The best place to get fast internet in Australia might actually be Tasmania, with results from thousands of home broadband tests revealing the island state has the speediest connections.

Hobart residents had the fastest internet of all capital cities with an average download speed of 26.3Mbps, according to 10,300 national speed tests powered by Ookla through comparison website Finder.

Hobart leads capital cities with the fastest internet in Australia. Credit:Janie Barrett

Sydney was the second fastest capital city in the data with a 24.2Mbps average, while Melbourne and Brisbane recorded 23.4Mbps and 23.1Mbps respectively.

Adelaide's average speed was 21.4Mbps and Perth had the worst result at 19.1Mbps.