Readers
Readers is a Ghost theme by trexthemes ($69). Tested on 2026-10-28 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 67 for mobile speed and 89 for desktop speed, 100/100 for SEO and 100/100 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile67
Desktop89
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 67 | 89 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
| Accessibility | 100 | 100 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-13 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Readers home page
Mobile
Speed 67 · 33 points to gain
- −24.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.6 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 1.1 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 89 · 11 points to gain
- −6.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −3.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
- −0.5 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 240 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Readers default demo ↗ | 67 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 67 | 100 | 100 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-28 |
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