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Sydney

Sydney is a Shopify theme by Apparent Collective ($380). Tested on 2026-11-10 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 73 for mobile speed and 94 for desktop speed, 97/97 for SEO and 90/85 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 5 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 42 to 84. On its marketplace it is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 13 reviews.

Mobile71
Sydney home page on mobile
Desktop91
Sydney home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed7394
SEO9797
Accessibility9085
Best practices9696

Median of 5 presets · measured 150 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Sydney home page

Mobile

Speed 71 · 29 points to gain

  • −24 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −4.2 Speed Index medium effort
  • −1 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
  • 280 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 130 ms Minify JavaScript low effort
  • 130 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort

Accessibility 88 · 12 points to gain

  • −4.4 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
  • −3.1 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.1 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
  • −1.3 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 91 · 9 points to gain

  • −4.3 Speed Index medium effort
  • −3.8 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −0.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort

Accessibility 85 · 15 points to gain

  • −4.3 Buttons do not have an accessible name medium effort
  • −3 Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` do not have accessible names. medium effort
  • −3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3 Touch targets do not have sufficient size or spacing. medium effort
  • −1.3 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
Magazine demo ↗ 759794949787 2026-11-05
category ↗ 84100969710086 2026-11-05
home ↗ 729291919286 2026-11-05
product ↗ 70100969410090 2026-11-05
Profile demo ↗ 739790959784 2026-11-07
category ↗ 79100919610082 2026-11-07
home ↗ 719288929285 2026-11-07
product ↗ 69100919610086 2026-11-07
Vineyard demo ↗ 669790909785 2026-11-07
category ↗ 81100919510082 2026-11-08
home ↗ 769288929286 2026-11-07
product ↗ 42100918210086 2026-11-08
Sydney default demo ↗ 749790949784 2026-11-07
category ↗ 73100919510082 2026-11-07
home ↗ 719288919285 2026-11-07
product ↗ 78100919510086 2026-11-07
Secrets demo ↗ 649791949785 2026-11-07
category ↗ 81100919510082 2026-11-08
home ↗ 679291919286 2026-11-07
product ↗ 43100919710086 2026-11-10

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Sydney: mobile speed 73 on Themestested
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