Ookla: Starlink Now Faster in European Markets

May 26, 2026 – Satellite internet speeds across Europe jumped 45 percent in a single year, new data published Monday by internet measurement company Ookla shows.

In 11 of the 27 countries measured, SpaceX’s Starlink outperformed the fixed line average on download speed; however, fixed networks had lower latency in every market and stronger upload performance in 26.

Starlink recorded a median download speed of 165.71 Megabits per second (Mbps) across all 27 measured European countries in the first quarter of 2026, up from 114.05 Mbps in the same period a year earlier. Speeds rose in 26 of those 27 markets.