Chrome extension categories stats
# of extensions by category over time
Chrome extension developer may select a primary category for their Chrome extension, but Google Chrome Web Store may automatically tag it under more categories. So, each extension may appear in one or more categories.
The most popular Chrome extension category is Productivity - which has 27.26% of all Chrome extensions. Most of the top extensions belong to the Productivity category. It also boasts having the most extensions with 10M+ users.
Out of 11 categories, only 10 categories have more than 1,000 extensions, and only 5 have more than 10,000 extensions.
Break down by categories
Number of extensions in each category
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| Productivity | 46,584 |
| Fun | 16,656 |
| Developer Tools | 12,225 |
| Accessibility | 10,407 |
| Social & Communication | 10,266 |
| Shopping | 5,575 |
| Search Tools | 5,551 |
| News & Weather | 2,175 |
| Blogging | 1,916 |
| Photos | 1,328 |
| Sports | 958 |