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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.

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	H1 - 2024 (Top 10%)	H2 - 2023 (Top 10%)	Change %
1.	Virgin Media	280Mbps (675.4Mbps)	264.5Mbps (626.6Mbps)	5.86%
2.	Zen Internet	199.1Mbps (607.1Mbps)	165.4Mbps (506.3Mbps)	20.37%
3.	Vodafone	179.7Mbps (545.2Mbps)	134.8Mbps (430.3Mbps)	33.31%
4.	BT	116.8Mbps (313Mbps)	93.7Mbps (231.5Mbps)	24.65%
5.	Sky Broadband	74.3Mbps (142.6Mbps)	61Mbps (127.5Mbps)	21.8%
6.	Plusnet	71.5Mbps (147.7Mbps)	58.5Mbps (103.6Mbps)	22.22%
7.	EE	68.3Mbps (103.8Mbps)	72.1Mbps (108.5Mbps)	-5.27%
8.	TalkTalk	64Mbps (114.2Mbps)	64.8Mbps (107.8Mbps)	-1.23%

Average Upload Speeds (Mean)

No.	Operator	H1 - 2024	H2 - 2023	Change %
1.	Zen Internet	106.2Mbps	58.3Mbps	82.16%
2.	Vodafone	73.1Mbps	55.5Mbps	31.71%
3.	Virgin Media	39.2Mbps	34.4Mbps	13.95%
4.	BT	24Mbps	20.7Mbps	15.94%
5.	Sky Broadband	16.7Mbps	14.9Mbps	12.08%
6.	EE	16.4Mbps	19.5Mbps	-15.9%
7.	TalkTalk	15.7Mbps	17.6Mbps	-10.8%
8.	Plusnet	15.4Mbps	13.1Mbps	17.56%

Overall, the average download speed of the top national providers was 131.7Mbps (up from 114.35Mbps) and the average upload speed hit 38.3Mbps (up from 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% - H1 2024	Top 10% - H2 2023
Zzoomm	1051.9Mbps	604.8Mbps
YouFibre (Netomnia)	929.6Mbps	920.6Mbps
toob	921Mbps	923.5Mbps
Community Fibre	885.1Mbps	912.4Mbps
Trooli	813.9Mbps	342.1Mbps
Hey! Broadband (F&W)	782.4Mbps	812.8Mbps
Giganet	768.2Mbps	686.6Mbps
Gigaclear	744.4Mbps	489.8Mbps
Brsk	721.2Mbps	775.2Mbps
Lit Fibre	701.3Mbps	514.3Mbps
Truespeed	610.9Mbps	no data
Hyperoptic	519.4Mbps	660.7Mbps
GoFibre	466.5Mbps	no data
Grain Connect	406.4Mbps	256.5Mbps
Ogi	405Mbps	207.8Mbps
Fibrus	382.4Mbps	269.8Mbps
Wessex Internet	377.8Mbps	371.3Mbps
KCOM	301.6Mbps	346.7Mbps

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 2024 (Top 10%)	H2 2023 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	Three UK	87.4Mbps (220.1Mbps)	68.8Mbps (160.6Mbps)	27.03%
2.	Vodafone	53.1Mbps (161.3Mbps)	30.1Mbps (80.6Mbps)	76.41%
3.	EE	48.6Mbps (99.4Mbps)	55Mbps (106.7Mbps)	-11.64%
4.	O2	33.2Mbps (71.1Mbps)	22.3Mbps (57.6Mbps)	48.88%

Average Upload Speeds

No.	Operator	H1 2024 (Top 10%)	H2 2023 (Top 10%)	Change
1.	EE	15.1Mbps (22.5Mbps)	19.5Mbps (34.1Mbps)	-22.56%
2.	Three UK	13.4Mbps (35.5Mbps)	11.1Mbps (30.4Mbps)	20.72%
3.	Vodafone	10.4Mbps (21.7Mbps)	7.2Mbps (18.6Mbps)	44.44%
4.	O2	7.5Mbps (15.5Mbps)	4.8Mbps (12.4Mbps)	56.25%

Overall, the average download speed of the four primary mobile operators was 55.57Mbps (up from 44.05Mbps in H2 2023) and the average upload speed hit 11.6Mbps (up from 10.65Mbps).

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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