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Water Sports stores on Shopify

Updated Jan 9 2026

There are 6,137 live Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

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The most popular subcategories under Water Sports are:

  • 51.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell Swimming products
  • 32.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell Surfing products

Here are the the top Water Sports subcategories by store count.

Name
Store Count
3,163
1,982

Growth of Water Sports Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Water Sports category.

  • Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have decreased -85.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have increased 22% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
104
2017 Q2
68
2017 Q3
69
2017 Q4
117
2018 Q1
96
2018 Q2
177
2018 Q3
121
2018 Q4
94
2019 Q1
99
2019 Q2
104
2019 Q3
109
2019 Q4
81
2020 Q1
107
2020 Q2
149
2020 Q3
154
2020 Q4
177
2021 Q1
204
2021 Q2
161
2021 Q3
167
2021 Q4
111
2022 Q1
87
2022 Q2
113
2022 Q3
159
2022 Q4
107
2023 Q1
138
2023 Q2
172
2023 Q3
167
2023 Q4
180
2024 Q1
203
2024 Q2
235
2024 Q3
213
2024 Q4
216
2025 Q1
248
2025 Q2
235
2025 Q3
223
2025 Q4
264
2026 Q1 (to date)
39
Active Store Count by Quarter

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • Instagram is used by 67.2% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Facebook is used by 48.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • YouTube is used by 24.8% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
4,123
Facebook
2,963
YouTube
1,524
Tiktok
729
LinkedIn
651
Twitter
571
Pinterest
459
WhatsApp
79
Facebook Group
59
Yelp
8
Soundcloud
4
Snapchat
4
Applemusic
2

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • 68.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have an email on their website
  • 48.2% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
4,197
Phone
2,955

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • 39.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in United States
  • 13.9% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in Australia
  • 8.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in United Kingdom
  • 5.2% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category are in Canada
Country
Stores
853
318
151
143
136
83

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Water Sports category.

  • 19.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 18.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 16.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have installed the Mintt‑Instafeed Instagram Feed Shopify app.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Top Technologies on Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Many Shopify merchants run third-party technologies on their store in addition to apps from the Shopify App Store.

We're tracking 394 different technologies that have 62,870 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 99.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 99.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • Arrive is used by 94.6% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all Shopify stores.

Technology
Stores
6,098
5,807
4,402
4,156
4,051

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 19.0% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 17.1% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 13.8% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,163
10 - 24
1,052
25 - 49
837
50 - 99
718
100 - 249
844
250 - 999
826
1000 - 4999
425
5000 - 9999
50
10000 - 24999
17
25000 - 99999
6

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Water Sports Category

Shopify has an active and extension theme store. Merchants using Shopify can use one of those pre-built theme or develop their own custom theme to meet their needs. We're currently tracking over 478 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The trademark theme is used by 14.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.5% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
  • The debut theme is used by 5.3% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
877
dawn
581
debut
328
impulse
250
rise
177
horizon
158
venture
157
ride
120
prestige
115
symmetry
114

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Water Sports Category

The majority of Shopify stores use a .com domain. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

  • 68.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .com domain.
  • 6.9% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .com.au domain.
  • 3.4% of Shopify stores in the Water Sports category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
4,196
.com.au
425
.co.uk
206
.co.nz
104
.ca
98
.co
89
.shop
85
.de
81
.eu
63
.store
55

Top Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top 5 Water Sports stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Billabong
484
2018/10/12
Quiksilver
629
2017/10/27
SwimOutlet.com
1,474
2016/12/30
Rip Curl
1,633
2019/07/19
World Surf League
1,898
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Water Sports Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Water Sports stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
econour
7,003,640
2026/01/09
Swellside Surf Co.
7,092,874
2026/01/09
FlowTank
7,118,880
2026/01/09
Kovi Swim
7,325,363
2026/01/09
SWIMGOGGLES.COM.AU
7,366,857
2026/01/09

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