Technology
Mapped: The Fastest (and Slowest) Internet Speeds in the World
Mapped: The World’s Fastest (and Slowest) Internet Speeds
How quickly did this page load for you?
The answer depends on the device you’re using, and where in the world you’re located. Average internet speeds vary wildly from country to country.
Which countries have the fastest internet connection? Using data from the Cable.co.uk, this map ranks the fastest (and slowest) internet speeds worldwide by comparing the fixed broadband speeds of over 200 countries.
What Factors Affect Internet Speed?
Before diving in, it’s important to understand the key factors that impact a country’s internet speed. Generally speaking, internet speed depends on:
- Infrastructure or the type of cabling (copper or fiber-optic) that a country’s utilizing to support their internet service. Typically, the newer the infrastructure, the faster the connection.
- Proximity/connection to submarine cables is important, as these massive undersea fiber-optic cables transmit about 97% of the world’s communication data.
- The size of a country, since landmass affects how much it costs to upgrade infrastructure. The smaller the country, the cheaper it is to upgrade cabling.
- Investment makes a difference, or how much a country’s government prioritizes internet accessibility.
Of course, other factors may influence a country’s internet speed too, such as government regulation and intentional bandwidth throttling, which is the case in countries like Turkmenistan.
Ranked: Fixed Broadband Speeds
To measure fixed broadband speeds across the globe, Cable.co.uk used more than 1.1 billion speed tests, sourced from over 200 countries.
The region with the fastest connection is Jersey, which is one of the islands that make up the British Isles. It has an average download speed of 274.27 mbps—almost 9x the overall average.
Rank | Country | Mean download speed (Mbps) |
---|---|---|
1 | 🇯🇪 Jersey | 274.27 |
2 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 211.26 |
3 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 191.83 |
4 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 164.66 |
5 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 151.34 |
6 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 144.29 |
7 | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR | 128.56 |
8 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 107.94 |
9 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 107.3 |
10 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 104.07 |
11 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 97.61 |
12 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 96.54 |
13 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 96.36 |
14 | 🇺🇸 United States | 92.42 |
15 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR | 91.04 |
16 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 89.59 |
17 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 88.98 |
18 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 88.67 |
19 | 🇫🇷 France | 85.96 |
20 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 85.95 |
21 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 85.2 |
22 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 84.72 |
23 | 🇦🇽 Aland Islands | 81.31 |
24 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 79.96 |
25 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 78.46 |
26 | 🇻🇦 Vatican City | 73.49 |
27 | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 71.47 |
28 | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 70.66 |
29 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 67.4 |
30 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 67.2 |
31 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 63.84 |
32 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 63.41 |
33 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 63.28 |
34 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 63.02 |
35 | 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea | 61.72 |
36 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 60.55 |
37 | 🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania | 56.17 |
38 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 55.92 |
39 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 55.08 |
40 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 54.92 |
41 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 53.95 |
42 | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 52.1 |
43 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 51.48 |
44 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 51.41 |
45 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 50.83 |
46 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 49.77 |
47 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 49.24 |
48 | 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 47.92 |
49 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 46.43 |
50 | 🇷🇪 Réunion | 43.62 |
51 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 42.83 |
52 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 41.56 |
53 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 40.55 |
54 | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 40.52 |
55 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 40.5 |
56 | 🇲🇫 Saint Martin | 40.19 |
57 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 40.14 |
58 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 39.71 |
59 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 37.99 |
60 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 37.23 |
61 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 36.69 |
62 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 36.59 |
63 | 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova | 36.47 |
64 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.09 |
65 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 35.81 |
66 | 🇷🇺 Russian Federation | 35.73 |
67 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 34.97 |
68 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 33.34 |
69 | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 31.79 |
70 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.72 |
71 | 🇬🇬 Guernsey | 31.2 |
72 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 30.58 |
73 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 29.9 |
74 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 29.76 |
75 | 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands, U.S. | 29.34 |
76 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 28.3 |
77 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 25.26 |
78 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 24.16 |
79 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 23.12 |
80 | 🇮🇳 India | 22.53 |
81 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 22.21 |
82 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 21.73 |
83 | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 21.59 |
84 | 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | 21.32 |
85 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 20.96 |
86 | 🇬🇺 Guam | 20.76 |
87 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 20.66 |
88 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 20.49 |
89 | 🇨🇼 Curaçao | 20.18 |
90 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 19.94 |
91 | 🇲🇶 Martinique | 19.88 |
92 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 19.86 |
93 | 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 19.6 |
94 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 19.41 |
95 | 🇻🇬 Virgin Islands, British | 19.4 |
96 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 19.36 |
97 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 19.02 |
98 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 18.83 |
99 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 18.1 |
100 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 18.06 |
101 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 18.05 |
102 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 16.84 |
