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By Phil Crosby, Ilya Sukhar · Chrome Web Store · Tools

The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.

View on Chrome Web Store Fresh · Oct 17, 2026

Vimium has approximately 600,000 recorded users on Chrome Web Store.

It ranks #45 of 1,556 tracked Chrome Web Store listings by users.

It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 4,600 ratings.

PluginStats has 2 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 17, 2026.

Users
~600,000
Public listing page · Oct 17, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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90-day growth
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Rank
#45
Among tracked Chrome Web Store listings

Rating: 4.80 / 5 from 4,600 ratings

About Vimium

The Hacker's Browser. Vimium provides keyboard shortcuts for navigation and control in the spirit of Vim.

*NOTE* Google does not allow Vimium to run on this Chrome Web Store page and the Chrome New Tab page, by design. Sorry about that!

*NOTE* Chrome has some alarmist messaging around the permissions that Vimium needs to run. Really all it's asking for is that Vimium's javascript be loaded into every page. Don't be alarmed. Vimium never talks to any servers and does absolutely nothing with your data. Read the open source code if you're curious.

For more information about rebinding your keys and how to use many of Vimium's features, see here: https://github.com/philc/vimium/blob/master/README.md

Modifier keys are specified as <c-x>, <m-x>, <a-x> for ctrl+x, meta+x, and alt+x respectively.

Navigating the current page:

? show the help dialog for a list of all available keys h scroll left j scroll down k scroll up l scroll right gg scroll to top of the page G scroll to bottom of the page d scroll down half a page u scroll up half a page f open a link in the current tab F open a link in a new tab r reload gs view source i enter insert mode -- all commands will be ignored until you hit esc to exit yy copy the current url to the clipboard yf copy a link url to the clipboard gf cycle forward to the next frame

Navigating to new pages:

o Open URL, bookmark, or history entry O Open URL, bookmark, history entry in a new tab b Open bookmark B Open bookmark in a new tab

Using find:

/ enter find mode -- type your search query and hit enter to search or esc to cancel n cycle forward to the next find match N cycle backward to the previous find match

Navigating your history:

H go back in history L go forward in history

Manipulating tabs:

J, gT go one tab left K, gt go one tab right g0 go to the first tab g$ go to the last tab t create tab x close current tab X restore closed tab (i.e. unwind the 'x' command) T search through your open tabs

Additional advanced browsing commands:

]] Follow the link labeled 'next' or '>'. Helpful for browsing paginated sites. [[ Follow the link labeled 'previous' or '<'. Helpful for browsing paginated sites. <a-f> open multiple links in a new tab gi focus the first (or n-th) text input box on the page gu go up one level in the URL hierarchy

Vimium supports command repetition so, for example, hitting '5t' will open 5 tabs in rapid succession. ESC (or <c-[>) will clear any partial commands in the queue and will also exit insert and find modes.

Release notes, see:

- https://github.com/philc/vimium/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Description from the Chrome Web Store listing.

Where Vimium 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 3, #5 (overall #45)
All Chrome Web Store: every listing in users order
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Tools407 listings · 21 pages · page 1, #6 (overall #6)
Tools: every listing in users order
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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

Vimium users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 600,000 users as of Oct 17, 2026.VimiumUsers on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days~600,000users540K560K580K600K620K640K660KJul 19Aug 3Aug 18Sep 2Sep 17Oct 2Oct 17usersobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026 · 2 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Vimium users on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 600,000 users as of Oct 17, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Vimium users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.VimiumUsers growth on Chrome Web Store600,000users 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
Vimium users growth on Chrome Web Store: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Vimium Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #45 (by users).VimiumChrome Web Store ranking · by users · Last 90 days#45current rank#40#41#42#43#44#45#46#47Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
Vimium Chrome Web Store ranking history: currently #45 (by users).
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Ratings over time

Vimium ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 4,600 ratings as of Oct 17, 2026.VimiumRatings on Chrome Web Store · Last 90 days~4,600ratings4K4.2K4.4K4.6K4.8K5K5.2KJul 19Aug 3Aug 18Sep 2Sep 17Oct 2Oct 17ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026 · 2 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Vimium ratings on Chrome Web Store, last 90 days: 4,600 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 (2)
Recent users observations for Vimium
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/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 17, 2026. See the methodology.