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Julian

Julian is a Squarespace theme by Squarespace (Free). Tested on 2026-10-28 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 52 for mobile speed and 71 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 91/91 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).

Mobile52
Julian home page on mobile
Desktop71
Julian home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed5271
SEO9292
Accessibility9191
Best practices9696

Single preset · measured 8 times since 2026-10-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Julian home page

Mobile

Speed 52 · 48 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −10 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −9.9 Speed Index medium effort
  • −3.6 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • 7.8 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 1.0 s Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain

  • −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.6 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 71 · 29 points to gain

  • −20 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −7.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −1.6 Speed Index medium effort
  • 990 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
  • 120 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort

SEO 92 · 8 points to gain

  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort

Accessibility 91 · 9 points to gain

  • −3.6 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
  • −3.6 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.6 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
Julian default demo ↗ 529291719291 2026-10-28
home ↗ 529291719291 2026-10-28

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Julian: mobile speed 52 on Themestested
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