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Impulse

Impulse is a Shopify theme by Archetype Themes ($500). Tested on 2026-09-11 with Google Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights on its own demo store, it scores 64 for mobile speed and 83 for desktop speed, 91/91 for SEO and 91/93 for accessibility (mobile/desktop, 0–100). Those are medians across its 4 tested presets; mobile speed across every tested page ranges from 45 to 90. On its marketplace it is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 1,302 reviews.

Mobile51
Impulse home page on mobile
Desktop97
Impulse home page on desktop

Scores

MobileDesktop
Speed6483
SEO9191
Accessibility9193
Best practices9695

Median of 4 presets · measured 24 times since 2026-09-11 · Lighthouse via PageSpeed Insights · 0–100, 90+ is good.

Why not 100 — Impulse home page

Mobile

Speed 51 · 49 points to gain

  • −25 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −10.2 Total Blocking Time medium effort
  • −5.7 Speed Index medium effort
  • −4.5 Cumulative Layout Shift medium effort
  • −3.7 First Contentful Paint medium effort
  • 900 ms Reduce unused JavaScript high effort

SEO 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 86 · 14 points to gain

  • −5.1 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.5 `[aria-hidden="true"]` elements contain focusable descendents medium effort
  • −3.5 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.5 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 97 · 3 points to gain

  • −2.2 Largest Contentful Paint medium effort
  • −0.9 Total Blocking Time medium effort

SEO 77 · 23 points to gain

  • −7.7 Document does not have a meta description low effort
  • −7.7 Links do not have descriptive text low effort
  • −7.7 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort

Accessibility 90 · 10 points to gain

  • −4.9 Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes low effort
  • −3.4 Links do not have a discernible name medium effort
  • −1.5 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
Apothecary demo ↗ 679592859594 2026-09-11
category 68100928810092 2026-09-11
home 878590928594 2026-09-11
product 45100937510096 2026-09-11
Dune demo ↗ 509281779284 2026-09-11
category 459288789292 2026-09-11
home 558574768577 2026-09-11
product 49100807610083 2026-09-11
Impulse default demo ↗ 629095929095 2026-09-11
category 79921008192100 2026-09-11
home 517786977790 2026-09-11
product 57100989710095 2026-09-11
Terrain demo ↗ 659089819091 2026-09-11
category 909296859297 2026-09-11
home 608587858590 2026-09-11
product 459284749287 2026-09-11

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Impulse: mobile speed 64 on Themestested
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