Atlantic runs on 0.1% of the 3,500,000+ Shopify stores across our full detection dataset. For how its share is moving right now, see theme trends.
Atlantic is a Shopify theme used by 0.1% of the Shopify stores in our dataset. The figure reflects live storefront detection of the active theme, not Theme Store download counts.
Theme store ID: 566 — the number Atlantic stamps into every store that installs it.
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Atlantic has held steady at about 0.1% of the stores scanned each month in recent months. See all Shopify trends →
Across 51 real Atlantic stores, 91.7% pass Google’s Core Web Vitals (median LCP 1.3s). Filtered to stores running only a few apps, that rises to 95.8%, isolating the theme’s own speed from the apps merchants pile on.
Atlantic, from Pixel Union, is a premium one-time Theme Store theme that sits in the fast end of the premium band. It ships five preset styles under one license (Atrium, Atlantic, Plush, Cotton, Parfum), each named to suggest a different soft-goods or lifestyle angle rather than a colorway swap. The Theme Store rating sits in the high-nineties on a credible review sample, and the real-store speed signal is where Atlantic earns its position: the field CrUX cohort shows a Core Web Vitals pass rate well above the premium-theme median, and the few-apps comparable cohort reads similarly, which means the speed advantage holds whether or not merchants layer apps on top.
Pixel Union has shipped more Theme Store themes over more years than almost any other partner, and that history shows in the practical details: section depth that covers lookbook and editorial without a plug-in, metaobject templates that take extended product content without surgery, and a mobile pattern that holds up on a slow network. The install base is small compared to a Dawn or a Prestige, so a merchant choosing Atlantic is picking it on the measurable qualities (speed, section depth, preset count) rather than on the familiarity of the name. For a store deciding between Atlantic and a flashier design-forward alternative, the speed advantage below the fold is usually what tips the decision once a real-world audit lands.
It is a Pixel Union premium theme in the fast tier. Pixel Union has been shipping Theme Store themes since early in the Shopify Partners program, which is a credibility signal distinct from the raw rating. The field CrUX cohort shows the real-store speed sits well above the premium-theme median, which puts Atlantic in the thin set of premium themes a store can buy and leave alone rather than tune down.
Five presets is above the typical premium-theme spread, and the names suggest soft goods. Most themes in this price band ship with one or two presets; Atlantic ships five under one license (Atrium, Atlantic, Plush, Cotton, Parfum). The names lean soft-goods and lifestyle (textiles, bedding, fragrance, boutique) rather than a single vertical, which means the preset depth is useful for a merchant exploring one of several related categories before committing to a visual language.
The rating is in the strong credible band. The positive-review score is high on a sample that is well past the credibility floor, which is a different claim than the small-sample strong rating a newer premium theme carries. Reviews cluster around speed, section depth, and support responsiveness, which fits the Pixel Union pattern on earlier themes.
Install base is small; measurable qualities are the reason to pick it. Share of the stores in our dataset is well below the top of the Theme Store, so Atlantic will not win on familiarity against a Dawn or a Prestige. A merchant picking Atlantic is doing so because the field CWV pass rate is clean, the preset count is useful, and the developer has a long shipping history, not because the name is in the air. For a store building for a soft-goods or lifestyle shopper, those are the right reasons.
| # | App | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Klaviyo
Email Marketing |
37.1% | |
| 2 |
Judge.me Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
23.6% | |
| 3 |
Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
19.1% | |
| 4 |
Recharge
Subscriptions |
12.4% | |
| 5 |
Yotpo
Product reviews |
12.4% | |
| 6 |
PageFly ✦ AI Page Builder
Page builder |
12.4% | |
| 7 |
Rebuy Personalization Engine
Checkout - Other |
10.1% | |
| 8 |
Gorgias
Support - Other |
9.0% | |
| 9 |
Hotjar Install
Analytics |
9.0% | |
| 10 |
Afterpay
Payment experience |
7.9% |
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This figure comes from live detection: we scan Shopify storefronts and read the active theme each one runs, then express it as a share of the 3,500,000+ stores in our dataset. It is a share of every store in our dataset, not just recently scanned stores, so it moves more slowly than the month-over-month figures on our trends page. We report what is currently detected, not historical installs or Theme Store / App Store counts.
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ShopThemeDetector, "Atlantic Shopify theme usage statistics", 2026. https://shopthemedetector.com/shopify-themes/atlantic