Dawn at a glance
- 142,444 Shopify stores ran Dawn in September 2026: 19.9% of all Shopify stores in the crawl, #1 of all themes.
- Free Shopify theme, free. 110,398 stores (78%) carry its Theme Store id; 32,046 run an uploaded copy, usually a developer's modified version.
- 87% of its stores pass all three Core Web Vitals for real visitors (69,276 measured), against 83% of all Shopify stores. Median LCP 1.3 s, INP 100 ms, CLS 0.00.
- Most common version: 15.4.1 on 16% of its stores, released 18 July 2025.
- 48% of its stores are in the United States, then India (5.8%), United Kingdom (4.1%), Germany (3.6%).
Real-user speed on Dawn
From the Chrome UX Report, phone visitors, 75th percentile per store. A store passes when LCP is at most 2.5 s, INP at most 200 ms and CLS at most 0.1. Only stores with all three published are counted.
| Stores | Measured | Median LCP (p75) | Median INP (p75) | Median CLS (p75) | Good LCP | Good INP | Good CLS | Pass all three |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Dawn | 69,276 | 1.3 s | 100 ms | 0.00 | 93% | 92% | 97% | 87% |
| All Shopify stores | 378,997 | 1.5 s | 100 ms | 0.00 | 91% | 91% | 96% | 83% |
Check any store on Dawn with the theme detector, or any store you visit with Store Lens for Chrome. Both show the version, how far it is behind, and this theme's figures.
Dawn by store size
Site rank from the Chrome UX Report, which places every site by how many visitors it gets. The last column is Dawn's share of all Shopify stores in that band.
| Site rank | Dawn stores | Share of Dawn stores | Share of all Shopify stores in this band | Dawn's share of the band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10,000 sites | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 30.8% |
| Top 100,000 | 372 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 19.9% |
| Top 1 million | 7,388 | 5.2% | 6.5% | 15.8% |
| Beyond the top million | 134,672 | 94.5% | 93.2% | 20.2% |
Versions of Dawn in use
Every Shopify storefront prints its theme version. Release dates are from the Dawn repository on GitHub; a version between two tags is dated by the earlier one.
| Version | Released | Stores | Share of Dawn stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn 15.4.1 | 18 July 2025 | 23,243 | 16.3% |
| Dawn 15.2.0 | 3 October 2024 | 16,915 | 11.9% |
| Dawn 15.3.0 | 28 February 2025 | 15,313 | 10.8% |
| Dawn 15.4.0 | 18 July 2025 | 11,084 | 7.8% |
| Dawn 11.0.0 | 26 July 2023 | 8,135 | 5.7% |
| Dawn 15.5.0 | 19 June 2026 | 7,011 | 4.9% |
| Dawn 12.0.0 | 31 October 2023 | 6,415 | 4.5% |
| Dawn 13.0.1 | 31 January 2024 | 5,380 | 3.8% |
| Dawn 7.0.1 | 14 Sepember 2022 | 4,943 | 3.5% |
| Dawn 14.0.0 | 24 April 2024 | 4,571 | 3.2% |
| Dawn 16.0.0 | 10 August 2026 | 4,028 | 2.8% |
| Dawn 15.0.0 | 3 July 2024 | 3,815 | 2.7% |
Moving a store to a newer version without losing its settings is what our theme upgrade tool does.
Where Dawn stores are
The country each storefront reports, for the ten most common. The last column is the same country's share of all Shopify stores, so you can see where Dawn is over- or under-represented.
| Country | Dawn stores | Share of Dawn stores | Share of all Shopify stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 68,758 | 48.3% | 51.1% |
| India | 8,287 | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| United Kingdom | 5,857 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
| Germany | 5,072 | 3.6% | 3.4% |
| Japan | 4,346 | 3.1% | 2.0% |
| Australia | 3,977 | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Pakistan | 3,486 | 2.4% | 2.0% |
| France | 2,904 | 2.0% | 2.2% |
| Singapore | 2,578 | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Canada | 2,553 | 1.8% | 2.1% |
Frequently asked questions
How many Shopify stores use the Dawn theme?
142,444 stores in the HTTP Archive crawl of September 2026 ran Dawn, 19.9% of the 716,063 Shopify stores in the crawl and #1 among all themes. 110,398 of them carried the Theme Store id; the rest were uploaded copies.
Is Dawn a fast Shopify theme?
For real visitors, 87% of 69,276 measured stores pass all three Core Web Vitals in the Chrome UX Report for August 2026, against 83% of all Shopify stores. The median store on Dawn has a 75th-percentile LCP of 1.3 s and INP of 100 ms. The theme sets the ceiling; apps, images and sections on the home page decide the rest.
Which version of Dawn do most stores run?
Dawn 15.4.1, on 23,243 stores (16.3% of Dawn stores). Next come 15.2.0 (16,915), 15.3.0 (15,313), 15.4.0 (11,084). Shopify does not update a store's theme automatically, so older versions stay in use until the merchant installs the new one.
Where is this data from?
The HTTP Archive crawls the home page of every site in the Chrome UX Report once a month and records the storefront object Shopify prints on the page, including the theme name, version and Theme Store id. Speed comes from the Chrome UX Report, phone traffic, 75th percentile. Full method, limits and CSVs are on the report page.
Sources and method
Counts from the HTTP Archive crawl of September 2026 (mobile root pages, custom_metrics.ecommerce); speed from the Chrome UX Report, phone, August 2026; theme names and prices from the Shopify Theme Store catalogue. The method, its limits, the queries and the CSVs are on the report page. Data under CC BY 4.0: credit Mufatech Studio and link to this page.