Starlink Speeds Improved in Second Half of 2025: Ookla
Ookla found 45 percent of Starlink customers saw median speeds of at least 100* 20 Mbps, up from just 17 percent from early 2025.
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2026 – SpaceX’s satellite broadband service saw a big performance improvement in the second half of 2025, a new Ookla report found.
The research firm found nearly 45 percent of Starlink users saw median speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) download and 20 Mbps upload in the fourth quarter of 2025. That’s compared to just 17 percent in the first quarter of the year, a jump Ookla described as “making the provider look a lot less like a niche connectivity provider for unserved areas and more like a legitimate broadband competitor.”
Sue Marek, Ookla’s editorial director, wrote in a Tuesday report that much of the improvement came down to SpaceX launching more and more satellites into orbit. The company’s Starlink service is powered by a massive 10,000-satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit.
