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Shopify Theme and App Trends — Q3 2026

How Shopify theme and app adoption shifted over Q3 2026, from live scans of 3,500,000+ stores. This is a fixed snapshot (Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026); for the latest movement see the current trends.

Quick answer

Across 3,500,000+ Shopify stores, Horizon is the fastest-growing theme, rising from 6.3% to 8.3%, and Dawn fell the most, to 13.7% (Q2 2026 to Q3 2026). Trends are computed quarter over quarter and recomputed monthly.

Last updated October 1, 2026 · Recomputed monthly
Fastest-rising theme
Horizon rose from 6.3% to 8.3% of stores (Q2 2026 → Q3 2026).
Biggest decliner
Dawn slipped from 14.7% to 13.7% over the same period.

Shopify themes gaining and losing share

Gaining sharePriorLatestChange
Horizon
6.3%8.3%+2 pts
Empire
0.4%0.7%+0.3 pts
Ecomus
0.5%0.6%+0.1 pts
Baseline
0.3%0.4%+0.1 pts
Shapes
0.4%0.5%+0.1 pts
Broadcast
1.7%1.8%+0.1 pts
Jhango Theme V1
0.1%0.2%+0.1 pts
Craft
0.4%0.5%+0.1 pts
Reformation
0.5%0.6%+0.1 pts
LeiTe Studio 01
0.1%0.2%+0.1 pts
Crave
0.4%0.5%+0.1 pts
Dwell
0.3%0.4%+0.1 pts
Yuva
0.1%0.2%+0.1 pts
Zendrop
0.1%0.2%+0.1 pts
Combine
0.1%0.2%+0.1 pts
Losing sharePriorLatestChange
Dawn
14.7%13.7%−1 pt
Impulse
4.4%3.9%−0.5 pts
Impact
2.9%2.5%−0.4 pts
Kalles
2.1%1.7%−0.4 pts
Prestige
5.0%4.7%−0.3 pts
Refresh
1.3%1.0%−0.3 pts
Warehouse
0.8%0.6%−0.2 pts
ella
2.1%1.9%−0.2 pts
Shrine
0.6%0.4%−0.2 pts
ELIXIR
0.6%0.4%−0.2 pts
Focal
1.2%1.0%−0.2 pts
BEAUTY
0.3%0.2%−0.1 pts
Local
0.3%0.2%−0.1 pts
Pipeline
0.8%0.7%−0.1 pts
Tinker
0.7%0.6%−0.1 pts
Newly detected, not counted as growth
Newly detectedPriorLatest
Adorn
0%0.3%
Flaunt
<0.1%0.2%
Dynamic
0%0.2%
Zeal
<0.1%0.1%

Shopify apps gaining and losing share

Gaining sharePriorLatestChange
Shopify Inbox
5.0%9.1%+4.1 pts
Paypal
1.9%5.6%+3.7 pts
Blockify Fraud Filter
1.9%2.3%+0.4 pts
Google Youtube
1.6%2.0%+0.4 pts
Foxkit Upsell Bundles
0.3%0.7%+0.4 pts
Consentmo Gdpr
2.7%3.0%+0.3 pts
MIDA Fraud Filter, Bot Blocker
0.2%0.4%+0.2 pts
Judge.me Product Reviews App
35.2%35.4%+0.2 pts
Redo
0.8%1.0%+0.2 pts
Bundler Ribbons
0.3%0.5%+0.2 pts
Zipify
1.3%1.5%+0.2 pts
Omnisend Email Marketing & SMS
6.0%6.2%+0.2 pts
Elevate A/B Testing Price Test
0.3%0.5%+0.2 pts
Intelligems A B Testing
2.4%2.6%+0.2 pts
Pify Size Charts
0.2%0.4%+0.2 pts
Losing sharePriorLatestChange
Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
19.1%13.2%−5.9 pts
Recharge
15.1%9.7%−5.4 pts
Yotpo
11.7%8.0%−3.7 pts
Rebuy Personalization Engine
8.0%4.8%−3.2 pts
Klaviyo
38.8%36.1%−2.7 pts
Reconvert
3.9%2.3%−1.6 pts
PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder
7.0%6.0%−1 pt
Shogun ‑ Landing Page Builder
2.6%1.7%−0.9 pts
Gorgias
7.9%7.1%−0.8 pts
Afterpay
2.3%1.6%−0.7 pts
Triplewhale
9.1%8.5%−0.6 pts
Privy ‑ Email, SMS & Pop Ups
2.0%1.4%−0.6 pts
Fbp Fast Bundle
1.1%0.5%−0.6 pts
Trustpilot
6.3%5.8%−0.5 pts
GemPages Landing Page Builder
4.6%4.1%−0.5 pts
Newly detected, not counted as growth
Newly detectedPriorLatest
Yotpo Loyalty Rewards
0%1.5%
Tolstoy: Shoppable Video & UGC
0%1.2%
Seowill Ai Seo
0%1.1%
Carthook
0.1%0.8%
Releasit Cod Fee
0%0.5%
Opensend
0%0.3%
Seowill Page Speed
0%0.3%
Nitro Upsell Cross Sell
0%0.3%
Nosto
0%0.3%
Mappy Store Locator
<0.1%0.3%
Fly Bundles Upsells
0%0.3%
Eaze Button
0%0.2%
Mergn: Email, SMS & WhatsApp
0%0.2%
Oxi Wishlist Cartsync Login
0%0.2%
Easyban
0%0.2%

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ShopThemeDetector, "Shopify Theme and App Trends, Q3 2026", 2026. https://shopthemedetector.com/shopify-statistics/trends/2026-q3

These figures are recomputed from live detection monthly, so quote the date you accessed the page alongside the citation. For the definitions behind every number, see how we measure.

Frequently asked questions

Which Shopify theme is growing fastest?
Horizon is the fastest-growing theme, rising from 6.3% to 8.3% of stores (Q2 2026 to Q3 2026).
Which Shopify themes are losing share?
Dawn saw the biggest drop, from 14.7% to 13.7% of stores (Q2 2026 to Q3 2026).
How is Shopify theme market share measured?
Share is the percentage of stores scanned in the period that run each theme, from live storefront detection, deduplicated by domain and folded to each theme's canonical name.
How often do the trends update?
Monthly. Each completed month is added to the dataset, and the figures compare the latest complete quarter against the one before it.
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