---
title: "Kana Tab – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "235 users, rated 5.00 by 3 people. Version 2.0.0, updated 2024-05-21. Requests 1 permission."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn"
---

# Kana Tab

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 235
- Rating: 5.00 from 3 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-10-21 11:51 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +21 (+9.8%)
- Rank by users: #47,612 of 292,125 live extensions
- Rank in Education: #1,536 of 12,901

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Learn Japanese hiragana and katakana in every new tab

- Extension ID: `mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn`
- Developer: [Darren Lester](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u6ea6fb901df9d1239d4ca9f2f974a076)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Education](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/education)
- First published: 2016-08-30
- Last updated: 2024-05-21
- Version: `2.0.0`
- Size: 29.5 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United Kingdom)
- Website: `darrenlester.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kana-tab/mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-21 | 235 | 5.00 | 3 |
| 2026-09-27 | 214 | 5.00 | 3 |

## 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.

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Furigana Toggle](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nkkjdpdmojaobchjkhhlfgeopllbldcg) | 2,000 | 3.92 | 13 | Education |

All 2 extensions by [Darren Lester](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u6ea6fb901df9d1239d4ca9f2f974a076).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-21 11:51 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Kana Tab” (mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn,
  title   = {Kana Tab (mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-21},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/mpcdgnhoopfipjmfiadfofkkgeghfchn},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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