103 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 16.73 |
104 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 16.37 |
105 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 16.28 |
106 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 15.79 |
107 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 15.38 |
108 | 🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | 15.25 |
109 | 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | 15.02 |
110 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 14.94 |
111 | 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.32 |
112 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 13.83 |
113 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 13.76 |
114 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 13.15 |
115 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 13.13 |
116 | 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.96 |
117 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 12.41 |
118 | 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy | 12.25 |
119 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 12.12 |
120 | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | 12.07 |
121 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 12.04 |
122 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 11.87 |
123 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 11.76 |
124 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 11.58 |
125 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 11.35 |
126 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 11.27 |
127 | 🇬🇫 French Guiana | 10.99 |
128 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 10.73 |
129 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 10.33 |
130 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 10.25 |
131 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 9.95 |
132 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 9.95 |
133 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 9.85 |
134 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 9.75 |
135 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 9.58 |
136 | 🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire | 9.54 |
137 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 9.4 |
138 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 9.26 |
139 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 9.23 |
140 | 🇦🇮 Anguilla | 9 |
141 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 8.69 |
142 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 8.68 |
143 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 8.68 |
144 | 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania | 8.6 |
145 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 8.53 |
146 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 8.52 |
147 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 8.49 |
148 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 8.46 |
149 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 7.94 |
150 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 7.92 |
151 | 🇾🇹 Mayotte | 7.7 |
152 | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 7.67 |
153 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 7.46 |
154 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 7.45 |
155 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 7.44 |
156 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 7.44 |
157 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 7.36 |
158 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 7.17 |
159 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 7.17 |
160 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 7.05 |
161 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 7.02 |
162 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 6.94 |
163 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 6.84 |
164 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 6.8 |
165 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 6.71 |
166 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 6.64 |
167 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 6.63 |
168 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 6.44 |
169 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 6.29 |
170 | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | 6.15 |
171 | 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5.91 |
172 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 5.88 |
173 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 5.83 |
174 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 5.67 |
175 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 5.58 |
176 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 5.48 |
177 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 5.33 |
178 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5.23 |
179 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 5.1 |
180 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 4.99 |
181 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 4.96 |
182 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 4.84 |
183 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 4.72 |
184 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 4.58 |
185 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 4.42 |
186 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 3.99 |
187 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 3.73 |
188 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 3.73 |
189 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 3.65 |
190 | 🇵🇸 Palestine | 3.65 |
191 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 3.63 |
192 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 3.54 |
193 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 3.23 |
194 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 3.08 |
195 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 3.04 |
196 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 2.92 |
197 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2.9 |
198 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 2.9 |
199 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2.82 |
200 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 2.82 |
201 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 2.62 |
202 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 2.59 |
203 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 2.54 |
204 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.43 |
205 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 2.41 |
206 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 2.39 |
207 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 2.39 |
208 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 2.19 |
209 | 🇨🇳 China | 2.06 |
210 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 2.04 |
211 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 1.82 |
212 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 1.8 |
213 | 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic | 1.67 |
214 | 🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia | 1.63 |
215 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 1.59 |
216 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 1.46 |
217 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 1.41 |
218 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 1.4 |
219 | 🇹🇱 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | 1.33 |
220 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 1.3 |
221 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 1.24 |
222 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 1.2 |
223 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0.68 |
224 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 0.5 |
Infrastructure is a major reason behind Jersey’s speedy internet. It’s the first jurisdiction in the world to upgrade its entire system to pure fibre (FTTP). But the region’s size also plays a factor, since its landmass and population size are both relatively small compared to the rest of the world.
