Paid Shopify Themes, Ranked by Speed

A paid theme should earn its price in more than looks. These are the paid Shopify themes ranked by the real-world Core Web Vitals of the stores actually running each one on mobile, with the number of stores behind every figure.

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We rank 106 paid Shopify themes on the real-world Core Web Vitals of the stores actually running each one. Baseline ranks first, passing on 95.1% of its stores, among stores with enough traffic to appear in Chrome UX Report data.

Last updated September 4, 2026 · Updated daily

How this data is collected: every number here is real-world Chrome UX Report data on mobile, the Core Web Vitals that actual Chrome phone users experienced, not a lab test. Themes are ranked by the share of their real stores that pass Google’s Core Web Vitals, adjusted for how many stores sit behind the figure. The Few apps column keeps the same stores but removes heavy-app ones, so the gap between it and All stores is the speed cost of merchant apps, measured per theme. Where a theme’s demo store gets enough real traffic to be in the Chrome UX Report, we show its own real-user number too.

#	Theme	Ranked by score	All stores CWV pass (mobile)	Few apps CWV pass	All stores LCP · INP · CLS	Demo store real users
1	Baseline	90.2	95.1% 141 stores	95.8% 88 stores	1.3s · 102ms · 0	—
2	Luxe	84.4	96.8% 33 stores	—	1.3s · 114ms · 0	—
3	Bullet	84.2	94% 53 stores	100% 31 stores	1.2s · 107ms · 0	—
4	Stretch	82.4	86.9% 273 stores	94.9% 105 stores	1.4s · 133ms · 0	—
5	District	80.9	94.1% 34 stores	—	1.4s · 125ms · 0	—
6	Ascent	80.7	92.5% 43 stores	—	1.5s · 132ms · 0	—
7	Atlantic	79.6	93.6% 32 stores	—	1.2s · 107ms · 0	—
8	Taiga	78.9	89.3% 59 stores	—	1.5s · 138ms · 0	—
9	Pinnacle	78.4	93.1% 30 stores	—	1.6s · 120ms · 0	—
10	Local	77.5	84.1% 151 stores	91.2% 73 stores	1.6s · 122ms · 0	—
11	Symmetry	77.5	80.4% 849 stores	89.1% 327 stores	1.6s · 136ms · 0	—
12	King	77.4	92.9% 28 stores	—	1.4s · 126ms · 0	—
13	Prestige	77.1	78.8% 2,447 stores	85.3% 965 stores	1.6s · 131ms · 0	—
14	Impulse	76.2	78.1% 1,907 stores	87.1% 752 stores	1.6s · 127ms · 0.01	—
15	Stiletto	76	80.6% 333 stores	88.7% 119 stores	1.7s · 130ms · 0	—
16	Split	75.9	89.2% 40 stores	—	1.6s · 104ms · 0	—
17	Habitat	75.9	86.8% 59 stores	84% 28 stores	1.4s · 104ms · 0	—
18	Concept	74.7	77.8% 762 stores	86.7% 323 stores	1.5s · 145ms · 0	2.1s LCP fails CWV
19	Flux	74.1	90.9% 26 stores	—	1.5s · 136ms · 0	—
20	Reformation	74	79.1% 289 stores	90.8% 108 stores	1.6s · 144ms · 0	—
21	Enterprise	73.1	77% 486 stores	79.9% 170 stores	1.6s · 139ms · 0	—
22	Madrid	72.7	84.8% 52 stores	87.1% 37 stores	1.4s · 116ms · 0	—
23	Sleek	72.6	77.4% 334 stores	82.8% 142 stores	1.8s · 137ms · 0	4.4s LCP fails CWV
