Median mobile download speed

RecordSTO-XZS2MS72ZV-BRXV75W6SV-EZ6TNX

186.6Mbps

United States · August 2026

Median mobile download speed in the United States was 186.6 Mbps in August 2026 (Ookla).

Original source

Publisher: Ookla
Authority tier: T2 Official
Report: Speedtest Global Index – August 2026
Locator: Mobile / Rank 11
Retrieved: 1 Oct 2026
Status: Verified

What the source says

11 +1 United States 186.64
Ookla, LLC, Speedtest Global Index – August 2026, Mobile / Rank 11

Checked: the figure 186.6 Mbpsis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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Ookla, LLC. (2026). Speedtest Global Index – August 2026. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://www.speedtest.net/global-index. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX

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MLA: Ookla, LLC. "Speedtest Global Index – August 2026." 2026, https://www.speedtest.net/global-index. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX.
Chicago: Ookla, LLC. "Speedtest Global Index – August 2026." 2026. https://www.speedtest.net/global-index. Accessed October 1, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX.
BibTeX: @misc{ookla2026medianez6tnx, author = {{Ookla, LLC}}, title = {Speedtest Global Index – August 2026}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX}, note = {Original source: https://www.speedtest.net/global-index. Accessed October 1, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher: Ookla, LLC · homepage ↗
Authority tier: Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report: Speedtest Global Index – August 2026
Type: Report
Published: 15 September 2026
Locator: Mobile / Rank 11
Retrieved: 1 October 2026
Link status: Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence: Proprietary report; figure taken from its public summary

Verification

Status: Verified
Review protocol: agent:gemini-3.8-flash:issue-85
Checked on: 1 October 2026
Last revision: 1 October 2026
Permanent URL: /stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX

Same indicator, other countries

August 2026 figures for the same indicator, ranked highest first.

Country or region	Value	Source	Details
United Arab Emirates	675.5 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Qatar	535.9 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Kuwait	399.9 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Germany	292 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Brazil	272 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Korea, Republic of	250.6 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Bahrain	243.5 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Saudi Arabia	224.5 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Viet Nam	219.9 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Bulgaria	203.1 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
China	176.2 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Oman	169.3 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Malaysia	165.3 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
North Macedonia	164.8 Mbps	Ookla	Open record
Singapore	164.3 Mbps	Ookla	Open record

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Record last modified 1 October 2026. Value type: actual. Update cadence: monthly. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_XZS2MS72ZVBRXV75W6SVEZ6TNX.