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Network benchmarking firm Ookla, which collects data from consumers via their popular broadband Speedtest.net website and App, have published the results of their Q1-Q2 2025 study into the video streaming performance of 5G mobile networks and awarded Vodafone the best on a score of 85.29 out of 100. But none of the operators performed particularly poorly.
Ookla used data collected from around 211,000 samples (users) and 6.3 million tests to produce its video streaming score, which captured a range of key performance indicators during the playback of a high-resolution video clip. The score reflects a balanced outcome that weighted aspects such as the time it took for a video to start, the level of uninterrupted playback and HD (High Definition) resolution performance.
Overall, most of the primary mobile network operators delivered similar results across each scoring category, except for “Acceptable Video Start Time“, where O2 (Virgin Media) seemed to fall a bit further behind the pack. Vodafone came top of the pack with a total score of 85.29, which was closely followed by Three UK on 84.33, EE (BT) on 82.64 and O2 on 81.67.
In short, there’s not much to tell the operators apart, and all of them should be able to deliver a reasonable experience. This isn’t too surprising as mobile devices rarely need to stream in anything above HD quality, which usually only requires download speeds of between 2 to 5Mbps.
