---
title: "Night Search – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 4.19 by 31 people. Version 1.9.1, updated 2023-09-05. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob"
---

# Night Search

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 4.19 from 31 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-13 00:53 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #17,862 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Functionality & UI: #629 of 11,702

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Night Search new tab page with weather widget and dark wallpapers

- Extension ID: `cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob`
- Developer: [Night Search](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u934f924f2c8e1b96eab87fc80a1bd3f3)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Functionality & UI](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/functionality)
- First published: 2023-04-05
- Last updated: 2023-09-05
- Version: `1.9.1`
- Size: 43.09 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Privacy policy: `https://nightsearch.org/privacy.html`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/night-search/cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-13 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-10-24 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-10-17 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-10-10 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-10-04 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-09-28 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |
| 2026-09-26 | 1,000 | 4.19 | 31 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-26.

## 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.

### Browser features

- `geolocation`: Detect your location
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `topSites`: Read your most visited sites

## 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 2026-11-13 00:53 UTC; next check around 2026-11-20.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Night Search” (cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-13. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob,
  title   = {Night Search (cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-13},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cgkahgkfohjgbajlpmafcmfbifajfpob},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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