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What Shopify theme does Gymshark use?

Gymshark is running Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup) on a pre-2.0 vintage theme. We identified it from inline window.Shopify.theme JSON plus signature-matched CSS class prefixes.

Hydra 1.15.0 | …

theme detected

Vintage architecture

Live result · refreshed 2026-05-29

gymshark.com
Screenshot of Gymshark's Shopify storefront

About Gymshark

Founded 2012 · GB

Ben Francis started Gymshark in his parents' garage in Birmingham at age 19, screen-printing the first products himself. By 2020 he was the UK's youngest self-made billionaire on paper after General Atlantic bought a minority stake at a £1.0bn valuation. The brand built its early following almost entirely through fitness-creator partnerships before such partnerships were called influencer marketing.

Public scale markers

Disclosed in filings, acquisitions or named press reporting — not estimates.

  • 01£600M+ trailing revenue (FY2023)
  • 02Valued at £1.0bn (2020, General Atlantic minority stake)
  • 03900+ employees
  • 04Customers in 230+ countries

Notable for the theme detector

Gymshark is one of Shopify Plus's most public enterprise success stories — Tobi Lütke himself cites it in keynote talks. The brand publicly stuck with Shopify through its scale-up phase rather than going custom.

Theme identity

Theme name
Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup)
Theme ID
120703549642
Homepage template
index

Shopify 2.0 readiness

Online Store 2.0

Vintage

Sections rendered

0

Theme app extensions

0

Customisation + performance

How heavily Gymshark's storefront has been modified on top of the base theme.

Inline scripts

25

HTML size

41 KB

TTFB

455 ms

CMP

None

What this theme + customisation reveals

Gymshark's storefront declares "Hydra 1.15.0 | Store 1.39.0 (BF backup)" via window.Shopify.theme JSON but the underlying CSS signatures don't match a commercial theme we track. That pattern is consistent with either (a) a fully-custom in-house theme that the team named after a project codename, or (b) a heavily-forked commercial theme where the original class prefixes have been stripped during customisation. Either way, the build effort here is meaningful.

Cross-check with the App Stack Detector to see how the apps installed interact with the theme — heavily-customised themes typically run thinner app stacks because custom code replaces app functionality.

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