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Hacker News Sizer

by unclebill · News & Weather
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Resize news title by popularity

Users
2
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
3
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#354K
#270K among extensions
Version
0.2.0
updated 2 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
025Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 2 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
123Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 3 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 Hacker News Sizer

Hacker News Sizer helps to resize font size of news title according to its popularity, to highlight the most popular news.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−33.3%00.00
30 days+1+100.0%00.00
6 months0+0.0%00.00
1 year0+0.0%00.00

Version history

4 versions recorded
0.2.02 Sep 2026
0.1.128 Sep 2022
0.1.014 Nov 2021
0.0.11 Jan 2020

Details

Category
News & Weather
First seen
1 Jan 2020
Size
19 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
jnkaeijhkblmkejdbolppkkpblcgjhnf

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 1, likelihood 2
Site access
https://news.ycombinator.com/*

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