Australians are demanding faster internet speeds and downloading more data through their broadband services than ever before, despite a key government report claiming they won't need speeds higher than 15 megabits per second.

The Australia Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released research on the downloads of Australians as of June 2014. It found more than 2 million Australian internet subscribers are using services with speeds of over 24Mbps.

More, faster, now: Australians are downloading more than ever before.

The number of subscribers on services with advertised speeds of between 8Mbps and 24Mbps also rose by 1.27 million to hit 6.25 million users in the year ending June 2014. Just 186,000 subscribers remain on dial-up services, with 98 per cent of Australians on some form of broadband.

The data comes after a government-funded cost-benefit analysis study of the national broadband network, led by Dr Michael Vertigan, predicted the majority of Australians would only need 15Mbps in 2023.