---
title: "Bitly | Short links and QR Codes – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "500,000 users, rated 3.24 by 1,594 people. Version 4.5.3, updated 2026-09-10. Requests 6 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic"
---

# Bitly \| Short links and QR Codes

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 500,000
- Rating: 3.24 from 1,594 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-07 19:20 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #448 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Social Networking: #20 of 7,576

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Create short, powerful links and QR Codes and share them with the world.

- Extension ID: `iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic`
- Developer: [Bitly Inc](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u56991d9a8a38af77de1c09d725313631)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Lifestyle › Social Networking](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/social)
- First published: 2009-12-08
- Last updated: 2026-09-10
- Version: `4.5.3`
- Size: 565 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88.0.0
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `http://bitly.com/`
- Support page: `http://support.bitly.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bitly-short-links-and-qr/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-07 | 500,000 | 3.24 | 1,594 |
| 2026-10-31 | 500,000 | 3.24 | 1,595 |
| 2026-10-24 | 500,000 | 3.24 | 1,595 |
| 2026-10-17 | 500,000 | 3.22 | 1,594 |
| 2026-10-10 | 500,000 | 3.70 | 1,595 |
| 2026-10-03 | 500,000 | 3.70 | 1,594 |
| 2026-09-27 | 500,000 | 3.70 | 1,594 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

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

## 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 2026-09-27.

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.

### Sites

- `https://api-ssl.bitly.com/`: api-ssl.bitly.com
- `https://api-ssl.bitly.net/`: api-ssl.bitly.net

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `clipboardWrite`: Change what's in your clipboard
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [QR Code Generator](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/acemghaampbghppcleinhklcikdlgiee) | 43 | 5.00 | 2 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [Bitly Inc](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u56991d9a8a38af77de1c09d725313631).

## 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 2026-11-07 19:20 UTC; next check around 2026-11-14.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Bitly \| Short links and QR Codes” (iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic,
  title   = {Bitly | Short links and QR Codes (iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-07},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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