Aggregated Core Web Vitals performance by Shopify Theme

How does your Shopify theme perform on real shops with real users?

Data last updated: 19 Dec 2024

Learn how popular Shopify themes perform against Google's Core Web Vitals (CWVs) experienced by real users. For each theme listed, the numbers are the percentage of shops for which at least 75% of users experienced good performance.

Methodology

The data is aggregated for the last 7 days before the update with no sampling (100% of events). We try to exclude as much bot traffic as possible. The data combines all device types (desktop and mobile).

For a shop to be eligible to be counted for a theme, it has to fulfill the following conditions:

  • Have at least 100 events (views) per day.
  • Be an active shop.
  • Use a custom domain (not shop.myshopify.com).
  • Use one of the latest 3 versions of the base theme.

Previously, we aggregated the data without any version restrictions. Our goal was to provide a general overview of the entire ecosystem that way. At the same time, we understand this approach doesn't give justice to authors who worked on improving their theme in recent versions.

After some discussion, we decided only to consider stores using the 3 most recent versions of each theme. It should hopefully give a better indication of the current performance while accounting for the time needed to update after a new release.

My theme shows up slow, is that bad?

Not necessarily. The real-user performance of a store is dependant on a lot of factors, including but not limited to:

  • The theme code, including the version of the theme and any customizations.
  • The apps and third-parties added to the shop, including tag managers.

At the same time, at scale, a well-optimized base theme is the biggest factor in the final store performance.

Next steps for merchants

If you’re a merchant reading this post, consider the following actions to improve performance:

  • Make sure you are on the latest version of your theme so that you can take advantage of any new features and optimizations.
  • Review all apps, third party code, and tags in tag managers installed for your store to make sure they are still used and provide value.
  • Audit customisations you have made and make sure they are still required. Updating to the latest theme may mean some features are supported natively.
  • Monitor performance once you are done. We recommend using real user data from your web performance dashboard.
Next steps for theme developers

To learn how to improve performance, check out our free resources on our Techniques for Optimizing Web Performance page.

To be more efficient, target your efforts on the metrics you have the most trouble with first. Depending on what those are, the most useful resources for you are likely:

Aggregated performance

What was the maximum percentage of shops passing a metric for a theme? What about the minimum and median? Here are the aggregated metrics across all themes reported in the most recent cycle:

Metric Minimum % passing Maximum % passing Median % passing
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) 62.5% 100.0% 93.9%
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) 28.1% 100.0% 93.3%
Interaction To Next Paint (INP) 60.8% 100.0% 97.0%
Views passing all CWVs 26.9% 98.4% 81.9%

The least popular theme on the list was installed on 30 stores that met the requirements.

