Dawn
Dawn is a Shopify theme by Shopify (Free). Tested on 2026-09-15 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 86 for mobile speed and 99 for desktop speed, 95/95 for SEO and 97/97 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). On its marketplace it is rated 2.9 out of 5 from 287 reviews.
Mobile73
Desktop98
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 86 | 99 |
| SEO | 95 | 95 |
| Accessibility | 97 | 97 |
| Best practices | 92 | 92 |
Single preset · measured 6 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — dawn home page
Mobile
Speed 73 · 27 points to gain
- −19.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −4.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −3.1 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
- −3.8 Issues were logged in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools high effort
Desktop
Speed 98 · 2 points to gain
- −0.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −0.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3.4 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
- −3.8 Issues were logged in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools high effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| dawn default demo ↗ | 86 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 95 | 97 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 94 | 92 | 97 | 99 | 92 | 97 | 2026-09-11 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 92 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 97 | 2026-09-15 |
| product ↗ | 90 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-11 |
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