How to find the mode for text value from a list/column in Excel?

As you know, we can apply the MODE function to quickly find out the most frequent number from a specified range in Excel. However, this MODE function does not work with text values. Please do not worry! This article will share two easy methods to find the mode for text values from a list or a column easily in Excel.

• Find the mode for text values from a list/column with formula
• Find the mode for text values from a list /column with Kutools for Excel

Find the mode for text values from a list/column with formula

This method will introduce an array formula to find the mode for text values (the most frequent text value) in a list in Excel. Please do as follows:

Select a blank cell you will place the most frequent value into, type the formula below, and then press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys.

=INDEX(A2:A20,MODE(MATCH(A2:A20,A2:A20,0)))

Tip: A2:A20 refers to the range from which you want to determine the most frequent (mode) text value. You should replace A2:A20 with the actual range of your data containing the text values to be analyzed.

Now the most frequent (mode for) text value has been found and returned into the selected cell. See screenshot:

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Find the mode for text values from a list /column with Kutools for Excel

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can leverage the ready-to-use Find most common value formula in its Formula Helper suite to effortlessly identify the most frequent (mode for) text values from a list, bypassing the need to memorize any Excel formulas.

Demo: Find the mode for text values from a list /column

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