10 Things You're Doing that Slow Down Your Internet Speed

Sometimes internet is just slow, and there’s not much you can do about it (I’m looking at you, satellite internet users) and I’m sorry about that. But sometimes, those slow speeds? It might be our own dang fault. So I’m going to help you get out of your own way and show you how to make your internet faster. I’ve got three categories to go over today:
- your HARDWARE
- your SOFTWARE
- and your PROVIDER

For a reliable speed test, go here:

And here's the ZIP code checker I mentioned, to check on ISPs and plans in your area (look in the right-hand column):

You can also get more information on each brand here:

Bonus tip! Upgrade your router. Your old router might not be capable of handling the speeds your ISP is trying to deliver.

Now, the 10 things you might be doing wrong:
HARDWARE
2:06 - 1. Your router is in the wrong spot
2:35 - 2. Your router has never been reset
3:43 - 3. You depend too much on wifi

SOFTWARE
4:43 - 4. You have 2,000 browser tabs open
5:30 - 5. You’re seeing every ad in the world (get an ad blocker!)
6:04 - 6. You’ve invited the criminal element onto your network
6:36 - 7. You never clear your cache

YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
7:14 - 8. You’re hitting your data cap
7:57 - 9. Your plan sucks (switch it up!)
8:42 - 10. Your provider sucks (switch it up!)

Again, here's the ZIP code checker I mentioned, to check on ISPs and plans in your area (look in the right-hand column):

I’m sure there’s more stuff we’re all screwing up, so hit me in the comments, let me know if you have any other hacks for how to speed up internet.
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[geraldc.]

We'd all do fine if the internet providers gave us the speed were paying for!

[kyalvidigi]

It's not the consumer's fault, it's the internet provider's fault. Give us the correct speed that we are paying for..

[mrmikutome]

I can’t even Watch the video it’s just a endless loading screen

[marcuslalnunsanga]

I actually watched this to slow down my internet lol

[anqelxo]

Each YouTube video for me is like a loading screen for 10 minutes then the quality goes to 144p

[UmarFarooq-yglg]

I can't even watch this video because my internet is very slow :D

[blokkypixel]

I Fear No Man
*20KBPS*
But It Scares Me

[investinjahcoin]

I live out in the country where we literally only have one provider available. And we’re paying for 12 megabits per second but only getting about 1-3 megabits per second. And that’s the download speed. The upload speed is sitting at a comfortable 220 kilobits per second. Which is terrible. We have called our provider multiple times now (they have terrible customer service) and they claim that they have fixed it, but it still just doesn’t work the way it should. And I was doing all those tests with Ethernet, so...

[darkmarbe]

can anyone help me ive been getting good connection but a few days ago my power went out and now my internet gets really slow at 6:00 PM and only goes back at 12:00 AM

[poht]

my wifi just started to be so slow out of a sudden. It was working fine yesterday. None of your methods are working

[millionandbell]

during peak hours my speeds drop a lot! For example my upload speed goes from about 20mbps to .9kpbs I live in a small town, I feel like peak hours shouldn't slow me down that much

[reubxn]

The reason my internet sucks is coz I live in the middle of nowhere with 3 houses on my road and heaps of hills around making the connection bad. Plus people like to drift down our road coz there is no one around and crashed into a cable thingy and broke it a litttle bit, and bcoz we live in the middle of nowhere the government doesn’t give af

[darkstin-]

Hey so I have fiber internet 1gb to be exactly but when I lunch a game my speed drops to 5mbps and upload speed goes to .019 any tips to solve this ?

[TheFrugalAudiophile]

Switching your DNS services can help as well. Our use 1.1.1.1

[NeoTesla]

My internet speed used to be around 300 mbs. Sometimes close to 500 mbs rarely. Out of nowhere, it went down to 90 mbs. I don't know if I'm being throttled or capped. Plus my internet is unlimited fiber. I hope my connection doesn't go more slower, but if it does. I'm gonna lose my temper

[haydenpettit]

Does cable slow down internet in peak hours? Is it better to go wireless in the peak hours?

[minerplayz]

In my country they don’t have the choice of choosing ur plan according to mbps they just give you how much internet they will give you like 20 gb or 1 tb

[JH-bqdb]

I have 1gb/s package but I only get 160 upstairs with google wifi. I spent hours trying to figure out a good solution.

[fabioromansr]

Hi I'm looking for why my Phone data Internet tests fluctuate between 5 - 33 download and 1 MBPs upload up high against my neighbors wall then when on the other side up high next to my window it goes from 2-5 download and 2-5 upload like I'm trying to live stream and upload is the only thing that really matters so I want to know if there's a spot where I can put it to consistently have good upload speed

[oldman]

4.8mbps:common

10.0mbps:rare

20.0mbps:legendary