Exstats: A unified analytics platform for tracking browser extensions across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
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Artur
Day-old at best. Try it dunked in something stronger.
Summary
Exstats is a unified analytics and market research platform for browser extension developers. It aggregates data from Chrome Web Store, Microsoft Edge Add-ons, and Firefox Add-ons, allowing users to track their own extensions, monitor competitors, analyze ratings/reviews/rankings/keywords, and explore over 280K browser extensions. The tool provides daily updates, historical data, exports, and alerts to help developers understand market trends and product performance across multiple browser stores in one place.
Key quotes
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If you're building an extension, it's hard to understand how your product is performing, what competitors are doing, which keywords matter, and how the market is changing.
Exstats brings all of that into one unified view.
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