Most Profitable Chrome Extensions

Name: Chrome Web Store Extension Dataset
Creator: Profitable
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Every Chrome extension ranked by install base, ratings and growth. See what a category is worth before you build in it · Updated Oct 7, 2026

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All 343,488 extensions

Extension				Category

Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools.	342M +4.9%	4.4	63.8K	Workflow	19d
迅雷下载支持迅雷下载支持	77M +14.9%	2.9	1.4K	Tools	25d
AdBlock — block ads across the web Block ads on YouTube and your favorite sites for free	65M +4.8%	4.5	290.3K	Workflow	13d
Chrome Remote Desktop Chrome Remote Desktop extension	41M +10.8%	3.1	3K	Workflow	2y 2mo
Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App Grammarly for Chrome helps you write with confidence. Get AI support for grammar, clarity, and tone, from first draft to final edit.	41M +5.1%	4.5	43.1K	Communication	14d
Adblock Plus - free ad blocker Remove ads on YouTube and everywhere else you browse.	40M +2.6%	4.4	188.1K	Workflow	12d
Google Translate View translations easily as you browse the web. By the Google Translate team.	38M +11.8%	4.2	44.9K	Education	3mo
Microsoft Single Sign On Sign in to supported websites with your Microsoft work or school accounts on Windows and macOS platforms.	37M +5.7%	2.2	998	Workflow	2y 2mo
Cisco Webex Extension Join Webex meetings using Google Chrome ™	22M	2.3	2.5K	Social	2y 10mo
uBlock Origin Lite An efficient content blocker. Blocks ads, trackers, miners, and more immediately upon installation.	21M +10.5%	4.5	3.6K	Privacy	12d
360 Internet Protection 360 Internet Protection	19M +5.6%	4.5	5.6K	Accessibility	10mo
Claude Claude in Chrome	17M +13.3%	2.9	1.8K	Tools	13d
AdGuard AdBlocker Unmatched adblock extension against advertising and pop-ups. Blocks ads on Facebook, YouTube and all other websites.	17M +6.2%	4.7	68.8K	Privacy	12d
Free VPN for Chrome - VPN Proxy VeePN Fast, ultra secure, and easy to use VPN service to protect your privacy online. Enjoy Unlimited Traffic and Bandwidth!	15M +7.1%	4.5	53K	Workflow	24d
VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection Connect to the fastest VPN out there — NordVPN. Hide your IP, block ads, and be safer online with our VPN proxy extension for Chrome	14M	4.3	9.1K	Privacy	25d
PayPal Honey: Automated Coupons & Rewards Save money and earn rewards when you shop online.	13M	4.6	179.6K	Shopping	17d
MetaMask The world's most trusted crypto wallet	12M	2.7	5.9K	Workflow	20d
Malwarebytes Browser Guard Block malware, scams, phishing and trackers for safer, cleaner, and ad-free browsing.	12M +9.1%	3.8	1.6K	Privacy	25d
Microsoft Power Automate Add-on for enabling web automation. This web extension is compatible with Power Automate for desktop version 2.27 or later.	12M +9.1%	2.1	191	Workflow	21d
Tampermonkey Change the web at will with userscripts	12M	4.7	73.1K	Workflow	15d
Adblock for Youtube™ Removes ads from Youtube™.	11M	4.4	382.7K	Workflow	1mo
Extension for CAdES Browser Plugin Расширение позволяет использовать ЭЦП Browser plugin в браузере. Для работы требует установленного ЭЦП Browser plugin.	11M +22.2%	3.4	28	Privacy	8mo
Online Security Powering your web experience with a reliable, endpoint protection layer.	11M	3.6	596	Privacy	3mo
Endpoint Verification Allows Google Workspace administrators to view laptop and desktop status, including OS, device, and user information.	10M +11.1%	3.4	95	Workflow	7mo
Netflix Party is now Teleparty Watch Netflix, Youtube, Disney Plus, Max and more in sync with friends	10M	4.1	17.5K	Entertainment	17d

Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools

by Adobe, Inc.

Users (Δ 30d)

342M

+4.9%

Rating

4.4

Reviews

63.8K

Category

Workflow

Updated

19d

Developer

Adobe, Inc.

