Ascension
Ascension is a Shopify theme by Fuel Themes ($400). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 75 for mobile speed and 97 for desktop speed, 97/97 for SEO and 95/95 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 63 to 88. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 17 reviews. Note: its demo home page is heavy — 16.5 MB — heavier than a typical store, so the speed score may understate the theme.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 75 | 97 |
| SEO | 97 | 97 |
| Accessibility | 95 | 95 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 102 times since 2026-10-09 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Aeroform home page
Mobile
Speed 88 · 12 points to gain
- −9.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
- −0.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 97 · 3 points to gain
- −2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −0.7 Speed Index medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −2.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.2 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium 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 | ||||||
| Ascension demo ↗ | 79 | 92 | 90 | 97 | 92 | 92 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 80 | 100 | 95 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 72 | 85 | 90 | 96 | 85 | 92 | 2026-11-08 |
| product ↗ | 84 | 92 | 86 | 98 | 92 | 88 | 2026-11-07 |
| Aeroform default demo ↗ | 82 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 74 | 100 | 97 | 96 | 100 | 97 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 88 | 92 | 95 | 97 | 92 | 96 | 2026-11-07 |
| product ↗ | 84 | 100 | 96 | 99 | 100 | 96 | 2026-11-07 |
| mora demo ↗ | 75 | 100 | 97 | 94 | 100 | 97 | 2026-10-29 |
| category ↗ | 80 | 100 | 97 | 95 | 100 | 97 | 2026-10-29 |
| home ↗ | 72 | 100 | 96 | 90 | 100 | 96 | 2026-10-29 |
| product ↗ | 74 | 100 | 97 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 2026-10-29 |
| nebius demo ↗ | 72 | 97 | 95 | 94 | 97 | 95 | 2026-10-29 |
| category ↗ | 78 | 100 | 93 | 98 | 100 | 93 | 2026-10-29 |
| home ↗ | 64 | 92 | 96 | 98 | 92 | 96 | 2026-10-29 |
| product ↗ | 74 | 100 | 97 | 86 | 100 | 97 | 2026-10-29 |
| Opus demo ↗ | 72 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 90 | 92 | 2026-11-07 |
| category ↗ | 74 | 100 | 98 | 98 | 92 | 95 | 2026-11-07 |
| home ↗ | 79 | 85 | 91 | 97 | 85 | 92 | 2026-11-08 |
| product ↗ | 63 | 92 | 86 | 97 | 92 | 88 | 2026-11-07 |
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