Ascension
Ascension is a Shopify theme by Fuel Themes ($400). Tested on 2026-09-13 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 75 for mobile speed and 95 for desktop speed, 92/92 for SEO and 92/92 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 3 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 55 to 84. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 17 reviews.
Scores
| Mobile | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | 75 | 95 |
| SEO | 92 | 92 |
| Accessibility | 92 | 92 |
| Best practices | 96 | 95 |
Median of 3 presets · measured 18 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.
Why not 100 — Aeroform home page
Mobile
Speed 84 · 16 points to gain
- −13.5 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
- −1.4 Speed Index medium effort
- −1.2 First Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 95 · 5 points to gain
- −3.3 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.4 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 93 · 7 points to gain
- −4.1 Speed Index medium effort
- −2.7 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
SEO 92 · 8 points to gain
- −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
Accessibility 96 · 4 points to gain
- −2.9 Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio. medium effort
- −1.2 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 / page | Speed | SEO | A11y | Speed | SEO | A11y | Tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mobile | desktop | ||||||
| Ascension demo ↗ | 77 | 92 | 90 | 96 | 92 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 75 | 100 | 95 | 94 | 100 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 75 | 85 | 90 | 96 | 85 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | 80 | 92 | 86 | 98 | 92 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
| Aeroform default demo ↗ | 75 | 97 | 96 | 93 | 97 | 96 | 2026-09-11 |
| category ↗ | 72 | 100 | 97 | 89 | 100 | 97 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 84 | 92 | 95 | 93 | 92 | 96 | 2026-09-11 |
| product ↗ | 69 | 100 | 96 | 98 | 100 | 96 | 2026-09-12 |
| Opus demo ↗ | 68 | 92 | 92 | 95 | 90 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| category ↗ | 75 | 100 | 98 | 95 | 92 | 95 | 2026-09-12 |
| home ↗ | 73 | 85 | 91 | 96 | 85 | 92 | 2026-09-12 |
| product ↗ | 55 | 92 | 86 | 95 | 92 | 88 | 2026-09-12 |
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