迅雷下载支持

by Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Users (Δ 30d)

77M

+14.9%

Rating

2.9

Reviews

1.4K

Category

Tools

Updated

25d

Developer

Shenzhen Xunlei Network Technology Co., Ltd.

AdBlock — block ads across the web

by ADBLOCK, INC.

Users (Δ 30d)

65M

+4.8%

Rating

4.5

Reviews

290.3K

Category

Workflow

Updated

13d

Developer

ADBLOCK, INC.

Chrome Remote Desktop

by Google Ireland, Ltd.

Users (Δ 30d)

41M

+10.8%

Rating

3.1

Reviews

Category

Workflow

Updated

2y 2mo

Developer

Google Ireland, Ltd.

Grammarly: AI Writing Assistant and Grammar Checker App

by Grammarly

Users (Δ 30d)

41M

+5.1%

Rating

4.5

Reviews

43.1K

Category

Communication

Updated

14d

Developer

Grammarly

Adblock Plus - free ad blocker

by eyeo GmbH

Users (Δ 30d)

40M

+2.6%

Rating

4.4

Reviews

188.1K

Category

Workflow

Updated

12d

Developer

eyeo GmbH

Google Translate

by Google Ireland, Ltd.

Users (Δ 30d)

38M

+11.8%

Rating

4.2

Reviews

44.9K

Category

Education

Updated

3mo

Developer

Google Ireland, Ltd.

Microsoft Single Sign On

by Microsoft

Users (Δ 30d)

37M

+5.7%

Rating

2.2

Reviews

998

Category

Workflow

Updated

2y 2mo

Developer

Microsoft

Cisco Webex Extension

by cisco.chromestore

Users (Δ 30d)

22M

Rating

2.3

Reviews

2.5K

Category

Social

Updated

2y 10mo

Developer

cisco.chromestore

uBlock Origin Lite

by Raymond Hill (gorhill)

Users (Δ 30d)

21M

+10.5%

Rating

4.5

Reviews

3.6K

Category

Privacy

Updated

12d

Developer

Raymond Hill (gorhill)

360 Internet Protection

by 360

Users (Δ 30d)

19M

+5.6%

Rating

4.5

Reviews

5.6K

Category

Accessibility

Updated

10mo

Developer

360

Claude

by Anthropic

Users (Δ 30d)

17M

+13.3%

Rating

2.9

Reviews

1.8K

Category

Tools

Updated

13d

Developer

Anthropic

AdGuard AdBlocker

by Adguard Software Limited

Users (Δ 30d)

17M

+6.2%

Rating

4.7

Reviews

68.8K

Category

Privacy

Updated

12d

Developer

Adguard Software Limited

Free VPN for Chrome - VPN Proxy VeePN

by VeePN CORP

Users (Δ 30d)

15M

+7.1%

Rating

4.5

Reviews

53K

Category

Workflow

Updated

24d

Developer

VeePN CORP

VPN for Chrome: NordVPN proxy protection

by nordvpn S.A.

Users (Δ 30d)

14M

Rating

4.3

Reviews

9.1K

Category

Privacy

Updated

25d

Developer

nordvpn S.A.

PayPal Honey: Automated Coupons & Rewards

by PayPal Inc.

Users (Δ 30d)

13M

Rating

4.6

Reviews

179.6K

Category

Shopping

Updated

17d

Developer

PayPal Inc.

MetaMask

by Consensys Software Inc.

Users (Δ 30d)

12M

Rating

2.7

Reviews

5.9K

Category

Workflow

Updated

20d

Developer

Consensys Software Inc.

Malwarebytes Browser Guard

by Malwarebytes

Users (Δ 30d)

12M

+9.1%

Rating

3.8

Reviews

1.6K

Category

Privacy

Updated

25d

Developer

Malwarebytes

Microsoft Power Automate

by Microsoft Corporation

Users (Δ 30d)

12M

+9.1%

Rating

2.1

Reviews

191

Category

Workflow

Updated

21d

Developer

Microsoft Corporation

Tampermonkey

by Jan Biniok

Users (Δ 30d)

12M

Rating

4.7

Reviews

73.1K

Category

Workflow

Updated

15d

Developer

Jan Biniok

Adblock for Youtube™

by AdBlock Ltd.

