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The News Tab users statistics
Chrome Web Store · News & Weather
A new tab extension for chrome that allows you to view the latest news
The News Tab has approximately 876 recorded users on Chrome Web Store, ranking #790 of 2,033 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.10 / 5 from 7 ratings
About The News Tab
A new tab extension for chrome that allows you to view the latest news
Want to view the news while browsing the web, or love the Microsoft News Tab but hate the adverts or weird articles it recommends? Then The News Tab extension is for you! A simple new tab that provides you with the news you want to see!
The News Tab extension was inspired by the new tab page for Microsoft Edge and their extension, Microsoft News Page. However this extension allows you to choose what RSS feeds are shown and doesn't display adverts!
Current Features:
- Changeable search
- Add/Remove RSS feeds
- Configurable article amount
- Enable/Disable RSS feeds
- Configurable fetch news timer
- Dark Mode
Upcoming Features:
- Weather app
- Clock app
- Breaking news
- Other tiles
- Images in header (Where search bar is)
This projects is in constant development and updates will keep coming. If there is a feature you would like to see don't hesitate to get in contact.
Description from the Chrome Web Store listing.
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
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Ratings over time
Listing placement
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Data source
Covers every Chrome Web Store extension with at least 100 users, found through the store's public sitemap. User counts are read from public listing pages. The 10% most-used extensions are refreshed daily, the next 40% weekly and the next 40% monthly; the least-used 10% are not refreshed. Google displays rounded user counts (and caps the display at 10,000,000+), so small changes may not be visible. Rating counts above 1,000 are rounded (e.g. 1.6K).
Listing: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/the-news-tab/mbbkknmhhcfmleopndnflnpeflgjfbjd. First seen Oct 17, 2026; last successful collection Oct 17, 2026. See the methodology.