How fast is the Impulse Shopify theme?

Theme By Archetype Themes

Is the Impulse theme right for your shop? One of the biggest conversion killers is slow site speed. We've audited Impulse from Archetype Themes and 83 other themes to see which ones are the fastest. Each stat is the average of the theme's homepage, collections page and product page.

Ranking

#49

Impulse ranked #49 for speed among the 83 Shopify themes that we've audited.

Initial Theme Features
Optimization Status
Minified CSS
Minified JS
Lazyloaded Images
Efficient CSS (Less Unused CSS)
Less Render Blocking Resources

Theme edits by apps or developers may not have these optimizations.

Speed Index

5375ms

Speed Index is the average time at which visible parts of the page are displayed. The lower the score, the better.

Time to First Byte

185ms

Time to First Byte is the amount of time it takes for the server to respond. Themes can lower this by reducing the amount of work the server needs to render it.

First Contentful Paint

2309ms

First Contentful Paint is the amount of time it takes from opening a page to when the browser renders the first piece of content.

First Meaningful Paint

2921ms

First Meaningful Paint is the amount of time it takes for the primary above-the-fold content to load. This is when the user feels like the most important content is visible.

Time to Interactive

9017ms

Time to Interactive is the total amount of time it takes for the page to have useful content and respond to user interactions quickly.