# AdAnalyst

> A tool to help you understand how you are targeted by advertisers on Facebook

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/adanalyst](https://chrome-stats.com/d/adanalyst)

## Overview

- **ID:** `adanalyst`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Thanos
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 0.0.0.70
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-02
- **First published:** 2018-01-08
- **Size:** 1.21 MB
- **Data as of:** 2025-11-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/adanalyst/)
- **Website:** [https://adanalyst.mpi-sws.org](https://adanalyst.mpi-sws.org/)

## Description

AdAnalyst is a browser add-on that analyzes the ads users receive on Facebook, providing insights into the attributes Facebook has inferred about them, the attributes advertisers use to target them, and more. It works silently in the background, without affecting the browsing experience.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://www.facebook.com/*`
- `https://www.facebook.com/*`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `https://adanalyst.mpi-sws.org/*`

### Content script matches

- `www.facebook.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very high risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: facebook.com, mpi-sws.org
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/adanalyst)