Second on the list is another small region, Liechtenstein, with an average download speed of 211.26 mbps. Liechtenstein is one of the richest countries in the world per capita, and its government has invested heavily in its telecommunications infrastructure, aiming to be fully fibre optic by 2022.
Like Jersey, Liechtenstein also has a relatively small population. At the time of this article’s publication, the region is home to approximately 38,000 people. In fact, it’s worth noting that of the top ten regions, only two have populations over one million—the Netherlands, and Hungary.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Turkmenistan has the slowest fixed broadband, with a speed of 0.5 mbps. As mentioned above, this is largely because of government regulation and intervention.
The Future is 5G
Innovation and new technologies are changing the digital landscape, and things like 5G networks are becoming more mainstream across the globe.
Because of the rapidly changing nature of this industry, the data behind this ranking is updated monthly to provide the latest look at internet speeds across the globe.
This means the bar is gradually raising when it comes to internet speed, as faster, stronger internet connections become the norm. And countries that aren’t equipped to handle these souped-up networks will lag behind even further.
Technology
Ranked: The Top 50 Most Visited Websites in the World
In this visualization, we rank the top 50 websites that receive the most internet traffic, from Google to CNN.

Ranked: The Top 50 Most Visited Websites in the World
Estimates vary, but there are upwards of two billion websites in existence in 2023.
If we were to rank all of these websites according to their traffic numbers, we would see a classic power law distribution. At the low end, the vast majority of these websites would be inactive, receiving little to no traffic. On the upper end of the ranking though, a handful of websites receive the lion’s share of internet traffic.
This visualization, using data from SimilarWeb, takes a look at the 50 websites that currently sit at the top of the ranking.
Which Websites Get the Most Traffic?
Topping the list of most-visited websites in the world is, of course, Google. With over 3.5 billion searches per day, Google has cemented its position as the go-to source for information on the internet. But Google’s dominance doesn’t stop there. The company also owns YouTube, the second-most popular website in the world. Together, Google and YouTube have more traffic than the next 48 websites combined.
The power of YouTube, in particular, is sometimes not fully understood. The video platform is the second largest search engine in the world after Google. As well, YouTube has the second highest duration-of-visit numbers in this top 50 ranking. (First place goes to the Chinese video sharing website, Bilibili.)
But Google and YouTube aren’t the only big players on the internet. Other websites in the top 50 ranking include social media giants Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. In particular, TikTok has seen a surge in popularity in recent years and is now one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.