Theme Performance

Theme Name LCP CLS INP CWVs
Alchemy
96.3% Good
82.4% Good
98.9% Good
78.6% Pass
Align
96.9% Good
75.0% Good
100.0% Good
71.9% Pass
Area
91.4% Good
94.3% Good
97.1% Good
85.7% Pass
Athens
97.2% Good
94.4% Good
100.0% Good
91.7% Pass
Atlantic
97.1% Good
91.4% Good
100.0% Good
88.6% Pass
Aurora
75.0% Good
89.7% Good
86.8% Good
63.2% Pass
Avenue
96.9% Good
95.8% Good
97.9% Good
91.7% Pass
Baseline
99.2% Good
94.7% Good
98.5% Good
93.2% Pass
Be Yours
86.2% Good
94.6% Good
92.6% Good
79.1% Pass
Berlin
96.9% Good
68.8% Good
96.9% Good
68.8% Pass
Blockshop
97.1% Good
91.2% Good
92.6% Good
80.9% Pass
Boost
88.3% Good
92.9% Good
97.7% Good
82.5% Pass
Broadcast
95.8% Good
96.1% Good
96.6% Good
89.9% Pass
Brooklyn
90.0% Good
90.0% Good
97.8% Good
80.0% Pass
Bullet
100.0% Good
96.6% Good
100.0% Good
96.6% Pass
Canopy
97.6% Good
93.4% Good
98.8% Good
90.4% Pass
Champion
80.0% Good
97.5% Good
97.5% Good
75.0% Pass
Colorblock
97.1% Good
88.2% Good
97.1% Good
82.4% Pass
Combine
91.5% Good
97.6% Good
97.6% Good
89.0% Pass
Concept
93.5% Good
94.0% Good
91.5% Good
84.1% Pass
Cornerstone
62.5% Good
98.2% Good
89.3% Good
60.7% Pass
Craft
98.5% Good
92.8% Good
98.9% Good
90.8% Pass
Crave
97.3% Good
91.9% Good
96.4% Good
87.4% Pass
Dawn
96.5% Good
91.5% Good
96.4% Good
86.7% Pass
Digital
97.0% Good
84.8% Good
97.0% Good
81.8% Pass
District
98.2% Good
100.0% Good
100.0% Good
98.2% Pass
Empire
94.3% Good
96.3% Good
92.5% Good
85.4% Pass
Enterprise
95.7% Good
97.0% Good
95.6% Good
89.7% Pass
Essence
94.0% Good
94.0% Good
100.0% Good
88.0% Pass
Eurus
92.6% Good
93.8% Good
97.5% Good
90.1% Pass
Expanse
93.4% Good
95.2% Good
96.4% Good
87.7% Pass
Expression
90.0% Good
98.0% Good
98.0% Good
86.0% Pass
Fame
83.9% Good
87.1% Good
100.0% Good
71.0% Pass
Flow
85.7% Good
88.6% Good
91.4% Good
71.4% Pass
Focal
88.6% Good
93.4% Good
93.7% Good
80.4% Pass
Galleria
91.4% Good
45.2% Good
98.9% Good
41.9% Pass
Grid
100.0% Good
52.6% Good
100.0% Good
52.6% Pass
Honey
94.4% Good
63.9% Good
95.8% Good
58.3% Pass
Icon
92.7% Good
29.3% Good
96.3% Good
28.0% Pass
Impact
94.7% Good
96.8% Good
93.9% Good
88.1% Pass
Impulse
95.6% Good
95.2% Good
96.8% Good
89.3% Pass
King
90.6% Good
96.9% Good
87.5% Good
84.4% Pass
Kingdom
96.5% Good
96.5% Good
100.0% Good
93.0% Pass
Label
82.1% Good
91.0% Good
94.0% Good
76.1% Pass
Local
93.4% Good
95.1% Good
98.4% Good
88.5% Pass
Maranello
92.5% Good
90.0% Good
97.5% Good
80.0% Pass
Minion
82.4% Good
94.5% Good
96.7% Good
76.9% Pass
Mode
80.2% Good
96.2% Good
98.5% Good
77.1% Pass
Modular
79.5% Good
84.6% Good
96.2% Good
67.9% Pass
Monaco
97.4% Good
47.4% Good
97.4% Good
44.7% Pass
Motion
79.8% Good
95.5% Good
96.3% Good
75.8% Pass
Mr Parker
92.0% Good
68.0% Good
97.3% Good
64.0% Pass
Multi
79.2% Good
86.8% Good
98.1% Good
69.8% Pass
Origin
98.9% Good
94.5% Good
95.6% Good
89.0% Pass
Palo Alto
96.5% Good
83.4% Good
86.9% Good
73.4% Pass
Parallax
86.2% Good
94.8% Good
94.8% Good
79.3% Pass
Pinnacle
90.9% Good
90.9% Good
97.0% Good
84.8% Pass
Pipeline
88.7% Good
96.3% Good
87.6% Good
77.2% Pass
Prestige
94.9% Good
96.4% Good
96.7% Good
90.0% Pass
Providence
86.7% Good
93.3% Good
100.0% Good
80.0% Pass
Publisher
96.4% Good
94.5% Good
94.5% Good
87.3% Pass
Pursuit
95.6% Good
38.5% Good
98.5% Good
37.0% Pass
Reformation
94.2% Good
93.8% Good
97.1% Good
88.1% Pass
Refresh
94.2% Good
91.2% Good
94.5% Good
84.5% Pass
Release
82.1% Good
97.4% Good
92.3% Good
74.4% Pass
Responsive
97.0% Good
71.2% Good
98.5% Good
68.2% Pass
Retina
70.1% Good
86.6% Good
100.0% Good
65.7% Pass
Ride
97.5% Good
93.0% Good
95.5% Good
89.0% Pass
Rise
100.0% Good
91.0% Good
98.9% Good
89.9% Pass
Sahara
97.0% Good
63.6% Good
98.5% Good
60.6% Pass
Sense
95.0% Good
88.7% Good
92.4% Good
80.8% Pass
Shapes
94.8% Good
94.8% Good
97.9% Good
90.6% Pass
Showcase
69.8% Good
81.9% Good
99.5% Good
54.8% Pass
ShowTime
83.0% Good
90.9% Good
96.6% Good
76.1% Pass
Sleek
92.9% Good
88.1% Good
94.0% Good
82.1% Pass
Spark
76.7% Good
96.7% Good
96.7% Good
73.3% Pass
Split
96.1% Good
88.2% Good
100.0% Good
85.5% Pass
Spotlight
95.9% Good
93.4% Good
98.4% Good
89.9% Pass
Starlite
91.3% Good
95.7% Good
91.3% Good
80.4% Pass
Stiletto
91.8% Good
95.9% Good
95.9% Good
86.7% Pass
Stockmart
94.9% Good
93.2% Good
98.3% Good
89.8% Pass
Story
87.2% Good
87.2% Good
95.7% Good
80.9% Pass
Streamline
95.3% Good
99.1% Good
95.3% Good
90.6% Pass
Studio
97.1% Good
96.2% Good
97.1% Good
93.8% Pass
Sunrise
100.0% Good
98.6% Good
97.1% Good
95.7% Pass
Symmetry
93.8% Good
96.8% Good
97.4% Good
89.3% Pass
Taiga
98.4% Good
100.0% Good
98.4% Good
98.4% Pass
Taste
98.8% Good
95.0% Good
98.1% Good
91.9% Pass
Testament
93.0% Good
28.1% Good
97.1% Good
26.9% Pass
Trade
96.6% Good
90.5% Good
96.0% Good
85.6% Pass
Vantage
69.3% Good
80.0% Good
92.0% Good
61.3% Pass
Veena
90.7% Good
95.3% Good
95.3% Good
81.4% Pass
Venue
82.1% Good
91.0% Good
98.6% Good
76.6% Pass
Vision
90.7% Good
96.4% Good
97.9% Good
87.1% Pass
Warehouse
93.0% Good
95.4% Good
94.4% Good
84.8% Pass
Woodstock
95.1% Good
83.5% Good
94.2% Good
77.7% Pass
Xclusive
96.0% Good
80.0% Good
62.7% Good
50.7% Pass
Xtra
90.2% Good
74.5% Good
60.8% Good
49.0% Pass
Yuva
72.8% Good
85.3% Good
91.6% Good
66.5% Pass
Zest
86.4% Good
93.2% Good
89.8% Good
79.7% Pass