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Newsela

Chrome Web Store listing by Newsela

A Chrome extension with 700 000 users, a widely installed extension.

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

What the developer says, and 4 screenshots

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Users
700 000
Rating
4.0 (53 ratings)
Users, last 17 days
+200k
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.0.3
Updated in the store
2018-03-15
Published
2013-09-10
Manifest
V2
Browser access
1 permission

How it has moved

Users
+200k since 01.09
500k-700k · 5 readings
  1. 2026-09-01500k
  2. 2026-09-04600k
  3. 2026-09-10600k
  4. 2026-09-13700k
  5. 2026-09-17700k
Rating
+0.019 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.962-3.981 · 5 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews52rating3.962
  2. 2026-09-04reviews53rating3.981
  3. 2026-09-10reviews53rating3.981
  4. 2026-09-13reviews53rating3.981
  5. 2026-09-17reviews53rating3.981
Users
+200k since 01.09
500k-700k · 5 readings
  1. 2026-09-01500k
  2. 2026-09-04600k
  3. 2026-09-10600k
  4. 2026-09-13700k
  5. 2026-09-17700k
Rating
+0.019 since 01.09
reviewsrating 3.962-3.981 · 5 readings
  1. 2026-09-01reviews52rating3.962
  2. 2026-09-04reviews53rating3.981
  3. 2026-09-10reviews53rating3.981
  4. 2026-09-13reviews53rating3.981
  5. 2026-09-17reviews53rating3.981

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What it can reach

No site access is declared in the manifest, so it cannot read the pages you open on its own.

  • Read your location geolocation

The full permission history for this extension

What changed recently

Nothing has moved on this listing since we started watching it.

The publisher

Newsela. Listed website: newsela.com.

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