---
title: "LeechBlock NG – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 4.95 by 1,644 people. Version 1.8, updated 2026-10-12. Requests 8 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok"
---

# LeechBlock NG

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 4.95 from 1,644 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-09 01:56 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #371 of 49,293

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> LeechBlock is a simple productivity tool for blocking time-wasting sites.

- Extension ID: `blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok`
- Developer: [James Anderson](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u6a98908c4d4f1270539fdf27aa0d80d0)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2017-12-22
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Version: `1.8`
- Size: 441 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (9): Deutsch, English, Tiếng Việt, azərbaycan, español, italiano, português (Brasil), svenska, עברית
- Support page: `https://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/support/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/leechblock-ng/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-09 | 100,000 | 4.95 | 1,644 |
| 2026-11-02 | 100,000 | 4.92 | 1,632 |
| 2026-10-27 | 100,000 | 4.89 | 1,619 |
| 2026-10-20 | 100,000 | 4.88 | 1,615 |
| 2026-10-13 | 100,000 | 4.89 | 1,598 |
| 2026-10-09 | 100,000 | 4.89 | 1,596 |
| 2026-10-01 | 100,000 | 4.89 | 1,573 |
| 2026-09-26 | 100,000 | 4.89 | 1,570 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-13: New version `1.8`, replacing `1.7.3`.
- 2026-10-13: Now listed in 9 languages, from 7.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

No move to another account and no new contact email since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*/*lb-custom*`: Every website
- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `history`: Read and change your browsing history

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-11-09 01:56 UTC; next check around 2026-11-15.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “LeechBlock NG” (blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok,
  title   = {LeechBlock NG (blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-09},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/blaaajhemilngeeffpbfkdjjoefldkok},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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