The Chrome Extensions launch landscape has shifted every year since 2021. 1380 products indexed. Below, we break it down by volume, engagement, and the individual products that mattered most.
Five years of Chrome Extensions launch data. Volume, engagement, and the products that stood out.
The Chrome Extensions launch landscape has shifted every year since 2021. 1380 products indexed. Below, we break it down by volume, engagement, and the individual products that mattered most.
| Quarter | Launches | Avg Interest Score | Top Product |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 64 | 130 | 2-b.ai |
| Q1 2025 | 77 | 123 | Quick Mock |
| Q2 2025 | 104 | 124 | Thunai |
| Q3 2025 | 74 | 118 | Howdy |
| Q4 2025 | 43 | 140 | Surgeflow |
| Q1 2024 | 38 | 147 | Bluedot 1.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 31 | 220 | timeOS 2.0 |
| Q3 2024 | 75 | 197 | Trupeer.ai |
| Q4 2024 | 51 | 204 | VocAdapt |
| Q1 2023 | 102 | 147 | Use ChatGPT |
| Q2 2023 | 104 | 132 | Betafi |
| Q3 2023 | 114 | 140 | Supademo 2.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 73 | 160 | Beep! 2.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 58 | 171 | Bardeen |
| Q2 2022 | 46 | 172 | Jiffy Reader |
| Q3 2022 | 51 | 155 | Arcade 2.0 |
The Chrome Extensions category has been cooling over the past 6 years of tracked data. Total launches went from 188 in 2021 to 64 in 2026.
Average engagement ratio across all Chrome Extensions launches: 0.25. Products above that line tend to solve a specific, painful problem. Products below it often entered a crowded space without clear differentiation.
Chrome Extensions peaked in 2023 with 393 launches. That was 3 years ago. The decline since then could signal market consolidation, saturation, or attention shifting to adjacent categories.
Average engagement per product dropped from 0.22 in 2021 to 0.20 in 2026. More products competing for the same attention pool. The community is spread thinner, which makes high-engagement launches more impressive.
The highest-performing quarter was Q2 2024, with an average interest score of 220 across 31 launches. timeOS 2.0 led that quarter.
1096 B2B launches (79%) vs 284 B2C (21%) across the full Chrome Extensions dataset. Chrome Extensions leans B2B, but a meaningful share of products target individual users.
2021: 188 launches. Average interest: 139. Average engagement: 0.22. Top launch: Tango (1,132 interest).
2022: 242 launches (+29% vs 2021). Average interest: 151. Average engagement: 0.25. Top launch: Bardeen (1,263 interest).
2023: 393 launches (+62% vs 2022). Average interest: 143. Average engagement: 0.22. Top launch: Beep! 2.0 (849 interest).
2024: 195 launches (-50% vs 2023). Average interest: 193. Average engagement: 0.30. Top launch: VocAdapt (976 interest).
2025: 298 launches (+53% vs 2024). Average interest: 125. Average engagement: 0.30. Top launch: Surgeflow (712 interest).
2026: 64 launches (-79% vs 2025). Average interest: 130. Average engagement: 0.20. Top launch: 2-b.ai (435 interest).
Launch volume drops but engagement per product rises. Fewer builders entering, but the ones that do find a more receptive audience. That's an opportunity signal. We flag it when we see it.
We report what happened. We don't predict. Five years of data shows patterns, but markets surprise people for a living.
Three common reasons. The market consolidated around winners. The technology matured and stopped generating new startups. Or builder attention shifted to adjacent categories. Usually it's a combination.
Volume without engagement is saturation. Engagement without volume is opportunity. Check which one you're looking at.
Sum of all interest scores in the quarter divided by number of products. Simple average. We don't weight by category or product age.
Depends on what's declining. If volume drops but engagement rises, the market is maturing. That's often good for existing players. If both drop, the category may be dying. The quarterly breakdown on each page tells you which pattern you're seeing.
At least three. Two data points is a line, not a trend. We have five years of data for most categories, which is enough to distinguish real shifts from noise.