Ghostery
Shares rank 48 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
People recommend Ghostery as a browser extension that blocks trackers and beacons for privacy. The main caveat is doubt about whether it can be trusted, given its past problematic behaviour.
People recommend Ghostery as a browser extension that blocks trackers and beacons for privacy. The main caveat is doubt about whether it can be trusted, given its past problematic behaviour.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Blocks trackers and beacons
“You can install privacy extensions like ghostery to block beacons.”
Comment from 20 Nov 2025 in “Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws” “especially uBlock Origin (UBO), Ghostery, No script, etc.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| GhosteryThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“especially uBlock Origin (UBO), Ghostery, No script, etc.”
“Ghostery has a history of slightly problematic behaviour if you're using it for privacy purposes.”
“Both are superfluous if you have ublock”
“they perform about as well as you need them to for an adblocker”
“I don't know if I'd trust them implicitly.”
“Having been bought out by an ad company?”
“I think it is Ghostry that is faking the responses but I still have a pretty unique fingerprint”
“You can install privacy extensions like ghostery to block beacons.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.