Speedtest Open Data for Australia and New Zealand, 2020-2025

An Australian and New Zealand extract of Ookla Speedtest Open Data, containing approximately 88,000 lines of aggregated test results. The data includes average download and upload speeds, number of tests, and number of users per 600m x 600m grid cell, with centroids provided as latitude and longitude. The dataset was created by Richard Ferrers and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Map regional internet performance disparities based on geospatial grid data.
• Analyze trends in average download and upload speeds over the 2020-2025 period.
• Correlate network performance with population density using device and IP counts per grid.
• Benchmark quarterly speedtest results against national averages reported by Speedtest Global.

Strengths

• Contains 88,000 lines of data aggregated to 600m x 600m grid cells.
• Provides specific average speed metrics, such as 33.7 Mbps download and 12.4 Mbps upload for Q2 2020.
• Covers a multi-year time range from 2020 to 2025 with quarterly extracts.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes potential discrepancies between this geospatial data and reported national averages.
• Row count for the full dataset is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ookla Speedtest Open Data via Amazon AWS

Collection Method

Extracted from a global dataset of over 7 million lines based on Australian and New Zealand geographic coordinates.

Time Range

2020 to 2025, with quarterly extracts (e.g., Q2 2020, Q1 2026).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 03:30:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia and New Zealand