Studio Shopify Theme — Usage Statistics
Studio runs on 0.3% of the 3,500,000+ Shopify stores across our full detection dataset. For how its share is moving right now, see theme trends.
#48 most-used theme in our datasetStudio is a Shopify theme used by 0.3% of the Shopify stores in our dataset, ranking #48 among all themes we track. The figure reflects live storefront detection of the active theme, not Theme Store download counts.
Theme store ID: 1431 — the number Studio stamps into every store that installs it.
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Studio adoption trend
Studio has held steady at about 0.3% of the stores scanned each month in recent months. See all Shopify trends →
Studio speed & Core Web Vitals
Across 87 real Studio stores, 83.1% pass Google’s Core Web Vitals (median LCP 1.3s). Filtered to stores running only a few apps, that rises to 92%, isolating the theme’s own speed from the apps merchants pile on.
Studio is one of Shopify's free themes, built for creators, artists, photographers, and makers who want the work itself to lead. Its layouts favor large imagery and gallery-style presentation over dense merchandising, which suits an art print shop, a craft label, or a single-collection brand. The panels below place it in the mid-40s for theme adoption, and the stores running it keep light app stacks and mid-size catalogs, in line with a focused creative store rather than a large retailer.
Speed is where Studio stands out. It posts one of the highest real-world Core Web Vitals pass rates we track, with median load times comfortably under a second and a half, and the few-apps group climbs higher still. For a free theme leaning on big visuals, holding that speed is notable, and it means an image-heavy creative store can stay fast as long as it keeps its app list short.
Who it fits: Studio is made for creative, visual-first stores, art, photography, prints, and handmade, where the product images carry the page. Its light app stacks and mid-size catalogs in our data match a focused maker or artist, not a big multi-category retailer.
Speed advantage: Studio is one of the fastest themes we measure, and it stays fast even before you trim apps. That is rare for an image-led free theme, and it gives a gallery-style store real headroom as long as the app list stays short.
The free advantage: As a Shopify theme you install at no cost, Studio lets a creative brand launch a clean, professional storefront and put budget into photography and marketing rather than a license. You trade the deep feature sets of premium themes for a focused, visual base.
Before you commit: There is no demo Core Web Vitals reading in our data, so test it with your own artwork and product shots. Large images are Studio's whole point, so confirm your galleries and hero images stay as fast as the theme's baseline before building out the store.
Top apps used on Studio stores
| # | App | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Judge.me Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
29.3% | |
| 2 |
 Klaviyo
Email Marketing |
17.1% | |
| 3 |
 Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
8.7% | |
| 4 |
 Recharge
Subscriptions |
7.6% | |
| 5 |
 Countdown Timer
Countdown timer |
7.1% | |
| 6 |
 Shopify Inbox
Support - Other |
6% | |
| 7 |
 PageFly ✦ Landing Page Builder
Page builder |
4.6% | |
| 8 |
 Yotpo
Product reviews |
4.6% | |
| 9 |
 Instafeed ‑ Instagram Feed
Marketing - Other |
4.1% | |
| 10 |
 Printful: Print on Demand
Print on demand (POD) |
4.1% |
Store types using Studio
By business model
- Subscription 7.9%
- Print on Demand 4.3%
- Dropshipping 4.1%
- Wholesale / B2B 3.3%
- Multichannel & Marketplaces 1.4%
By what they sell
- Apparel & Accessories 45.5%
- Home & Garden 28%
- Food, Beverages & Tobacco 16.6%
- Arts & Entertainment 16%
- T-Shirts 12.6%
- Health & Beauty 11.7%
Examples of stores running Studio
- lhanel.co
- ezink.co.uk
- kinderlogs.in
- loverse.ai
- underd0g.com
- hamporio.com
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How this data works
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.
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 →
Citing this data
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ShopThemeDetector, "Studio Shopify theme usage statistics", 2026. https://shopthemedetector.com/shopify-themes/studio
