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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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Results - Big UK Home Broadband ISPs
Results - UK Smaller Network ISPs
Results - UK Starlink (Satellite)
Results - UK Mobile Broadband Operators

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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.

Results - Big UK Home Broadband ISPs

The first set of results below 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 (Median)

No.	Operator	H1 - 2026 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2025 (Top 10%)	Change %
1.	Virgin Media	265.6Mbps (729.9Mbps)	262.9Mbps (774.3Mbps)	1.03%
2.	Zen Internet	106.2Mbps (861.5Mbps)	103.7Mbps (889.6Mbps)	2.41%
3.	Vodafone	104.6Mbps (538.1Mbps)	80.3Mbps (548Mbps)	30.26%
4.	EE	76.2Mbps (547.5Mbps)	65.6Mbps (900.6Mbps)	16.16%
5.	BT	69.5Mbps (442.4Mbps)	62.7Mbps (430.4Mbps)	10.85%
6.	Sky Broadband	69.2Mbps (299.1Mbps)	61.1Mbps (231.5Mbps)	13.26%
7.	Plusnet	64.9Mbps (309.3Mbps)	52.8Mbps (290.9Mbps)	22.92%
8.	TalkTalk	50.2Mbps (150.3Mbps)	41.2Mbps (149.6Mbps)	21.84%

Average Upload Speeds (Median)

No.	Operator	H1 - 2026	H2 - 2025	Change %
1.	Zen Internet	48.8Mbps	37.2Mbps	31.18%
2.	Virgin Media	35Mbps	33.9Mbps	3.24%
3.	EE	27Mbps	19.1Mbps	41.36%
4.	Vodafone	25.9Mbps	19.3Mbps	34.2%
5.	BT	18.3Mbps	17.5Mbps	4.57%
6.	Sky Broadband	17.9Mbps	17.4Mbps	2.87%
7.	Plusnet	17.5Mbps	15.4Mbps	13.64%
8.	TalkTalk	13.6Mbps	9.9Mbps	37.37%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 100.8Mbps (up from 91.28Mbps) and the average upload speed hit 25.5Mbps (up from 21.21Mbps).

Results - Smaller ISPs

The results below cover the fastest smaller providers (excluding those major providers listed above and some others), which also includes some large-ish providers that may not have strong national availability due to the limited coverage of their underlying network(s). This is intended to provide some useful context against the biggest and most widely available market players above.

The table below is ordered by median download speed, but for extra context we've also included a figure for upload performance in brackets. Most of the providers in this list are faster than the major players because they're often connected to alternative networks with faster entry-level packages and will have a lower portion of users (sometimes none at all) on older copper-based connections (ADSL, FTTC etc.).

However, there are some exceptions to the above, such as some highly rated ISPs that have been around a long time - these may suffer in this table due to the impact of legacy users on slower lines.

Fastest Smaller ISPs - Average Downloads (Upload)

Operator	H1 - 2026	H2 - 2025
Aquiss	567.2Mbps (97.2Mbps)	438.7Mbps (94.9Mbps)
CommunityFibre	421.7Mbps (327.3Mbps)	427.2Mbps (302.3Mbps)
YouFibre	387.2Mbps (271.9Mbps)	375.6Mbps (302.4Mbps)
Trooli	310Mbps (232.5Mbps)	332.1Mbps (187.7Mbps)
toob	298.5Mbps (279.1Mbps)	447.6Mbps (404.4Mbps)
Grain Connect	288.2Mbps (186.5Mbps)	no data
Hey! Broadband	286.8Mbps (348.8Mbps)	308.2Mbps (437.5Mbps)
Hyperoptic	281.5Mbps (229.9Mbps)	360.3Mbps (269.3Mbps)
Rise Fibre	272.9Mbps (201.5Mbps)	no data
Connect Fibre	236.5Mbps (246.7Mbps)	272.6Mbps (252.2Mbps)
Gigaclear	182.1Mbps (174.2Mbps)	204.8Mbps (198.5Mbps)
iDNET	177.2Mbps (79.9Mbps)	130Mbps (73.5Mbps)
Highland Broadband	156.9Mbps (107.2Mbps)	233.1Mbps (127.9Mbps)
Voneus	152.4Mbps (193.2Mbps)	no data
Fibrus	148.5Mbps (82.3Mbps)	171.9Mbps (85Mbps)
Zzoomm	138.3Mbps (36.1Mbps)	192.9Mbps (156.2Mbps)
KCOM	89.7Mbps (88.2Mbps)	106.3Mbps (105.2Mbps)
Andrews and Arnold	80Mbps (18.7Mbps)	147.8Mbps (37Mbps)
Quickline	70.9Mbps (15.9Mbps)	150.4Mbps (115.7Mbps)
Airband	79.8Mbps (52Mbps)	no data

Results - Starlink (Satellite)

These results reflect the performance of SpaceX's satellite based Starlink broadband service.

Average Starlink UK Broadband Speeds

	H1 - 2026 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2025 (Top 10%)
Download	97.5Mbps (193.6Mbps)	126.2Mbps (199.4Mbps)
Upload	17.6Mbps (28.7Mbps)	19.2Mbps (26.2Mbps)

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	H1 - 2026 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2025 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	Three UK	40.9Mbps (309.8Mbps)	34.9Mbps (275.3Mbps)	17.19%
3.	EE	31.7Mbps (129.6Mbps)	26.8Mbps (126.8Mbps)	18.28%
2.	Vodafone	24.3Mbps (118.3Mbps)	25.8Mbps (149.6Mbps)	-5.81%
4.	O2	18.1Mbps (107.2Mbps)	19.5Mbps (118.9Mbps)	-7.18%

Average Upload Speeds

No.	Operator	H1 - 2026 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2025 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	EE	7.3Mbps (102.5Mbps)	6.4Mbps (33.3Mbps)	14.06%
2.	Three UK	6.8Mbps (51.8Mbps)	5.4Mbps (34.2Mbps)	25.93%
3.	Vodafone	5.2Mbps (16.6Mbps)	3.9Mbps (13.1Mbps)	33.33%
4.	O2	3.1Mbps (17.1Mbps)	3.1Mbps (12.5Mbps)	0%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 28.75Mbps (up from 26.75Mbps in H2 2025) and the average upload speed hit 5.6Mbps (up from 4.7Mbps).

Disclaimer: Please take average (median) 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 usually 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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