Baidu Pan download speed: why it is slow, how long it takes and faster ways
If your Baidu Pan download shows around 100 KB/s and an estimate of many hours, nothing is broken. Baidu serves its paying members first and caps everybody else. Use the table to see what you are in for, then pick a faster way.
Download time by size
Measured speeds come from a test by the Chinese news site The Paper in March 2025: 96 to 170 KB/s on a free account, 7 to 10 MB/s with SVIP, Baidu’s top membership. The table uses 150 KB/s and 8 MB/s.
| Share size | Free account | SVIP |
|---|---|---|
| 500 MB | about 1 hour | about 1 minute |
| 1 GB | about 2 hours | about 2 minutes |
| 5 GB | about 9 hours | about 10 minutes |
| 10 GB | about 19 hours | about 20 minutes |
| 50 GB | about 4 days | about 2 hours |
| 100 GB | about 8 days | about 3.5 hours |
Outside China, expect the free-account column to be worse: the traffic also has to leave the country.
Things people try that do not work
| Idea | Why it fails |
|---|---|
| Switching to a faster connection | The cap is set on Baidu’s side, per account |
| Using a VPN | Same account, same cap, sometimes a longer route |
| Opening several downloads at once | They share one cap |
| Downloading at night | The cap does not depend on the hour |
Faster ways
1. Pay Baidu. SVIP removes the cap. You need a Baidu account first, and the subscription is charged in Chinese yuan through Baidu’s own membership page. Good value if Baidu Pan is part of your routine.
2. Have the share downloaded for you. Good value for a single share, or when you have no Baidu account. With PanPull:
- Paste the share link and look at the size and the price. Up to 150 MB costs nothing.
- Sign in with your email address. Pay if there is something to pay.
- PanPull prepares the files. Big shares need more time, and you can close the tab while you wait.
- An email tells you when it is done. You then download from PanPull’s storage, without Baidu’s free-account cap.
Prices are explained in Prices and free downloads.
Background on the PanPull blog: Why is Baidu Pan so slow?
Have a Baidu link? Check it on PanPull and see the size and price first. Up to 150 MB is free.