---
title: "Newsit: Hacker News and Reddit Links – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "663 users, rated 5.00 by 5 people. Version 2.1.2, updated 2026-09-09. Requests 3 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl"
---

# Newsit: Hacker News and Reddit Links

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 663
- Rating: 5.00 from 5 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 06:27 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #29,700 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #8,116 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Find Reddit or Hacker News discussions on the current page!

- Extension ID: `nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl`
- Developer: [Ben Winding](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2ec84f81dfe9d57c6575a493702b9a78)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2018-07-13
- Last updated: 2026-09-09
- Version: `2.1.2`
- Size: 309 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 93
- Languages (1): English
- Support page: `https://github.com/benwinding/newsit/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/newsit-hacker-news-and-re/nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fnngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl>

## Users over time

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

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 663 | 5.00 | 5 |

## 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.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `*://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [SVG 2 Clipboard](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pacmblooebolmbakblffejfmhmnojece) | 122 | 5.00 | 2 | Developer Tools |

All 2 extensions by [Ben Winding](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u2ec84f81dfe9d57c6575a493702b9a78).

## 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 06:27 UTC; next check around 2026-10-15.

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

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Newsit: Hacker News and Reddit Links” (nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl,
  title   = {Newsit: Hacker News and Reddit Links (nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/nngjdplpkehilhcinpccdbkjaknkkifl},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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