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This test examines the latency (milliseconds), download and upload speed of your broadband connection in Megabits per second (estimated). Please try our Availability Checker to see which major networks are available in your area.
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Please take note that this test can cope with both current and next generation Gigabit broadband speeds (up to around 1,000Mbps), although the dynamic nature of Internet connectivity means that the results may not always be 100% accurate. Tests conducted via WiFi may also produce a slower result, especially if others are using your network.

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 Results - UK Home Broadband ISPs
These results only include the largest independent UK ISPs with a wide national availability, which is primarily because smaller and often faster altnet providers (Gigaclear, B4RN, Hyperoptic etc.) aren't yet available to the majority of people and others didn't produce enough test data to be included.
NOTE: The top 10% result below represents the speeds experienced by the fastest 10% of customers at each ISP (usually those with the best connections / fastest packages).

Average Download Speeds (Mean)

No. Operator 2023 (Top 10%) 2022 (Top 10%) Change %
1. Virgin Media 264.5Mbps (626.6Mbps) 204.1Mbps (468.3Mbps) 29.59%
2. Zen Internet 165.4Mbps (506.3Mbps) 113.6Mbps (308.7Mbps) 45.6%
3. Vodafone 134.8Mbps (430.3Mbps) 78.7Mbps (146Mbps) 71.28%
4. BT 93.7Mbps (231.5Mbps) 78.3Mbps (149.4Mbps) 19.67%
5. EE 72.1Mbps (108.5Mbps) 53.6Mbps (74.8Mbps) 34.51%
6. TalkTalk 64.8Mbps (107.8Mbps) 51.4Mbps (75.4Mbps) 26.07%
7. Sky Broadband 61Mbps (127.5Mbps) 50.1Mbps (74.8Mbps) 21.76%
8. Plusnet 58.5Mbps (103.6Mbps) 39.2Mbps (70.2Mbps) 49.23%

Average Upload Speeds (Mean)

No. Operator 2023 2022 Change %
1. Zen Internet 58.3Mbps 41.4Mbps 40.82%
2. Vodafone 55.5Mbps 30.7Mbps 80.78%
3. Virgin Media 34.4Mbps 22.7Mbps 51.54%
4. BT 20.7Mbps 18.1Mbps 14.36%
5. EE 19.5Mbps 13.8Mbps 41.3%
6. TalkTalk 17.6Mbps 12.4Mbps 41.94%
7. Sky Broadband 14.9Mbps 12.1Mbps 23.14%
8. Plusnet 13.1Mbps 9.1Mbps 43.96%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 114.35Mbps and the average upload speed hit 29.25Mbps.

 Results - UK Alternative Network ISPs
These results cover "full fibre" (FTTP) alternative network (AltNet) providers that have built their own physically separate networks. Most AltNets only have small UK coverage and limited speedtest data, which means that at present we can only summarise a few. The majority of these can deliver significantly faster speeds than the major national ISPs.

As FTTP providers don't suffer from the same performance pitfalls as copper or hybrid fibre ISPs then we've decided to focus our results on only the top 10% of fastest connections, which in most cases will reflect those consumers who take the fastest package tiers available from each provider.

Average Download Speeds of Top 10%

ISP Top 10% - 2023 Top 10% - 2022
Seethelight (OFNL) 941.4Mbps 644.1Mbps
toob 923.5Mbps 843.9Mbps
YouFibre (Netomnia) 920.6Mbps no data
Community Fibre 912.4Mbps 771.1Mbps
Hey! Broadband 812.8Mbps no data
BeFibre 810.6Mbps no data
Brsk 775.2Mbps no data
Giganet 686.6Mbps no data
Hyperoptic 660.7Mbps 691.5Mbps
Zzoomm 604.8Mbps no data
Swish Fibre 517Mbps 509.3Mbps
Lit Fibre 514.3Mbps no data
Gigaclear 489.8Mbps 386.1Mbps
Jurassic Fibre 454.7Mbps 404.5Mbps
Lila Connect (VX FIBER) 406.5Mbps 665.5Mbps
Wessex Internet 371.3Mbps 266.5Mbps
KCOM 346.7Mbps 401.1Mbps
Trooli 342.1Mbps no data
Fibrus 269.8Mbps 395.7Mbps
Grain Connect 256.5Mbps no data
Ogi 207.8Mbps no data

 Results - UK Mobile Broadband Operators
These results reflect the four primary Mobile Broadband (4G and 5G) operators. Mobile services are subject to the daily movements and radically different hardware choices (Smartphones etc.) of their end-users, which makes it difficult to establish a reliable picture of performance.

Average Mobile Download Speeds

No. Operator  2023 (Top 10%)  2022 (Top 10%) Change
1. Three UK 68.8Mbps (160.6Mbps) 70.9Mbps (208.8Mbps) -2.96%
2. EE 55Mbps (106.7Mbps) 44.4Mbps (91.8Mbps) 23.87%
3. Vodafone 30.1Mbps (80.6Mbps) 25.8Mbps (60.7Mbps) 4.3%
4. O2 22.3Mbps (57.6Mbps) 24.8Mbps (60.1Mbps) -10.08%

Average Upload Speeds

No. Operator 2023 (Top 10%) 2022 (Top 10%) Change
1. EE 19.5Mbps (34.1Mbps) 9.6Mbps (19.7Mbps) 103.13%
2. Three UK 11.1Mbps (30.4Mbps) 10.2Mbps (23.4Mbps) 8.82%
3. Vodafone 7.2Mbps (18.6Mbps) 5.8Mbps (15.1Mbps) 24.14%
4. O2 4.8Mbps (12.4Mbps) 4.6Mbps (12.9Mbps) 4.35%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 44.05Mbps (up from 41.47Mbps in 2022) and the average upload speed hit 10.65Mbps (up from 7.55Mbps).

Disclaimer: Please take average (mean) speeds with a big pinch of salt. Every home is different and performance can be affected by all sorts of issues, many of which are beyond the provider's ability to control (e.g. tests conducted via slower smartphone vs faster desktop computers, slow wifi, poor home wiring etc.), thus we do not consider the above data to be a reliable barometer for individual user connectivity, but it can help to highlight general changes in the market.

NOTE: Data for H1 (first half of the year) is collected during the end of May, while data for H2 (second half of the year) is collected during the end of November.
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