Easily find the most common/frequently used value (word or number) in a list in Excel

Supposing you got a feedback, and you need to know the answer which appears most frequently among the responds. Normally, you can use formula or VBA code to achieve it. For saving your working hours, Kutools for Excel’s Find most common value feature can help you quickly find the most common value in a list with only several clicks.

Find the most common value with several clicks only

Click Kutools > Formula Helper > Find most common value. See screenshot:

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Find the most common value with several clicks only

Please do as follows to find the most common value in a list in Excel.

1. Select a blank cell (says cell E2) for placing the found result, then click Kutools > Formula Helper > Find most common value.

2. In the Formula Helper dialog box, please click the button to select the list with the most common value you need to find, and then click the OK button.

Then you can see the most common value of the specified list is populated in cell E2.

Notes:

1. This feature is only applied to one column, and it will display an error value if there are blank cells in the list.

2. It only displays the first most common value if there are multiple matching results.

Demo: Find the most common/frequently used value (word or number) in a list

Kutools for Excel

The functionality described above is just one of 300 powerful functions of Kutools for Excel.

Designed for Excel(Office) 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007 and Office 365. Free download and use for 60 days.