---
title: "Political Lens – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 1.0.5, updated 2026-07-16. Requests 10 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nhlnbpeigclapamgbkpaapklbahfclbd"
---

# Political Lens

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 06:14 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #175,436 of 264,699 live extensions
- Rank in News & Weather: #936 of 1,597

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Analyze a web article's text and reveal its left/right political leaning score.

- Extension ID: `nhlnbpeigclapamgbkpaapklbahfclbd`
- Developer: [None](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u779d31587234cbec28d08e5aa582dbe8)
- Category: [Lifestyle › News & Weather](https://extensiontracker.com/category/lifestyle/news)
- First published: 2026-06-10
- Last updated: 2026-07-16
- Version: `1.0.5`
- Size: 204 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Privacy policy: `https://david88.notion.site/Political-Lens-Privacy-Policy-37a08a5944228102b795f41cbe3c6139`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/political-lens/nhlnbpeigclapamgbkpaapklbahfclbd>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Peek: <https://crxpeek.com/?id=nhlnbpeigclapamgbkpaapklbahfclbd>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 7 | 5.00 | 1 |

## 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.

### Sites

- `*://*.cnn.com/*`: cnn.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.foxnews.com/*`: foxnews.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.nbcnews.com/*`: nbcnews.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.nytimes.com/*`: nytimes.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.washingtonpost.com/*`: washingtonpost.com and its subdomains
- `*://abcnews.com/*`: abcnews.com
- `*://www.abcnews.com/*`: www.abcnews.com
- `https://news-extensions-backend.vercel.app/*`: news-extensions-backend.vercel.app

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*.cnn.com/*`: cnn.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.foxnews.com/*`: foxnews.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.nbcnews.com/*`: nbcnews.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.nytimes.com/*`: nytimes.com and its subdomains
- `*://*.washingtonpost.com/*`: washingtonpost.com and its subdomains
- `*://abcnews.com/*`: abcnews.com
- `*://www.abcnews.com/*`: www.abcnews.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work

## 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 2026-09-27 06:14 UTC; next check around 2026-10-14.

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

## Cite this page

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

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

---

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