---
title: "Image Alt Text Viewer – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "70,000 users, rated 4.42 by 24 people. Version 1.3, updated 2024-10-14. Requests 2 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd"
---

# Image Alt Text Viewer

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 70,000
- Rating: 4.42 from 24 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-11-08 10:23 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: No change (+0.0%)
- Rank by users: #2,020 of 292,131 live extensions
- Rank in Accessibility: #132 of 8,374

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Display alternative texts for images on a web page.

- Extension ID: `nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd`
- Developer: [Andreas Nylin](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u65aba61311bae61bad3d47ab9d9a98b0)
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility](https://extensiontracker.com/category/make_chrome_yours/accessibility)
- First published: 2020-06-12
- Last updated: 2024-10-14
- Version: `1.3`
- Size: 17.67 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/image-alt-text-viewer/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-11-08 | 70,000 | 4.42 | 24 |
| 2026-11-01 | 70,000 | 4.42 | 24 |
| 2026-10-25 | 70,000 | 4.39 | 23 |
| 2026-10-18 | 70,000 | 4.39 | 23 |
| 2026-10-10 | 70,000 | 4.39 | 23 |
| 2026-10-03 | 70,000 | 4.39 | 23 |
| 2026-09-27 | 70,000 | 4.39 | 23 |

## 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

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach

## 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 2026-11-08 10:23 UTC; next check around 2026-11-15.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Image Alt Text Viewer” (nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd. Accessed 2026-11-13.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd,
  title   = {Image Alt Text Viewer (nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-11-08},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd},
  urldate = {2026-11-13}
}
```

---

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