hide.me speed test: the numbers, and the line they came from
A baseline first, then hide.me on the nearest European server and on a long-distance US server, with the full league table of 11 VPNs.
- baseline 298 Mbps
- Europe 74% kept
- US 67% kept
The baseline, measured first
With hide.me off, the line gave 298 Mbps down, 295 Mbps up and 5 ms ping.
hide.me connected: Berlin and Los Angeles
Same line, same machine, one run per route.
| Connection | Route | Download, Mbps | Upload, Mbps | Ping | Download kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No VPN (baseline) | – | 298.34 | 294.72 | 5 ms | 100% |
| Berlin | Nearest Europe | 221.98 | 177.99 | 47 ms | 74% |
| Los Angeles | Long-distance US | 199.89 | 160.31 | 163 ms | 67% |
How hide.me compares with ten other VPNs
Ranked by nearest-European download. Bars are scaled to 300 Mbps, the line's ceiling.
| # | VPN | Europe, Mbps | Ping | US, Mbps | Ping | EU kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proton VPN | 262 | 42 ms | 126 | 174 ms | 89% |
| 2 | hide.me this site | 222 | 47 ms | 200 | 163 ms | 74% |
| 3 | Windscribe | 222 | 44 ms | 203 | 108 ms | 75% |
| 4 | NordVPN | 210 | 31 ms | 200 | 111 ms | 72% |
| 5 | Surfshark | 210 | 79 ms | 203 | 112 ms | 71% |
| 6 | LetsVPN | 207 | 42 ms | 202 | 181 ms | 70% |
| 7 | PrivadoVPN | 200 | 42 ms | 160 | 132 ms | 68% |
| 8 | PureVPN | 200 | 39 ms | 209 | 177 ms | 68% |
| 9 | CyberGhost | 194 | 42 ms | 210 | 126 ms | 66% |
| 10 | ExpressVPN | 181 | 35 ms | 160 | 112 ms | 62% |
| 11 | AdGuard VPN | 136 | 46 ms | 200 | 171 ms | 46% |
The 'European' route is each VPN's nearest European server to the tester, so the country differs between VPNs; the US route is New York for eight of eleven (Los Angeles for hide.me and PureVPN, San Jose for Proton VPN, city not recorded for LetsVPN).
What the numbers say
Four plain observations, each traceable to a capture above.
- On Berlin, hide.me kept 74.4% of baseline download (222 of 298 Mbps), rank #2 of 11.
- On Los Angeles, it kept 67.0% (200 Mbps), rank #7, with ping 163 ms (rank #7 for lowest ping).
- Ping rose by 42 ms on the European route and by 158 ms on the long-distance US route.
- Upload on the European route was 178 Mbps (60% of its baseline); on the US route 160 Mbps (54%).
Two things not to read into these numbers
A speed snapshot is easy to over-read.
Before you quote these numbers
- Different routes: the European server is a different country for each VPN and the protocols differ. Compare gaps, not single values.
- One run: a few percentage points of difference is within normal variation on any day.
Questions people ask
Short answers, based on our own captures and the data on this site.
How fast is hide.me?
On the Berlin route it delivered 222 Mbps down and 178 Mbps up at 47 ms, which is 74% of our 298 Mbps baseline. On the Los Angeles route it delivered 200 Mbps down (67%) at 163 ms.
Did you test hide.me against the other VPNs on the same line?
Yes. All 11 VPNs were measured on the same connection, each with its own baseline taken first. hide.me ranked #2 of 11 for download on the nearest-European route and #7 on the US route.
Is one speed test enough to rank VPNs?
No. It is a snapshot: one run per route on one day. Use the table to see the size of the gaps, not to crown a winner; a few percentage points is within normal day-to-day variation.
Why do the European servers differ between VPNs?
We used each VPN's nearest European server, so the country varies (for example Paris, London, Frankfurt or Marseille). Distance changes ping, so compare download kept and ping with that in mind.
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