According to Ookla’s Speedtest.net, Americans are currently getting around 204 Mbps of download speed and 74 Mbps of upload speed through their fixed broadband connections — good for 13th in the world and nearly double the global average. Considering “fast internet speeds” are generally defined as any download speed above 100 Mbps, Americans are doing quite well by this measure. 
That’s an incredible improvement from just six years ago, when the U.S. had an average download speed of just 31 Mbps. In 2013, America ranked 25th of 39 nations for broadband speed. 
Granted, the rest of the world improved too — Ookla estimates that global speeds went up 31.9% between 2020 and 2021 alone — but the U.S. has outpaced even that rapid progress. Much of that improvement was a result of faster fiber-optic connections being installed around the country. Around 44% of Americans currently have access to fiber internet, with most offering incredibly fast speeds up to 2,000 Mbps.