24	Avenue	71.8	88.5% 28 stores	—	1.6s · 121ms · 0.005	—
25	Canopy	71.6	80.4% 100 stores	90.2% 45 stores	1.6s · 126ms · 0	—
26	Athens	71.3	85% 42 stores	82.6% 25 stores	1.5s · 132ms · 0	—
27	Broadcast	71.2	74.1% 931 stores	85% 352 stores	1.5s · 144ms · 0	—
28	Shapes	70.7	77.5% 172 stores	88.6% 79 stores	1.5s · 137ms · 0	—
29	Alchemy	69.8	86.2% 30 stores	—	1.4s · 120ms · 0	—
30	Impact	68.5	70.9% 1,451 stores	77.4% 470 stores	1.7s · 152ms · 0	—
31	Beyond	68.4	81.8% 46 stores	—	1.6s · 144ms · 0	—
32	Release	68.2	75.3% 164 stores	75.9% 58 stores	1.6s · 139ms · 0	—
33	Edge	67.9	82.1% 42 stores	100% 23 stores · limited	1.8s · 145ms · 0	—
34	Boost	67.3	76.2% 105 stores	90.3% 33 stores	1.9s · 127ms · 0	—
35	Sahara	67.2	79% 61 stores	88.9% 30 stores	1.6s · 135ms · 0	—
36	Eurus	65.7	72% 218 stores	79% 71 stores	1.7s · 148ms · 0.01	—
37	Venue	65.2	73.4% 129 stores	80.3% 65 stores	1.9s · 124ms · 0	—
38	Pipeline	65.2	69.7% 418 stores	76.9% 161 stores	1.7s · 135ms · 0.01	—
39	Streamline	65.1	74.3% 103 stores	81.1% 38 stores	1.6s · 129ms · 0	—
40	Minimalista	64.5	79% 42 stores	—	1.5s · 126ms · 0	—
41	Focal	64.3	67.9% 682 stores	77.6% 157 stores	1.9s · 151ms · 0.01	—
42	Blum	63.9	78.8% 40 stores	88.2% 24 stores · limited	1.3s · 134ms · 0	—
43	Combine	63.8	74.3% 80 stores	95.2% 25 stores	1.8s · 132ms · 0	—
44	Icon	63.6	76.4% 55 stores	79.2% 24 stores · limited	1.6s · 119ms · 0.01	—
45	Woodstock	63.3	74.6% 69 stores	81.5% 28 stores	1.6s · 144ms · 0.02	—
46	Zest	62.6	73.1% 82 stores	81.8% 37 stores	1.8s · 124ms · 0	—
47	Avante	62	78.6% 33 stores	—	1.5s · 136ms · 0.01	—
48	Empire	61.8	67.1% 323 stores	82.1% 118 stores	1.8s · 141ms · 0	—
49	Warehouse	61.8	66.1% 507 stores	75.6% 186 stores	1.7s · 138ms · 0	—
50	Spark	61.7	80% 27 stores	—	2s · 118ms · 0	—
51	Ignite	61.3	72.7% 70 stores	79.4% 36 stores	1.7s · 162ms · 0	—
52	Unsen	60.9	74.4% 50 stores	77.8% 24 stores · limited	2s · 154ms · 0.01	1.6s LCP passes CWV
53	Fashionopolism	60.8	74.5% 49 stores	81.8% 24 stores · limited	1.8s · 121ms · 0.03	—
54	Mode	59.9	77.8% 29 stores	—	1.6s · 131ms · 0	—
55	Flow	58.4	67.3% 120 stores	83.3% 53 stores	1.9s · 137ms · 0.01	—
56	Avone	58.3	68.2% 95 stores	68% 55 stores	1.9s · 137ms · 0	1.6s LCP passes CWV
57	Minimog OS 2.0	58.2	62.2% 573 stores	66% 308 stores	2.1s · 136ms · 0.03	1.6s LCP passes CWV
58	Envy	58.1	69% 79 stores	79.3% 33 stores	1.8s · 135ms · 0	—
59	Sunrise	57.9	76.9% 26 stores	—	1.5s · 110ms · 0.01	—
60	Blockshop	57.9	68.2% 88 stores	75.6% 42 stores	1.7s · 135ms · 0	—
61	Shrine PRO	57.1	60% 1,135 stores	62.4% 563 stores	1.9s · 156ms · 0	1.9s LCP
62	Honey	57	74.2% 32 stores	—	1.7s · 149ms · 0.01	—
63	Cornerstone	56.6	68.3% 70 stores	72.7% 26 stores	1.9s · 163ms · 0	—
64	Hyper	56.2	61.8% 301 stores	74.1% 141 stores	1.6s · 170ms · 0	—
