Refresh at a glance
- 13,800 Shopify stores ran Refresh in September 2026: 1.9% of all Shopify stores in the crawl, #8 of all themes.
- Free Shopify theme, free. 12,318 stores (89%) carry its Theme Store id; 1,482 run an uploaded copy, usually a developer's modified version.
- 87% of its stores pass all three Core Web Vitals for real visitors (6,261 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 14% of its stores.
- 45% of its stores are in the United States, then India (7.2%), United Kingdom (4.6%), Germany (3.1%).
Real-user speed on Refresh
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 Refresh | 6,261 | 1.3 s | 100 ms | 0.00 | 92% | 91% | 98% | 87% |
| All Shopify stores | 378,997 | 1.5 s | 100 ms | 0.00 | 91% | 91% | 96% | 83% |
Check any store on Refresh 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.
Refresh by store size
Site rank from the Chrome UX Report, which places every site by how many visitors it gets. The last column is Refresh's share of all Shopify stores in that band.
| Site rank | Refresh stores | Share of Refresh stores | Share of all Shopify stores in this band | Refresh's share of the band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10,000 sites | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Top 100,000 | 10 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Top 1 million | 439 | 3.2% | 6.5% | 0.9% |
| Beyond the top million | 13,351 | 96.7% | 93.2% | 2.0% |
Versions of Refresh in use
Every Shopify storefront prints its theme version. A merchant stays on the version they installed until they add the new one and move their settings over.
| Version | Stores | Share of Refresh stores |
|---|---|---|
| Refresh 15.4.1 | 1,988 | 14.4% |
| Refresh 15.2.0 | 1,509 | 10.9% |
| Refresh 15.3.0 | 1,192 | 8.6% |
| Refresh 15.5.0 | 1,125 | 8.2% |
| Refresh 15.4.0 | 989 | 7.2% |
| Refresh 12.0.0 | 789 | 5.7% |
| Refresh 13.0.1 | 787 | 5.7% |
| Refresh 11.0.0 | 720 | 5.2% |
| Refresh 16.0.0 | 520 | 3.8% |
| Refresh 2.0.2 | 514 | 3.7% |
| Refresh 14.0.0 | 513 | 3.7% |
| Refresh 9.0.0 | 449 | 3.3% |
Moving a store to a newer version without losing its settings is what our theme upgrade tool does.
Where Refresh 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 Refresh is over- or under-represented.
| Country | Refresh stores | Share of Refresh stores | Share of all Shopify stores |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,244 | 45.2% | 51.1% |
| India | 997 | 7.2% | 4.7% |
| United Kingdom | 633 | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Germany | 430 | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| Australia | 405 | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| Pakistan | 404 | 2.9% | 2.0% |
| Mexico | 353 | 2.6% | 1.3% |
| France | 305 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
| Canada | 269 | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Italy | 255 | 1.8% | 1.7% |
Frequently asked questions
How many Shopify stores use the Refresh theme?
13,800 stores in the HTTP Archive crawl of September 2026 ran Refresh, 1.9% of the 716,063 Shopify stores in the crawl and #8 among all themes. 12,318 of them carried the Theme Store id; the rest were uploaded copies.
Is Refresh a fast Shopify theme?
For real visitors, 87% of 6,261 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 Refresh 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 Refresh do most stores run?
Refresh 15.4.1, on 1,988 stores (14.4% of Refresh stores). Next come 15.2.0 (1,509), 15.3.0 (1,192), 15.5.0 (1,125). 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.