A while back, Proxyway reviewed us for the first time (we were Ping Proxies then). Proxyway is one of the industry's most respected independent voices, and its annual Proxy Market Research, which has been running since 2019, is the largest report of its kind.
That early review showed us where we stood, and we built from there. Since then, we've grown our network, sharpened our platform, and earned the trust of more customers. The 2026 Proxyway proxy market research review benchmarked 13 providers across residential, mobile, and datacenter networks, and we're proud to share that Byteful has been named Proxyway's Newcomer of the Year 2026.
Tested Transparently, Measured Rigorously
This recognition comes about because of how Proxyway works. They shared their full methodology with every participant up front, then ran the same benchmarks across all of us.
Their main test measures pool size, success rate, and response time simultaneously, so no single metric can be manipulated. Millions of requests over several weeks, against clean endpoints and real targets, all verified against independent IP databases. Here is how Byteful performed:
- Fastest residential proxy network in the world, with a 0.41s global response time, the best of any provider tested.
- Best residential success rate on real-world targets, 81.23% against a 74.43% median across Amazon, Google, and Instagram.
- Most authentic residential pool in the report, at 98.68% genuine residential IPs.
- 99.69% residential infrastructure success rate globally, above the 99.28% median.
- A clean residential pool, with only 37.09% of global IPs flagged and a low 2.61 risk score, cleaner than most participants.
- First in residential latency consistency, with even our slowest 5% of requests (P95) completing within one second.
- Strong Tier-1 country coverage, commended by name, with a 35 million IP residential pool.
- Residential proxies grew from 10% to 30%-40% of our business through 2025. Usage up 16.7x and monthly recurring revenue up 100% year over year.
Byteful Mobile Proxies Are Among the Fastest in the World
We recently launched mobile proxies, so watching how it performed right out of the gate was a genuine moment for the team. Here is how it landed:
- Fastest mobile proxy network overall, with a 0.48s global response time on the unfiltered pool.
- The single fastest mobile pool in the entire report, our UK pool at 0.40s.
- 98.39% genuine mobile IPs across the network, with a huge 6 million-IP mobile pool.
Room to Keep Climbing
Recognition like this is more of a starting point than an accomplishment. There’s real room to grow our pools further, extend our coverage, and keep tightening performance on the toughest targets.
None of that worries us. It’s the work we signed up for, and much of it is already underway. Our goal is to serve you better. We’ll keep building and innovating to bring you more value, and many exciting things are already on the way. If you have suggestions or ideas, feel free to reach out at [email protected]
