# Instagram Demetricator

> Instagram Demetricator hides all the metrics on Instagram. Follower, like, and view counts all disappear. The result lets you try out the site without the numbers, to see what happens when you can no longer judge yourself or others in metric terms.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `instagram-demetricator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ben Grosser
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 41
- **Rating:** 3.75 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2019-11-18
- **First published:** 2018-08-19
- **Size:** 51 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/instagram-demetricator/)
- **Website:** [https://bengrosser.com/projects/instagram-demetricator/](https://bengrosser.com/projects/instagram-demetricator/)

## Description

Instagram Demetricator is a web browser extension that hides metrics such as follower, like, and comment counts on Instagram. It aims to disrupt the obsession with social media metrics and question who benefits from quantifying public interactions online.

## Rankings

- #17,651 — Overall
- #53 — instagram
- #114 — benefit
- #131 — invite
- #146 — install
- #194 — education

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `*.instagram.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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