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How to rank only visible cells in Excel?

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In general, all the cells including both filtered values and unfiltered values will be ranked by the Rank function. However, in some cases, you just want to rank only the filtered values which means to rank only visible cells in the sheet as below screenshot shown in Excel.
A screenshot showing the data with filtered cells in Excel, showing the visible cells to be ranked

Rank only visible/filtered cells in Excel

arrow blue right bubble Rank only visible/filtered cells in Excel

To rank only visible cells, you can apply a formula.

Select a cell that you want to place the ranking result, type this formula =SUM(IF(SUBTOTAL(103,OFFSET($A$2:$A$8,ROW($A$2:$A$8)-ROW($A$2),0,1))>0,IF(A2<$A$2:$A$8,1)))+1, press Shift + Ctrl + Enter keys, then drag auto fill handle down to fill this formula to the cells.

In the formula, A2 is the first cell you want to rank, A2:A8 is the range you want to rank.
A screenshot showing the formula for ranking visible cells in Excel

Then when you filter data, the visible values will be automatically reranked.
A screenshot showing the result after ranking visible cells in Excel with filtered data

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