VPN Speed Testing Tool | Results Updated Daily

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The first and only VPN speed testing tool on the market that monitors providers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide you with real-time speed data.

VPN speed test

We know that the number one issue that people care about with regards to VPNs is speed, every VPN user wants the fastest VPN.

Unfortunately, most VPN comparison sites don’t test speed in a scientific way. Testing a VPN from home or an office, via WiFi, via a speed testing website doesn’t give accurate and repeatable scientific data. So what’s the solution?

ProPrivacy.com’s testing methodology:

We have testing servers in these areas worldwide: 

  • The USA
  • South Africa
  • The United Kingdom

These servers test all VPN company speeds every eight hours (three times a day).

  • We test various locations across the VPN companies
  • We average these out to give a speed score to each VPN

Speedtest Counter

7267

Tests done last 7 days

29806

Tests done last 30 days

898179

Total tests done

  • We test downloading the same amount of data in the same way across VPNs, so the measurement is scientific.
  • We store all historic data and make the last seven days’ figures available to the public.

This method means that all speed tests are done in exactly the same way for every VPN, without WiFi connections, internet connections, or speed test websites affecting the results – which they do, massively.

The Results – The Five Fastest VPNs

* Other provider’s speeds are shown lower down on the page

Which VPNs Do We Test?

We test the following VPN services, and their average speeds over the last 7 days are shown in (brackets):

Speedtest List

  1. PureVPN (98.112 Mbits/s)
  2. Ivacy (96.618 Mbits/s)
  3. NordVPN (79.676 Mbits/s)
  4. Private Internet Access (78.958 Mbits/s)
  5. ExpressVPN (78.162 Mbits/s)
  6. Astrill VPN (75.132 Mbits/s)
  7. Surfshark (73.756 Mbits/s)
  8. Hide.me (71.548 Mbits/s)
  9. LeVPN (68.092 Mbits/s)
  10. HMA (67.504 Mbits/s)
  11. Trust.Zone (67.16 Mbits/s)
  12. IPVanish (63.72 Mbits/s)
  13. Mullvad (62.058 Mbits/s)
  14. ProtonVPN (59.916 Mbits/s)
  15. ZoogVPN (59.2 Mbits/s)
  16. SaferVPN (58.094 Mbits/s)
  17. TunnelBear (57.792 Mbits/s)
  18. PrivateVPN (55.904 Mbits/s)
  19. CyberGhost VPN (55.78 Mbits/s)
  20. StrongVPN (55.328 Mbits/s)
  21. VPN.Asia (54.938 Mbits/s)
  22. VPNArea (53.332 Mbits/s)
  23. ibVPN (52.296 Mbits/s)
  24. ZenMate VPN (49.22 Mbits/s)
  25. UltraVPN (49.19 Mbits/s)
  26. Windscribe (48.644 Mbits/s)
  27. GOOSE VPN (46.88 Mbits/s)
  28. CactusVPN (46.864 Mbits/s)
  29. AirVPN (46.656 Mbits/s)
  30. AzireVPN (46.056 Mbits/s)
  31. FastestVPN (41.894 Mbits/s)
  32. VPN Unlimited (39.982 Mbits/s)
  33. VPNCity (37.75 Mbits/s)
  34. VyprVPN (26.218 Mbits/s)
  35. TorGuard (0 Mbits/s)
  36. RingVPN (0 Mbits/s)
  37. IVPN (0 Mbits/s)

If you would like us to test a VPN that isn’t on the list, send us a message.

What Are Average Speed and Max Speed/Burst?

Weighted Speedtest Result is the average of all speed tests across countries, weighted towards local connections, as we’ve found slightly more people use VPNs within their own country. It is a great indication of performance, as it contains hundreds of readings from across the globe. These readings push VPNs as fast as they go, so the results are not restricted by the speeds of our servers, which all use ultra-fast 1Gbit/s connections. Basically, this means we push the VPNs as fast as they will go!

For those who are curious, our weighing calculation is as follows: 60% of the speed measurement is cross-continent and 40% is local connections (same country), since our research suggests that’s how most people use a VPN. 

Max Speed/Burst is a local download via a content distribution network (CDN), so a download from a UK server to a UK server, for example. This gives a max speed indication for nearby traffic. This is not an indication of quality performance across the board, but it’s still interesting to see.

A thought on VPNs

Speed is important when picking a VPN, but many other factors should also be taken into account, such as your location, the devices you are using, or what you want a VPN for. If you are using a VPN for torrenting or to stream US Netflix, speed is important.