Internet benchmarking firm nPerf has today released the results of a new study into mobile broadband (3G, 4G and 5G) performance across several EU countries, which analysed 61,696 internet speed tests via their app (crowdsourced) to reveal that the average UK download is 80Mbps – this makes the country slower than Italy, Spain, Germany, Ireland, France and Portugal.
The study, which is based on thousands of tests carried out between 1st January 2024 and 30th September 2024, reveals that Italy scored slightly faster than the UK on 81Mbps, followed by Spain (84Mbps), Germany (99Mbps), Ireland (102Mbps), France (113Mbps) and front-runner Portugal (177Mbps).
Elsewhere, the fastest device for mobile data connectivity in the United Kingdom was found to be the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The average speed with this Apple device has been 154Mbps, while Portugal also achieves the fastest speed with the same iPhone 15 Pro Max (an average of 269Mbps). The same Apple device is also the fastest in France and Germany, while Ireland ranks last with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra (133Mbps).
Finally, in the United Kingdom, the average loading time for a webpage on mobile internet was 3.4 seconds, which compares poorly with Ireland (2s), France (2.8s), Italy (2.9s), Germany (3s), Portugal (3.2s) and Spain (3.2s). Sadly, the report didn’t include any other details or a breakdown by each mobile operator.