65	Vision	56.1	63% 201 stores	65.4% 84 stores	2s · 161ms · 0.01	—
66	Expanse	56.1	62.1% 269 stores	70.6% 106 stores	2s · 144ms · 0.01	—
67	Ecomus	55.8	63% 179 stores	69% 97 stores	1.8s · 169ms · 0	1.6s LCP passes CWV
68	Distinctive	55.5	75% 25 stores	—	1.8s · 130ms · 0	—
69	Aurora	55	64.9% 98 stores	63.9% 37 stores	1.9s · 157ms · 0	—
70	Essence	54.5	69.1% 45 stores	83.3% 20 stores · limited	1.5s · 153ms · 0	—
71	Gecko	53.5	62.9% 108 stores	77.8% 47 stores	2s · 159ms · 0.01	1.6s LCP passes CWV
72	Shrine	53.4	61% 163 stores	60.3% 76 stores	1.9s · 156ms · 0.01	—
73	Milano	53.2	65% 69 stores	71.7% 54 stores	1.8s · 169ms · 0	—
74	Wonder	52.9	59.8% 201 stores	59.1% 98 stores	1.9s · 150ms · 0	—
75	Motion	52.2	57.8% 308 stores	62.7% 96 stores	2.1s · 130ms · 0.01	—
76	Testament	51.7	63.9% 64 stores	76% 28 stores	1.7s · 130ms · 0.02	—
77	Story	51.6	66.7% 42 stores	—	1.8s · 139ms · 0	—
78	Modular	51.5	65.9% 46 stores	—	2s · 124ms · 0.01	—
79	Zenith	51.1	67.7% 35 stores	—	1.3s · 154ms · 0	—
80	turbo	50.5	56.8% 245 stores	76.7% 79 stores	2s · 131ms · 0.06	—
81	Showcase	49	57.5% 133 stores	68.8% 51 stores	2.1s · 112ms · 0.01	—
82	wokiee	47.2	57.1% 97 stores	61.4% 60 stores	2s · 145ms · 0.02	1.6s LCP passes CWV
83	Retina	46.7	64.3% 31 stores	—	2.1s · 118ms · 0	—
84	Pebble	46.4	65.2% 27 stores	—	1.9s · 138ms · 0	—
85	Minion	46.3	61.5% 41 stores	—	1.9s · 156ms · 0	—
86	Pursuit	45.6	60.5% 43 stores	—	1.6s · 120ms · 0.01	—
87	Nimbus	45.3	61.1% 38 stores	—	1.8s · 156ms · 0	—
88	Purity	45.2	63% 30 stores	—	2s · 182ms · 0	—
89	Glozin	44.2	50.7% 219 stores	53.5% 138 stores	1.9s · 188ms · 0	1.6s LCP passes CWV
90	Showtime	42.8	58.3% 39 stores	—	1.7s · 114ms · 0.04	—
91	Multi	42.5	61.5% 26 stores	—	1.8s · 142ms · 0.015	—
92	Yuva	42.3	53.5% 75 stores	81% 22 stores · limited	2.3s · 163ms · 0.03	—
93	Kalles	41.3	44.6% 861 stores	47.2% 512 stores	2.2s · 186ms · 0.01	1.6s LCP passes CWV
94	Maker	41.1	60% 26 stores	—	1.8s · 164ms · 0.015	—
95	Shella	40.9	52.1% 74 stores	51.9% 30 stores	2.1s · 153ms · 0.04	1.6s LCP passes CWV
96	Flawless	37.7	56% 27 stores	—	2.3s · 148ms · 0	—
97	Capital	36.1	53.9% 28 stores	—	1.9s · 140ms · 0.025	—
98	Booster	32.5	42.7% 81 stores	46.7% 33 stores	2.1s · 151ms · 0.02	1.6s LCP passes CWV
99	Umino	31.9	43.8% 59 stores	48.2% 36 stores	2.3s · 178ms · 0.01	1.6s LCP passes CWV
100	Galleria	31.8	50% 25 stores	—	1.6s · 123ms · 0.07	—
101	Lumia	31.1	46.9% 33 stores	63.6% 23 stores · limited	2s · 192ms · 0.01	1.6s LCP passes CWV
102	Xclusive	31	43.5% 53 stores	54.6% 25 stores	1.6s · 221ms · 0.04	—
103	ella	28.6	31.4% 987 stores	32.7% 603 stores	2.3s · 216ms · 0.02	1.6s LCP passes CWV
104	Vantage	28.1	44.4% 29 stores	—	2.1s · 128ms · 0.04	—
105	Lorenza	18	30.6% 36 stores	—	1.9s · 120ms · 0.14	—
106	Xtra	14.3	22.7% 66 stores	23.4% 47 stores	1.7s · 241ms · 0.055	—

