How to count data by group in Excel?
In Excel, counting the data in a range may be easy for most of users, but how about counting the data in each group? There is no a direct way or formula to count data by group, but I can tell you a good way to quickly count data by group in Excel.
Count data by group with a pivot table
Count data by group with a pivot table
If you want to count the data shown as below by group, you need to insert a pivot table.
1. Select the data range, and click Insert > Pivot Table > Pivot Table. See screenshot:
2. And in the Create Pivot Table dialog, you can specify to create it in a new worksheet or the existing worksheet. And if you check Existing Worksheet, you need to select a cell to place the pivot table. See screenshot:
3. Click OK. And in the PivotTable Filed List pane, drag the header of column to Row Labels and Values section. See screenshot:
Now the counting of each group are shown in the pivot table.
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