The RealSpeeds speed test

https://realspeeds.com/speedtest The RealSpeeds speed test 0 3/5 stars ★★★☆☆ Hans van der Graaf

In general, the RealSpeeds speed test (not to be confused with Real Speed ★★★★★) is not a recommended speed test, mainly because there are more accurate M-Lab based speed tests.

 

With an adverstised speed of 125 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 122.3 Mbps, we conclude that the RealSpeeds speed test is not an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 60/100).

The RealSpeeds speed test is a conservative speed test. That is, this speed test measures structural an internet speed lower than the advertised speed.

We don't know who owns the RealSpeeds speed test.

RealSpeeds is trying to create the most accurate dataset of internet speeds by provider in the United States. As a result they show the average download speed, upload speed and number of ISPs per city.

Internet in Virginia

Based on the page Internet Speeds in Virginia (visited oktober 2025), we know the following about internet speed in Virginia:

  1. The average download speed is 168 Mbps
  2. The median download speed is 168 Mbps
  3. The standard deviation is 76 Mbps
  4. The maximum download speed is Mbps (Round Hill)
  5. The minimum download speed is 8 Mbps (Glasgow and Henry)

Note: n = 196, because there are 196 cities mentioned in this list.

The first occurence on the Wayback Machine is from May 2022.

The homepage of the RealSpeeds speed test has a large GO button The RealSpeeds speed test has a GO-button which is similar to the GO-button of Ookla's Speedtest.

The RealSpeeds speed test while running The RealSpeeds speed test while running.

The result page of the RealSpeeds speed test When finished the RealSpeeds speed test shows the download speed, the upload speed and the latency.

The RealSpeeds speed test is a based on the M-Lab speed test.

Pros

This RealSpeeds speed test has the following pros:

  1. Ad-free

Cons

This RealSpeeds speed test has the following cons:

  1. Not accurate
  2. Refresh required to start a re-test

When to use RealSpeeds

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use another speed test. In our opinion Real Speed (without an "s") is a much better speed test than RealSpeeds.

How we tested

We have tested the RealSpeeds 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: yes
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 122.3 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
  5. Correct back button behavior: yes
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: - (There is no privacy policy)
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 6
  8. Number of cookies: 2
  9. Number of measured features: 3
  10. Number of Wave errors: 2
  11. Observatory score: 45
  12. Tingtun score: - (Not working during the test)
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 603.07 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 74 seconds