---
title: "Read Later – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "3,000 users, rated 4.59 by 22 people. Version 9.2.0, updated 2026-09-11. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib"
---

# Read Later

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 3,000
- Rating: 4.59 from 22 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 00:53 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #12,549 of 264,702 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #3,859 of 44,474

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> A temporary bookmark focuses on reading later, rather than closing and removing, with several Vim keybindings!

- Extension ID: `fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib`
- Developer: [will.b.chang](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ue1b10af016e63db871a578ac2d3606d1)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2019-12-24
- Last updated: 2026-09-11
- Version: `9.2.0`
- Size: 138 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://github.com/willbchang/chrome-read-later/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/read-later/fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 3,000 | 4.59 | 22 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## 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 where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `favicon`: Read the icons of sites you visit
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## 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 2026-09-27 00:53 UTC; next check around 2026-10-01.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Read Later” (fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib,
  title   = {Read Later (fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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