# Progressive Immersion

> A browser extension that progressively immerses you in a language. Using Google Translate we translate frequent words in sites you read to a language you want to learn!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `progressive-immersion`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Aidan Welch
- **Category:** language-support,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 19
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.10.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-17
- **First published:** 2022-05-27
- **Size:** 83 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/progressive-immersion/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/AidanWelch/ProgressiveImmersion/issues](https://github.com/AidanWelch/ProgressiveImmersion/issues)

## Description

Progressive Immersion is an open-source Firefox add-on that progressively immerses you in a language. It uses Google Translate to translate common words in the websites you browse to a language you want to learn. The extension is privacy-focused and allows you to exclude specific websites from analysis.

## Rankings

- #24,878 — Overall
- #29 — progress
- #68 — program
- #134 — version
- #138 — mission
- #189 — session

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `unlimitedStorage`
- `contextMenus`
- `https://translate.google.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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