Taste Shopify Theme — Usage Statistics
Taste 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.
Taste is a Shopify theme used by 0.3% 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: 1434 — the number Taste stamps into every store that installs it.
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Taste adoption trend
Taste has held steady at about 0.2% of the stores scanned each month in recent months. See all Shopify trends →
Taste speed & Core Web Vitals
Across 74 real Taste stores, 77.6% pass Google’s Core Web Vitals (median LCP 1.4s). Filtered to stores running only a few apps, that rises to 80%, isolating the theme’s own speed from the apps merchants pile on.
aste is a free Shopify theme built by Shopify for food and drink stores. It is made to look appetizing: warm tones, large food photography, and a layout that puts flavor and story first. It suits cafes, specialty food brands, drink makers, and small restaurants selling online. As one of Shopify's free themes, it is a low-cost way for a food business to launch a clean, on-brand store.
For a free theme, Taste is quick. It loads well on real stores, which matters when a hungry visitor will not wait for a menu to appear. It covers the Shopify basics, with product pages, collections, and simple sections, and leaves richer features to apps. What it does not do is handle a large or complex catalog, so it fits a focused menu better than a sprawling one. It is a starting point built for a specific look, not a do-everything theme.
Where it fits: A food or drink brand launching on a budget. Taste nails the warm, appetizing look for a small menu, and it is free, so it is an easy first storefront for a cafe or specialty maker.
The trade-off: It is a niche free theme, and the fit is narrow. Outside food and drink, the styling looks out of place. Its reviews are also low and few, so preview it against your own products before committing rather than trusting the score.
Where it surprises: Speed. Taste holds up well on real-store Core Web Vitals, better than many paid themes, which is a real point in its favor for a food store where a fast menu keeps hungry visitors around.
Before you commit: Bring strong food photography. Taste lives on appetizing imagery, so weak photos undercut the whole design. And treat it as a focused starter: a food brand that grows into a large catalog or wants heavy merchandising will outgrow it.
Top apps used on Taste stores
| # | App | % of stores | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Judge.me Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
37.4% | |
| 2 |
 Klaviyo
Email Marketing |
19.4% | |
| 3 |
 Recharge
Subscriptions |
13.5% | |
| 4 |
 Loox ‑ Product Reviews App
Product reviews |
12.5% | |
| 5 |
 Countdown Timer
Countdown timer |
9.7% | |
| 6 |
 Shopify Inbox
Support - Other |
8.3% | |
| 7 |
 PageFly ✦ Landing Page Builder
Page builder |
6.9% | |
| 8 |
 Rebuy Personalization Engine
Checkout - Other |
6.6% | |
| 9 |
 Yotpo
Product reviews |
4.5% | |
| 10 |
Gsc Countdown Timer
Countdown timer |
4.2% |
Store types using Taste
By business model
- Subscription 15.2%
- Multichannel & Marketplaces 2.8%
- Dropshipping 2.1%
- Print on Demand 2.1%
- Wholesale / B2B 1.7%
By what they sell
- Food, Beverages & Tobacco 42.7%
- Apparel & Accessories 29.4%
- Health & Beauty 24.7%
- Home & Garden 14.9%
- Coffee 10.2%
- T-Shirts 9.8%
Examples of stores running Taste
- snabitty.com
- crusantcookies.com
- shop.drneetikaushik.com
- printeez.com
- fitnessspade.com
- nuthatchnaturals.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 →
