Organize your 9 tiles into three rows of three:
| Top Row (Work) | Middle Row (Personal) | Bottom Row (Quick Access) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Gmail | YouTube | Weather.com | | Notion | Reddit | Google Translate | | GitHub | Amazon | Calendar |
In Chromium’s source code, the change from 8 to 9 most visited sites is controlled by a feature flag: chrome newtab mostvisited9 updated
// components/ntp_tiles/constants.h
const int kMaxNumTiles = 9; // Updated from 8
The TopSites service, which pulls data from the history database, now ranks URLs using a scoring function that considers:
The NTP frontend (implemented in JavaScript/HTML via chrome://new-tab-page) dynamically allocates a CSS grid with minmax(88px, 1fr) columns to support responsive layouts. Organize your 9 tiles into three rows of
For developers and power users, the mostvisited9 update also brings necessary backend maintenance.
Microsoft Edge and Safari both offer customizable 2-rows or 3-rows with up to 10 shortcuts. By moving to 9, Chrome remains competitive without overcrowding the interface. The TopSites service, which pulls data from the
Google Chrome’s New Tab Page (NTP) has long featured a "Most Visited" section (often labeled Frequently Visited or Top Sites) that displays shortcuts to websites a user visits most often. Historically, this section showed 8 tiles. A significant update — referred to internally and in Chromium commits as "MostVisited9" — expands this grid to 9 tiles, alongside behavioral and visual refinements.