The (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test

https://www.speedtest.net/ The (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test 0 3/5 stars ★★★☆☆ Hans van der Graaf Pop

Ookla's Speedtest® is one of the best-known speed tests. Although this is a popular speed test, we don't recommended the use of Speedtest®, because this speed test is slow, has ads and places a lot of cookies.

 

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 100.9 Mbps, we conclude that the (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test is a very accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 100/100).

All the ins and outs

Given the importance of the Ookla Speedtest, we have dedicated a separate section to Ookla's Speedtest, which covers all the ins and outs of Speedtest® by Ookla®.

Speedtest® is one of the best-known speed tests. This is for the following reasons:

  1. It is one of the oldest speed tests
  2. It set the standard through collaboration with ISPs
  3. Speedtest® is often recommended

Pros

The (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test has the following pros:

  1. It is an original speed test
  2. It is the gold standard for speed tests

Cons

The (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test has the following cons:

  1. It is a relative slow speed test
  2. There are ads
  3. A lot of cookies are placed
  4. A speed test requires a lot of data
 

When to use (Ookla) Speedtest®

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use another speed test. Read our advice for a better speed test that suits your needs.

If you want to ask your ISP what to do to get the advertised speed more often than not they will advise you to test properly with Ookla's Speedtest®.

 

How we tested

We have tested the (Ookla) Speedtest® speed test in a standardized way. This makes speed tests easy to compare.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

  1. Abort/pause possible: no
  2. Ad-free: no
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 100.9 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
  5. Correct back button behavior: no
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 26.86
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 0
  8. Number of cookies: 21
  9. Number of measured features: 5
  10. Number of Wave errors: 2
  11. Observatory score: 0
  12. Tingtun score: 100
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 797.33 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 122 seconds