Test Your Internet Speed

Test your Internet speed online using our bandwidth test here on IPAddress.com. It is very easy to use, just click the "Run Speed Test" button below and allow time for the speed test to run. We suggest you limit the number of devices and applications that are using your Internet connection before you run our test.

Our bandwidth speed test is interactive and runs in real-time. After starting your Internet speed test, give it a few minutes to complete and present the results to you. During testing, our test will check the download and upload speeds that your broadband or mobile connection can handle and report the findings to you on the screen.

Depending on your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and the time of day when your run the bandwidth speed test online, you can receive different results based on how much network traffic is currently being experienced between testing locations and your computer. We encourage you to come back several times a day if you are having problems and test your Internet speed in intervals.

Sometimes it is good to compare multiple speed tests to get a better picture of how your connection really performs. Different tests run from different servers and latency is dependent on where those servers are located in the world and how many people are accessing them at the same time you are. A wired connection will typically give you the most accurate results, as results on wireless networks may not be as what you expect.

Internet Speed Test Measurement Explanations

Download - This is the speed of data sent from the Internet to your device.

Upload - This is the speed of data sent from your device to the Internet.

It's fast, fun, and gives you the ability to run your own bandwidth speed test anytime you want to compare results and know just how fast your internet connection is. Bookmark this page in your favorites so you can come back often and get an average comparison of your speed results across several days. If you are very technical, we suggest testing your connection once a week to make sure your ISP is performing up to standards.

You can also perform an IP address lookup on a testing server if you have the IP address of that server. You can see more details about the server and where it is hosted at or run a ping test to see how fast a server responds.