Japan's internet is so fast it can download all of Netflix in 1 second

15-Jul-2025

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Scientists at Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) have set a new world record for internet speed, reaching 1.02 petabits per second.

Most of us measure internet speed in megabits per second (Mbps). One petabit equals one million gigabits — or a billion megabits. So this new record is roughly 1,020,000,000 Mbps. 

For comparison, the average internet speed in the United States is around 300 Mbps, while in India it’s closer to 64 Mbps. This new speed is millions of times faster and fast enough to download Netflix’s entire content library in under a second.