On fixed broadband, Algeria sees a dramatic increase of 30 places while Venezuela suffers the largest drop of 35 places. Countries like South Korea where 5G is well established and widely available see little change in their mobile rankings. Namibia jumps 23 places on mobile while Ireland drops 28 places on mobile. This changes the rankings, but not for everyoneĬhanging the Speedtest Global Index from mean to median shakes up the global rankings quite a bit. Switching the Speedtest Global Index to median allows countries where a greater share of people have high speed internet to rank higher on the Index, rather than rewarding countries where a few areas have really high speeds and everyone else is left waiting. This is worth celebrating, but mean values can mask the fact that not everyone’s internet is improving. You can see how that one final value of 99 draws the mean, the arithmetical average, way up whereas the median continues to reflect the typical value of the set.Īs 5G and gigabit internet have expanded across the globe, we are seeing more and more high speed results on Speedtest®. The chart below shows how median and mean return very different values when considering a simple number set of ten values. In statistical terms, median is less likely to be influenced by outliers than mean is. Median is a measure that captures the typical user’s experience.
Speaking of which … We are making this change because median is a better measure of everyday experience This gives you time to adjust to the new metric and play with the comparisons between median and mean to gain a deeper understanding of why we are making this change.
This toggle will be available at the top of the page for the next three months. The default view for this toggle shows median speeds as that will be the metric used on the Speedtest Global Index going forward. We have included a toggle at the top of the Speedtest Global Index so you can switch between median and mean speeds. Read on for details as to why we are making this switch and the impact we expect it to have on world rankings for fixed broadband and mobile internet speeds. While we initially planned to switch entirely to median on February 15, 2022, we have extended the date the “mean” tab will be available until Februto allow regulators who rely on this information to transition over to the new metric. Starting today, we are also including data on median performance to better reflect the speeds a user is more likely to achieve in a market and we will eventually transition to only displaying median speeds. The Speedtest Global Index ™ has long been the go-to resource for detailed information about internet performance around the world.
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