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Block News Websites

by Aditya · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Blocks access to distracting News Websites to focus on your task

Users
442
+23 in 30 days
Rating
3.2 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
11
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#46K
#39K among extensions
Version
1.6
updated 22 May 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
60251442Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 442 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
2611Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 11 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Block News Websites

News website blocker. This extension blocks more than 5000 news websites. When you try to open the tab of any of the blocked news website, this extension will close the tab directly. This extension blocks many news websites like bbc, nytimes, washington post, cnn, nbc, fox news, etc. To request addition of any new website, write on the support tab. Please support the development of free softwares like this https://www.buymeacoffee.com/adityaw114

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+5+1.1%00.00
30 days+23+5.5%00.00
6 months−1−0.2%00.00
1 year+66+17.6%+1+0.18

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Block News Websites appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
news#8+8
block#89new

Version history

6 versions recorded
1.622 May 2025
1.513 Jul 2024
1.420 Apr 2024
1.38 Feb 2023
1.130 Jan 2023
1.07 Jan 2022

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
7 Jan 2022
Size
60 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
jfogekncgajjiipekhdoggechclejdph

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 1
Permissions
storagetabs
Site access
https://jua836hit2.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/default/checksummm/*

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