Transmission
Transmission 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 51 for mobile speed and 75 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 96/96 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100).
Mobile51
Desktop75
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 51 | 75 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| Best practices | 100 | 100 |
Single preset · measured 10 times since 2026-10-14 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Transmission home page
Mobile
Speed 51 · 49 points to gain
- −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −9.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
- −7.8 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −6.9 Speed Index medium effort
- 2.9 s Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 600 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.2 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Desktop
Speed 75 · 25 points to gain
- −12.3 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −10.5 Total Blocking Time medium effort
- −2.3 Speed Index medium effort
- 520 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort
- 120 ms Reduce unused CSS high effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −4.5 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
Presets and pages
| Preset / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Transmission default demo ↗ | 51 | 92 | 96 | 75 | 92 | 96 | 2026-10-28 |
| home ↗ | 51 | 92 | 96 | 75 | 92 | 96 | 2026-10-28 |
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