The topSites permission
An extension holding topSites can
see the sites you visit most often.
We weight it 5 out of 100 when scoring how much an extension can reach. That is a measure of capability, not of behaviour: plenty of extensions need this to do their job.
- Extensions we track using it
- 203
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.3%
- Risk weight
- 5/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 203 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| OceanHero: Save Our Oceans by Surfing the Web | Manifest V3 | 500k | 22 |
| Google Arts & Culture | Manifest V3 | 200k | 11 |
| WebStart+ New Tab | Manifest V3 | 100k | 22 |
| BattleTabs | Manifest V3 | 90k | 5 |
| CSDN·浏览器助手 | Manifest V3 | 40k | 95 |
| Surfingkeys | Manifest V3 | 30k | 100 |
| Product Hunt | Manifest V3 | 20k | 5 |
| ZenSearch | Manifest V3 | 10k | 5 |
| Goku Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 10k | 5 |
| Nature Wallpapers HD video New Tab background | Manifest V3 | 10k | 9 |
| New Tab by Yahoo | Manifest V3 | 10k | 27 |
| One Piece Gear 5 Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 9k | 5 |
| Cute Dogs & Puppies Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 9k | 5 |
| Kuromi Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 6k | 5 |
| Spaceboard - New tab dashboard | Manifest V3 | 6k | 70 |
| Lionel Messi MeaVana | Manifest V3 | 6k | 65 |
| Cute Cats & Kittens Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 5k | 5 |
| Dragon Ball Super: Broly Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 5k | 5 |
| Quotes New Tab | Manifest V3 | 5k | 5 |
| Most Visited (Top Sites) | Manifest V3 | 4k | 5 |
| Lamborghini Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 4k | 5 |
| Tab With a View | Manifest V3 | 3k | 32 |
| Speed Dial 3™(APP) | Manifest V2 | 3k | 25 |
| The Big 5 | Manifest V3 | 3k | 5 |
| Forest Wallpaper | Manifest V3 | 3k | 5 |
Counts are of extensions we have checked ourselves, not of the whole Chrome Web Store. Chrome's own reference for developers: developer.chrome.com. How we weight permissions