---
title: "Channel Blocker – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "100,000 users, rated 2.70 by 826 people. Version 3.0.5, updated 2024-08-05. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp"
---

# Channel Blocker

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 100,000
- Rating: 2.70 from 826 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-12 12:34 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #1,054 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Social Networking: #51 of 7,576

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Allows you to block YouTube™ videos and comments by blacklisting users and/or by using regular expressions.

- Extension ID: `nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp`
- Developer: [timemachine.development](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u1256952663bdc87e92d1ba7cf3e727c6)
- 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: 2018-11-29
- Last updated: 2024-08-05
- Version: `3.0.5`
- Size: 83.61 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/Time-Machine-Development/Channel-Blocker-Manifest-v3/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/channel-blocker/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-12 | 100,000 | 2.70 | 826 |
| 2026-11-06 | 100,000 | 2.70 | 826 |
| 2026-10-29 | 100,000 | 2.70 | 825 |
| 2026-10-22 | 100,000 | 2.65 | 825 |
| 2026-10-15 | 100,000 | 2.63 | 823 |
| 2026-10-08 | 100,000 | 3.41 | 822 |
| 2026-10-01 | 100,000 | 3.42 | 822 |
| 2026-09-27 | 100,000 | 3.42 | 822 |

## 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 where it runs scripts

- `*://www.youtube.com/*`: www.youtube.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

## 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 2026-11-12 12:34 UTC; next check around 2026-11-19.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Channel Blocker” (nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp,
  title   = {Channel Blocker (nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-12},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nfkmalbckemmklibjddenhnofgnfcdfp},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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