Metropolitan
Metropolitan is a Shopify theme by Apparent Collective ($380). Tested on 2026-10-19 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 81 for mobile speed and 96 for desktop speed, 96/96 for SEO and 99/99 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 72 to 89.
Mobile85
Desktop91
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 81 | 96 |
| SEO | 96 | 96 |
| Accessibility | 99 | 99 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
Median of 5 presets · measured 20 times since 2026-10-19 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Metropolitan home page
Mobile
Speed 85 · 15 points to gain
- −7.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −5.8 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.8 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- 150 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
Best practices 96 · 4 points to gain
- −3.8 Browser errors were logged to the console medium effort
Desktop
Speed 91 · 9 points to gain
- −6 Speed Index medium effort
- −3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 97 · 3 points to gain
- −3.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. 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 | ||||||
| Approach demo ↗ | 80 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 2026-10-19 |
| category ↗ | 78 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-19 |
| home ↗ | 82 | 92 | 97 | 94 | 92 | 97 | 2026-10-19 |
| Metropolitan default demo ↗ | 81 | 96 | 99 | 95 | 96 | 99 | 2026-10-19 |
| category ↗ | 77 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-19 |
| home ↗ | 85 | 92 | 97 | 91 | 92 | 97 | 2026-10-19 |
| Obsession demo ↗ | 83 | 96 | 99 | 98 | 96 | 99 | 2026-10-19 |
| category ↗ | 76 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-19 |
| home ↗ | 89 | 92 | 97 | 98 | 92 | 97 | 2026-10-19 |
| Weird demo ↗ | 80 | 96 | 99 | 96 | 96 | 99 | 2026-10-19 |
| category ↗ | 87 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 2026-10-19 |
| home ↗ | 72 | 92 | 97 | 92 | 92 | 97 | 2026-10-19 |
| Youth demo ↗ | 84 | 96 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 96 | 2026-10-19 |
| category ↗ | 82 | 100 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 97 | 2026-10-19 |
| home ↗ | 85 | 92 | 94 | 97 | 92 | 94 | 2026-10-19 |
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