4.10 / 5 from 7 ratings

About The News Tab

A new tab extension for chrome that allows you to view the latest news

Want to view the news while browsing the web, or love the Microsoft News Tab but hate the adverts or weird articles it recommends? Then The News Tab extension is for you! A simple new tab that provides you with the news you want to see!

The News Tab extension was inspired by the new tab page for Microsoft Edge and their extension, Microsoft News Page. However this extension allows you to choose what RSS feeds are shown and doesn't display adverts!

Current Features: - Changeable search - Add/Remove RSS feeds - Configurable article amount - Enable/Disable RSS feeds - Configurable fetch news timer - Dark Mode

Upcoming Features: - Weather app - Clock app - Breaking news - Other tiles - Images in header (Where search bar is)

This projects is in constant development and updates will keep coming. If there is a feature you would like to see don't hesitate to get in contact.

Description from the Chrome Web Store listing.

Where The News Tab sits in the listing

Each band is one page of 20. Users on a log scale. Placement is projected from users, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

All Chrome Web Store1,555 listings · 78 pages · page 30, #20 (overall #600)
All Chrome Web Store: every listing in users order
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Charts

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Adoption over time

The News Tab users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 876 users as of Oct 17, 2026.The News TabUsers on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days~876users7508008509009501KJul 19Aug 3Aug 18Sep 2Sep 17Oct 2Oct 17usersOct 17, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026 · 1 observations · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
The News Tab users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 876 users as of Oct 17, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

The News Tab users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.The News TabUsers growth on Chrome Web Store876users now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
The News Tab users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

The News Tab Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #600 (by users).The News TabChrome Web Store ranking · by users · Last 90 days#600current rank#400#450#500#550#600#650Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 17, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 2 observations · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
The News Tab Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #600 (by users).
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Ratings over time

The News Tab ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 17, 2026.The News TabRatings on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days7ratings6.26.46.66.877.27.47.67.8Jul 19Aug 3Aug 18Sep 2Sep 17Oct 2Oct 17ratingsOct 17, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026 · 1 observations · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
The News Tab ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 7 ratings as of Oct 17, 2026.
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Recent observations

Full history (1)
Recent users observations for The News Tab
Date (UTC)UsersChange vs. previous
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Data source

User counts are read from public Chrome Web Store listing pages. Google displays rounded user counts (and caps the display at 10,000,000+), so small changes may not be visible. Rating counts above 1,000 are rounded (e.g. 1.6K).

Listing: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/the-news-tab/mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd. First seen Oct 17, 2026; last successful collection Oct 17, 2026. See the methodology.