# Similar Sites - Discover Related Websites

> Instantly find websites similar to the one you’re currently browsing. Explore the web, discover more.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `similarsites`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** SimilarSites
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 3,005
- **Weekly downloads:** 31
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (39 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.1.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-23
- **First published:** 2011-08-31
- **Size:** 1.22 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/similarsites/)
- **Website:** [http://www.SimilarSites.com](http://www.similarsites.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/similarsites/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/similarsites/privacy/)

## Description

Similar Sites is a powerful Chrome extension designed to help you instantly discover websites related to the ones you’re currently visiting. By leveraging a community-driven algorithm, it provides curated recommendations for similar pages, making it easier to find new content, competitors, or leads effortlessly. Use it to explore blogs, shopping sites, or for marketing insights and research.

Ideal for users who want to expand their web discovery, marketers analyzing competitors, sales teams generating leads, and researchers conducting content affinity studies, Similar Sites offers fresh and up-to-date recommendations. Privacy-focused, it anonymizes browsing data to power its algorithms, ensuring a safe and efficient browsing enhancement experience.

## Rankings

- #1,665 — Overall
- #134 — Tabs
- #187 — Search Tools
- #2 — discover
- #2 — visited sites
- #3 — relate

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*/*`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webNavigation`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very 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 support email may not be valid

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## Review summary

Users appreciate that the add-on offers useful website data and allows opting out of data sharing for privacy. However, many express concerns about privacy due to extensive permissions required. The similarity suggestions are often too broad and not specific enough, limiting usefulness. Some users find the add-on lacks clear instructions or visibility, making it confusing to use. Overall, it serves as a general tool for website analysis but is limited in providing meaningful similar site recommendations.

### Pros

- Provides useful website information such as tags, country, rank, and monthly visits
- Allows users to opt out from data sharing to maintain privacy
- Helpful as a general tool for quick analysis of websites
- Considered terrific and useful by some long-term users

### Cons

- Requires permissions that users consider a privacy concern
- Similarity suggestions are too broad and not very relevant or specific
- Lacks clear instructions or visibility on how to use the add-on
- Similarity ranking and sorting functions are inadequate or missing

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