Here’s the full top 50 ranking table form:
Rank | Website | Monthly Traffic | Category | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | google.com | 85.1B | Search Engines | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#2 | youtube.com | 33.0B | Streaming & Online TV | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#3 | facebook.com | 17.8B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#4 | twitter.com | 6.8B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#5 | instagram.com | 6.1B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#6 | baidu.com | 5.0B | Search Engines | 🇨🇳 China |
#7 | wikipedia.org | 4.8B | Dictionaries & Encyclopedias | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#8 | yandex.ru | 3.4B | Search Engines | 🇷🇺 Russia |
#9 | yahoo.com | 3.3B | News & Media Publishers | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#10 | whatsapp.com | 2.9B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#11 | xvideo.com | 2.8B | Adult | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
#12 | amazon.com | 2.6B | Marketplace | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#13 | pornhub.com | 2.5B | Adult | 🇨🇦 Canada |
#14 | xnxx.com | 2.3B | Adult | 🇫🇷 France |
#15 | live.com | 2.1B | 🇺🇸 U.S. | |
#16 | yahoo.co.jp | 2.1B | News & Media Publishers | 🇯🇵 Japan |
#17 | netflix.com | 2.0B | Streaming & Online TV | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#18 | tiktok.com | 1.8B | Social Media Networks | 🇨🇳 China |
#19 | docomo.ne.jp | 1.8B | Telecommunications | 🇯🇵 Japan |
#20 | reddit.com | 1.7B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#21 | office.com | 1.6B | Prog. & Developer Software | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#22 | linkedin.com | 1.6B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#23 | dzen.ru | 1.4B | Faith & Beliefs | 🇷🇺 Russia |
#24 | samsung.com | 1.4B | Consumer Electronics | 🇰🇷 S. Korea |
#25 | vk.com | 1.4B | Social Media Networks | 🇷🇺 Russia |
#26 | xhamster.com | 1.3B | Adult | 🇨🇾 Cyprus |
#27 | turbopages.org | 1.3B | News & Media Publishers | 🇷🇺 Russia |
#28 | mail.ru | 1.2B | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
#29 | naver.com | 1.2B | News & Media Publishers | 🇰🇷 S. Korea |
#30 | bing.com | 1.2B | Search Engines | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#31 | microsoftonline.com | 1.1B | Prog. & Developer Software | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#32 | discord.com | 1.1B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#33 | twitch.tv | 1.1B | Gaming & Accessories | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#34 | bilibili.com | 1.0B | Animations & Comics | 🇨🇳 China |
#35 | pinterest.com | 1.0B | Social Media Networks | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#36 | zoom.us | 985.9M | Computers Electronics & Tech | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#37 | weather.com | 985.7M | Weather | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#38 | qq.com | 907.1M | News & Media Publishers | 🇨🇳 China |
#39 | microsoft.com | 902.3M | Prog. & Developer Software | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#40 | msn.com | 870.8M | News & Media Publishers | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#41 | globo.com | 840.1M | News & Media Publishers | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
#42 | duckduckgo.com | 839.0M | Search Engines | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#43 | roblox.com | 795.7M | Gaming & Accessories | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#44 | quora.com | 775.9M | Dictionaries & Encyclopedias | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#45 | news.yahoo.co.jp | 749.1M | News & Media Publishers | 🇯🇵 Japan |
#46 | ebay.com | 728.0M | Marketplace | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#47 | aajtak.in | 724.1M | News & Media Publishers | 🇮🇳 India |
#48 | nytimes.com | 702.2M | News & Media Publishers | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#49 | realsrv.com | 688.0M | Adult | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
#50 | cnn.com | 684.9M | News & Media Publishers | 🇺🇸 U.S. |
Notable companies that have fallen out of the top 50 since our last version of this visualization are Walmart and PayPal. Notable entrants into the top 50 are Samsung and the New York Times.
The Geography of the 50 Most-Visited Websites
The United States is still home base for many of the world’s biggest websites, taking up 30 spots on this ranking. Of these 30 websites, half are operated by Big Tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Netflix.
Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea round out the top five.
Things get interesting in the “other” category, which includes six websites. Two spots are taken up by Aaj Tak and Globo, which are large media publications in India and Brazil, respectively.
The remaining four websites—XVideos, PornHub, XHamster, and XNXX—specialize in adult content, and are located in a variety of countries. These are often referred to as “tube sites” since they are built on the YouTube model.
Realsrv, the only adult-oriented site in the top 50 located in the U.S., is interesting to delve into as well, since it’s far from a household name. The website essentially supports advertising efforts by redirecting users away from the content they were viewing over to another page (generally premium adult content). This is one of the key ways that adult websites earn revenue.
Where does this data come from?
Source: SimilarWeb
Notes: Websites listed include “all meaningful subdomains”, and categories in the graphic follow SimilarWeb’s categorization system. This is the third version of this graphic. As with previous versions, we aim to use data from November for the sake of consistency and to avoid seasonal fluctuations in traffic. One important detail to point out is that website traffic does not include app traffic, which is why popular platforms like WeChat don’t appear in this ranking.
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