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Habitat

Habitat is a Shopify theme by Fuel Themes ($360). Tested on 2026-11-08 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 83 for mobile speed and 98 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 92/92 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 71 to 92. On its marketplace it is rated 4.9 out of 5 from 64 reviews.

Mobile85
Habitat home page on mobile
Desktop92
Habitat home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed8398
SEO9292
Accessibility9292
Best practices9999

Median of 5 presets · measured 150 times since 2026-11-06 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Merino home page

Mobile

Speed 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −11.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −3.1 Speed Index medium effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 89 · 11 points to gain

  • −3.3 Elements use prohibited ARIA attributes medium effort
  • −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
  • −1.4 Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order medium effort

Best practices 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −3.8 Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio low effort
  • −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort

Desktop

Speed 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −6.1 Speed Index medium effort
  • −1.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain

  • −2.9 Elements use prohibited ARIA attributes medium effort
  • −2.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −2.9 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. 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 / pageSpeedSEOA11ySpeedSEOA11yTested
mobiledesktop
Merino default demo ↗ 839791969792 2026-11-06
category ↗ 82100939910094 2026-11-08
home ↗ 859289929290 2026-11-06
product ↗ 81100929710093 2026-11-08
Habitat demo ↗ 779288989088 2026-11-07
category ↗ 81100939810094 2026-11-07
home ↗ 717784997786 2026-11-07
product ↗ 7910087979285 2026-11-07
Pebl demo ↗ 8592921009293 2026-11-07
category ↗ 7892931009294 2026-11-07
home ↗ 8685891008590 2026-11-07
product ↗ 91100959910096 2026-11-07
Strukt demo ↗ 829292839292 2026-11-07
category ↗ 87100978310094 2026-11-07
home ↗ 808586848587 2026-11-07
product ↗ 789294839295 2026-11-07
Veloce demo ↗ 849593999594 2026-11-07
category ↗ 929296999297 2026-11-07
home ↗ 7992881009289 2026-11-07
product ↗ 80100959910096 2026-11-07

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Habitat: mobile speed 83 on Themestested
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