Real-world Chrome UX Report data on mobile. All stores is the share of every real store running the theme that passes Google’s Core Web Vitals, among stores with enough traffic to appear in Chrome UX Report data; Few apps narrows to stores running 6 or fewer apps, so the gap is the speed cost of merchant apps. Each pass rate is shown with the number of stores behind it. Ranked by is that pass rate adjusted for how many stores back it, so a high rate on a handful of stores can’t outrank a solid one on thousands. Demo store is the theme’s own demo, shown where it has enough real traffic to be in the Chrome UX Report. Themes without at least 25 stores of real-world data are not ranked; a number below that floor is shown as a dash rather than a figure. Themes are split free from paid on the price the Shopify Theme Store lists for them, so the split follows the store rather than a list we keep by hand.

See every theme in the Speed Index, free and paid together, or just the free themes. Whether a free theme would be any slower is a different question, and comparing the two lists will not answer it: paid themes sit on busier stores running more apps. Compared at the same app load, 68.6% of free-theme stores pass Core Web Vitals against 70.8% of paid-theme ones, which is 2.2 points faster on the paid themes: see the free versus paid answer.

Frequently asked questions

What is the fastest paid Shopify theme?

Baseline leads the paid themes, with 95.1% of the real stores running it passing Google's Core Web Vitals on mobile, among stores with enough traffic to appear in Chrome UX Report data. It is ranked on the stores actually using it, not on a lab test of the demo.

Do more expensive Shopify themes load faster?

A small edge to the paid themes. Compared across stores running the same number of apps, 68.6% of stores on a free theme pass Google's Core Web Vitals on mobile against 70.8% of stores on a paid one, among stores with enough traffic to appear in Chrome UX Report data. That is 2.2 points faster on the paid themes, read across 10,932 free-theme stores and 23,658 paid-theme ones. Set side by side with no account of app load the same stores read no real gap either way, which is a difference between the stores that buy paid themes rather than between the themes. A theme's price is set by its developer; its pass rate is set by the stores running it. Read the pass rate and the store count behind it, then check the theme's price on its own page separately.

Is it worth paying for a Shopify theme?

It depends on what you are buying it for. Paid themes generally bring more prebuilt sections, more layout options and a developer to ask for help, which is worth real money if it saves you custom work. On speed alone, measured across stores running the same number of apps, a small edge to the paid themes.

How many paid Shopify themes are ranked here?

106 of them. A theme needs at least 25 of its stores in the Chrome UX Report before we will rank it, so smaller and newer paid themes are not on this page yet. They appear as pending on the full Speed Index until enough of their stores are measured.

How is paid Shopify theme speed measured?

By real-world Core Web Vitals from Google's Chrome UX Report, across the stores actually running each theme on mobile. A theme is ranked by the share of those stores that pass all three Core Web Vitals, adjusted for how many stores sit behind the figure. The "few apps" column narrows to stores running few apps, isolating the theme's own speed from merchant app-bloat.

How often does this ranking update?

Daily. The figures refresh as new Chrome UX Report data comes in, and the split between free and paid follows the price the Shopify Theme Store lists, so a theme that changes price moves on its own.

How this data works

What counts as paid: a theme is on this page when the Shopify Theme Store lists a one-time price for it, read from the same price we publish on the theme's own page. Theme prices are a single purchase, not a monthly fee. A theme whose price we do not hold appears on neither the paid nor the free page rather than being guessed into one.

Every number on this page is real-world data from Google's Chrome UX Report, measured on mobile phones: the Core Web Vitals that actual Chrome users experienced on real stores. There is no lab test in the ranking. A theme is ranked by the share of the real stores running it that pass all three Core Web Vitals (loading, responsiveness, and visual stability), adjusted for how many stores sit behind the figure. Reporting a single form factor keeps it comparable row to row, and mobile is where most storefront traffic and the tighter thresholds live.

The "few apps" column is the number no one else can produce. It keeps the same real stores but narrows to those running 6 or fewer apps, so the gap between it and "all stores" is the speed cost of merchant app-bloat, isolated per theme. Because both halves come from the same set of stores, that within-theme comparison holds up even though the overall sample leans toward themes people look up more often.

Where a theme's demo store gets enough real traffic to appear in the Chrome UX Report, we show its own real-user number too, so you can compare the theme as its developer built it against how it performs in merchants' hands. Most demo stores are too low-traffic for this, so that column appears only for the popular ones.

How we rank, and why thin samples do not win: the order accounts for how many stores sit behind each number, not just the raw percentage. A theme passing 92% across 24 stores is measured with far less certainty than one passing 76% across 48,000, so a small sample is held to a more cautious figure and the theme with more data behind it ranks higher. We would rather rank a theme where the number is solid than crown one on a handful of stores. The percentage you see is still the real pass rate; the ordering just reflects how much data supports it.

Coverage limits, stated plainly: a theme needs at least 25 of its stores in the Chrome UX Report before we rank it, so newer or less common themes are left out until then. A store only enters the Chrome UX Report once it has real traffic of its own, which means the stores behind every figure here skew larger than the average Shopify store: the pass rates are what those stores experienced, not what all Shopify stores experience. The comparison between rows still holds, because every row is drawn the same way. The other safeguard is the ranking itself: because we sort by the confidence-adjusted score, a theme measured on a few dozen stores is held to a cautious figure and cannot leapfrog one measured on thousands. The field data also covers every version of a theme still in use, so a theme spanning several major releases is partly measuring its own history, not only its current version.

Independent by design: rankings are determined solely by live detection data. Affiliate relationships never affect what ranks or how stores are counted. Read the full methodology →

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