The MV2 Purge in Numbers: 44,158 Extensions, 92 Million Users, and What Edge Faces Next
Chrome removed 44,158 Manifest V2 extensions with 92.3M users in 48 hours, ten months before its own deadline. Full data, plus Edge’s 3,339 live MV2 listings.
Insights, guides, and data on browser extension analytics and growth.
Chrome removed 44,158 Manifest V2 extensions with 92.3M users in 48 hours, ten months before its own deadline. Full data, plus Edge’s 3,339 live MV2 listings.
Chrome added 43,418 extensions in Q2 2026 while Firefox and Edge slowed. Full data on growth, reach, abandonment, and policy across all three stores.
See where new browser extensions can still win in 2026, using supply, growth, ratings and maintenance data from Chrome, Edge and Firefox.
We measured 254,621 live Chrome extensions to show what happens after launch: review timing, realistic install benchmarks, ratings, and how long growth actually takes.
Browser extension market in Q1 2026: Chrome stayed largest, Firefox grew fastest, and adoption remained highly concentrated.