---
title: "Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "4,000 users, rated 4.33 by 6 people. Version 2.1.0, updated 2026-07-27. Requests 0 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff"
---

# Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 4,000
- Rating: 4.33 from 6 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-13 03:00 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: −2,000 (-33.3%)
- Rank by users: #11,109 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Privacy & Security: #294 of 5,693

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Configures Brave Search as the default search engine.

- Extension ID: `imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff`
- Developer: [Brave Software](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u872ff1895d5b602bf4e5772bfdc4d72f)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Privacy & Security](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/privacy)
- First published: 2025-03-25
- Last updated: 2026-07-27
- Version: `2.1.0`
- Size: 37.96 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (2): English (United States), português (Brasil)
- Support page: `https://community.brave.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brave-search-official-pri/imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff%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 | 4,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-11-05 | 4,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-10-29 | 6,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-10-22 | 5,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-10-15 | 6,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-10-08 | 6,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-10-01 | 5,000 | 4.33 | 6 |
| 2026-09-27 | 5,000 | 4.33 | 6 |

## 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.

It asks for no permissions.

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Brave Talk for Calendars](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nimfmkdcckklbkhjjkmbjfcpaiifgamg) | 5,000 | 4.92 | 25 | Workflow & Planning |

All 2 extensions by [Brave Software](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u872ff1895d5b602bf4e5772bfdc4d72f).

## 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 03:00 UTC; next check around 2026-11-20.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Brave Search (official) - Private Search Engine” (imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-13. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/imoinfjmpciaeboldbfaakmmjkijkeff. Accessed 2026-11-13.

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

---

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