Do Internet Speed Tests REALLY measure your Internet speed?

Why are speed testing sites showing different results? Should they not be the same if they are indeed testing out internet speed?
It’s the first thing we test when our internet speed is terribly slow so can we that use that info as the reason to call our ISP to complain about our Internet speed?
Let's find out!

0:00 Do Internet Speed Tests REALLY measure your Internet speed?
1:16 Why are speed tests site not giving the same results?
1:39 How Speed Tests site measure your upload, download and ping speeds
2:18 The variables
3:42 Are speed tests not reliable?
4:00 How to get accurate speed test results

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[clashj]

Here's the problem. Most ISP's will direct you their own speed test, or one that they know always gives them a favorable result. If you're paying for 200Mbps and you consistently get results of 100Mbps across multiple speed test sites....your ISP DOESN'T CARE. You can show them 97 screenshots showing your slow speed and they won't care. All they care about is the result of the speed test that THEY WANT you to use. If that shows you're getting 200Mbps... case closed. You can't win that argument with them.

[FaLkraydz]

The thing is that my internet speed is 300Mbps and the test is varying from 14Mbps to 16Mbps. 🤡
[FIXED] speed was well over 300mbps through the coaxial cable to the modem, my old router was the issue. Bought an Asus AX6000 and speed now is what is supposed to be. If you have old appliance, you may experience that, I also replaced my in-laws router (same issue).

[techtag]

My speed test says my downlaod speed is 3mb and i am the one who using the network maximum real speed 500kb 😟

[omarghosn]

problem wit these tests is that they often pick local servers that are literally only a few miles from your location so naturally the speeds will be high. But most servers we try to access are not local so we need to change the location as well

[ForestedKingdom]

I can’t load the video bruh my internet sux

[jesusras]

This is a big help for me since i am tech support i was really having a hrad time to explain this to our customer. That there are factors that speedtest is not accurate to the service theyre paying for.

[Joege]

Literally had to look this up cause Google's speed test brings me less than 5mbps and speetest net gives 45+mbps 💀

[PhilSartori]

Thanks mate, always good info from you (for us non-tech savvy guys) Grazie!

[guilhermepinto]

i dont understand this, why does it show my internet can download 170 megabytes per second, and when i download a game it just goes 20 megabytes per second?

[yo-euen]

thank you, i know what i do when i do the internet

[simosdialogi]

Useful for me and some others out there

[goldfishy]

it says in the webside of my provider that i dont am not authorised to use the speed test

[dalton]

Just saying running the same test 5 times in a row will also Supply you with five different sets of results

[danr]

I don’t trust those online speed tests. It says I’m slightly over 100 MB per second. I have a brand new modem and a brand new Netgear wireless router. High end. I have the Netgear app that allows me to run speed test. It says I’m well over 500 mbps. 568 to be exact. I recently upgraded my modem and wireless router because they were both at least eight years old. No I can run every single electronic device I have, and none of them even flinch. Not to mention I can be two blocks away and still get Internet. I have an iPad with no cellular service on it. Just thought of curiosity I went for a walk, and I made it all the way down to the stop sign, which is a Ways is a Way before it cut off.

[mcredpanda]

Congratulations on reaching 100k subs, Liron!

[LEARNING-MEDICAL-EDUCATION]

my laptop shows 9 mbps download speed but my android mobile shows 21 mbps in speedtest.net. why is there difference in mobile and laptop?

[donproduction]

What I want to kown is why steam uplay origin ect download at 14mb/s when I have 100mb/s ?

[zensa]

Hey man we just got nbn in Australia our internet speed download is 45 mbps and our upload is 20 mbps but then I downloaded something it wasn’t how much it said it was lower then a mb and it’s wireless

[galkanftw]

My speed tests did not use the closest server, not even close.Also SIZE of packet tests matter.I am not going to comment on latency and the source but i will mention and i am glad was also mentioned here are ISP's "throttling" our speeds and i have found that to be YES and it is also illegal where i live.When i call them up they play dumb then say it is illegal and then i respond yes and that is why i am complaining.An example, i have 40+down 10+ up and that SHOULD run 3 devices but that happens NEVER, because as soon as i move past 2 devices everything just halts/cycles and works like some broken down 56k.

[mikelachey]

I get every speed from 80, 350, 870, 500, 97 idea how I can test anything when I've yet to find 2 sites that are even relatively close.