Yes! The speed test is running

TL;DR

All speed tests clearly indicates almost immediately that the speed test is running or finished.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Ideally, a web application such as a speed test has a response time of 1 second or less. If so, users retain a sense of control.

Most speed tests will not provide results within 1 second, but it is desirable that it is clear within 1 second that the test has started.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test in Brave (a secure web browser which offers you a clean speed test without ads or cookiebanners) and investigate how long it takes before there is a clear indication that the speed test is running.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir will be tested.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest almost immediately update the status to Speed Test In Progress
  2. Bandwidth Place almost immediately update the status to Testing...
  3. Bredbandskollen switches clearly into test mode almost immediately
  4. Broadband Speed Checker almost immediately update the status to Connecting to the test server
  5. Cloudflare almost immediately shows a running rabbit and the first measurements
  6. Comparitech almost immediately update the status to Connecting...
  7. DSLReports almost immediately update the status to pinging
  8. Fast shows the first results almost immediately
  9. Fireprobe shows the first results almost immediately
  10. Google Fiber almost immediately update the status to Testing download speed
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance shows the download speed almost immediately
  12. LibreSpeed the start button almost immediately turns into an abort button
  13. M-Lab almost immediately update the status to Starting
  14. Meter.net shows a running progress bar almost immediately
  15. N Perf not possible to test in Brave, in Chrome the status is almost immediately updated to Connecting to server...
  16. Ookla Speedtest almost immediately update the status to Connecting
  17. Open Speed Test shows the first results almost immediately
  18. SamKnows almost immediately update the status to Testing Latency
  19. SpeedCheck shows the first results almost immediately
  20. SpeedOf.me shows the first results almost immediately
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page almost immediately update the status to Speed test in progress. Please wait...
  22. SpeedSmart almost immediately update the status to Connecting
  23. Speedtest4.PHP shows the download speed almost immediately
  24. TestMy.net shows a running progress bar almost immediately
  25. Toast almost immediately update the status to Please wait, loading a compressed JPEG image (21.8 MB)...
  26. Which Broadband Speed Test shows the first results almost immediately
  27. Xfinity xFi Speed Test almost immediately update the status to And we're off!
 

Conclusions

All speed tests clearly indicates almost immediately that the speed test is running or finished.