Users (Δ 30d)

11M

Rating

4.4

Reviews

382.7K

Category

Workflow

Updated

1mo

Developer

AdBlock Ltd.

Extension for CAdES Browser Plugin

by cadescompany

Users (Δ 30d)

11M

+22.2%

Rating

3.4

Reviews

Category

Privacy

Updated

8mo

Developer

cadescompany

Online Security

by Reason Labs inc.

Users (Δ 30d)

11M

Rating

3.6

Reviews

596

Category

Privacy

Updated

3mo

Developer

Reason Labs inc.

Endpoint Verification

by Google LLC

Users (Δ 30d)

10M

+11.1%

Rating

3.4

Reviews

Category

Workflow

Updated

7mo

Developer

Google LLC

Netflix Party is now Teleparty

by Delaware C Corporation

Users (Δ 30d)

10M

Rating

4.1

Reviews

17.5K

Category

Entertainment

Updated

17d

Developer

Delaware C Corporation

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How Chrome Extensions Make Money

The Chrome Web Store stopped processing payments years ago, so every extension that charges now bills through its own system. That pushed the market into four models. Freemium subscription is the most durable: the extension is free and a paid tier unlocks the part people reach for daily. A one-time license suits utilities people buy once and keep, like converters and downloaders. Some of the largest extensions are free front doors to a paid web app, where the browser is only the capture point and the money sits in the backend. Affiliate and B2B sales tools work as well, but only run openly, since hidden affiliate injection is what turned the category toxic and now gets flagged in review.

What Installs and Ratings Say About Revenue

Nothing in the Chrome Web Store shows earnings, and no dataset can reconstruct them, because the billing happens elsewhere. What the store does publish is install base, rating, review volume and how recently the developer shipped, and those four together bound the question well enough to act on. A large install base with a weak rating means the demand is real and nobody is satisfying it. A modest install base with a high rating and steady updates usually means a small paying audience someone serves properly. An install count that has not moved in a year alongside a dead update history means the extension is coasting, whatever it once earned. We show those signals instead of a revenue column, because inventing the column would be worse than leaving it out.

How to Find the Most Profitable Chrome Extensions

Start from the category, not the extension. Filter to a lane you could actually build in, sort by install base to find the ceiling, then sort by rating to find who is failing at it. The Chrome Web Store gives you neither a full ranking nor any history, so the usual way to research a category is scrolling a page of editorially chosen tools. Profitable tracks every live listing and snapshots install counts over time, so you can sort the whole store and see which extensions are still growing rather than which ones Google decided to feature. The pattern worth chasing is a category with strong install numbers spread across tools nobody has updated in years.

Chrome Extension Revenue FAQ

Can you make money from Chrome extensions?

Yes, though the distribution is brutal. Most listings in the store never clear a few dozen users, and the ones that earn cluster in a thin band of daily-use tools with a clear paid tier. The realistic path is not a breakout consumer extension, it is a narrow tool a specific group needs every day and will expense. Profitable ranks every live extension by install base and growth, so you can see where that band sits rather than guess at it.

Are Chrome extensions passive income?

Not really. Chrome ships breaking platform changes on its own schedule: Manifest V3 forced a rewrite across most of the store, and permission and privacy rules keep tightening. The upkeep is light next to a full SaaS, but an extension left alone drifts into broken and the rating follows within a release or two. Treat it as a small product that needs an owner, not a set-and-forget asset.

Can you charge for a Chrome extension in the Web Store?

Not through the store. Google shut down Chrome Web Store payments and the in-app purchase API in 2021, so there is no paid listing and no store checkout any more. Everything that charges today runs its own billing, usually a license key or an account the extension signs into. That is also why install counts say nothing about revenue: two extensions with identical numbers can be a free hobby project and a subscription business.

Which Chrome extension categories are the most profitable?

Privacy and Workflow carry the highest average reach per listing, with Accessibility and Social close behind, so those lanes deliver more users per competing extension than the store's biggest category does. The averages are pulled up by a few giants in each, so read them as where the ceiling sits rather than what a typical listing gets. Tools holds more extensions than any other category by a wide margin and the typical listing in it goes nowhere.

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