Scroll progress indicator at the top of every page. 8 colors, adjustable thickness, hide per-tab. Minimal reading progress bar.
Users
16
−8 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
+5.00 in 30 days
Ratings
1
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#163K
#136K among extensions
Version
1.1.0
updated 14 Sep 2026
Users
monthly, 4 months
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:16 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
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Latest, 16 Oct 2026:1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Scroll Progress Indicator — Reading Progress Bar
📊 Scroll Progress Indicator — Reading Progress Bar
See how far you have read on every page with a scroll progress indicator at the top of your screen.
When you open a long article, blog post, or documentation page, the reading progress bar fills as you scroll. Stop wondering how far down page you are — the scroll indicator tells you.
✨ FEATURES
📍 Scroll progress bar at the top or bottom of any webpage — pick the position that fits your reading style.
🎨 8 color presets plus custom hex value for the customizable progress bar — match your brand, theme, or mood.
📏 Adjustable thickness for the scroll indicator — go thin for a minimal progress bar that fades into the page, or thick for a bold reading bar that stands out.
🚫 Per-tab disable to hide the page progress bar — when you do not want a scroll percentage indicator on a specific page, toggle it off and the bar disappears for that tab only.
📚 Article reading progress and blog reading progress at a glance — the reading completion bar shows your scroll position as you move through long-form content.
⚙️ Customizable settings save automatically — set color, thickness, and placement once; the webpage progress bar remembers your choices across browser sessions.
🎯 WHO IT IS FOR
📖 Long-form readers who want a scroll position indicator on news sites, blogs, and Medium articles.
🎓 Students working through documentation or research papers — the page reading indicator shows how far through a chapter you are.
✍️ Writers reviewing drafts of their own articles — the reading tracker gives a clear sense of length.
🔍 Researchers scanning through long pages — the vertical scroll indicator works as a scroll tracker so you always know your spot.
🛠️ HOW IT WORKS
🔒 The scroll progress chrome extension runs entirely locally on your device. No data collection. No tracking servers. No analytics.
📐 Page scroll progress is calculated from your scroll position relative to total page height — the same math used by every minimal progress bar reference site on the web.
🎚️ Open the popup to adjust the chrome progress bar:
— Pick from 8 color presets or enter a custom hex value
— Choose top or bottom placement
— Set thickness from 1px to 8px
— Toggle the bar on or off for the current tab
🚀 WHY THIS SCROLL INDICATOR
Most scroll bar chrome extensions add weight to the browser. They request broad permissions. They include analytics scripts.
This browser progress bar stays light:
— Tiny code footprint
— Only the permissions needed to inject the bar
— No third-party scripts
— No telemetry
— Works on every site
The page reading progress indicator is designed for daily workflows. Install once. Forget it is there. Notice it when you scroll.
📝 USE CASES
📰 News article reading — see how many paragraphs remain before the next story.
📖 Medium and Substack — the reading bar shows your spot on long essays.
📚 Documentation — engineers reading docs get a page completion indicator without leaving the screen.
📑 Long single-page articles — for sites that render long pieces as one page, the scroll progress bar works as a virtual page progress bar.
🔬 Academic research — the page scroll progress helps you know how much of a paper is left.
💡 TIPS
— Pair the reading progress chrome extension with your favorite reader mode for the cleanest experience.
— Use a color that contrasts with your most-visited sites — dark grey for white pages, light blue for dark themes.
— Set thickness to 2px or 3px for a barely-there feel.
Install the reading bar chrome extension and get a clean webpage progress bar that fits any reading workflow.
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30 days
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