Excel COUNT Function

COUNT Function

The COUNT function is a premade function in Excel, which counts cells with numbers in a range.

It is typed =COUNT

Note: The COUNT function only counts cells with numbers, not cells with letters. The COUNTA function is better used if the cells have letters.

How to use the =COUNT function:

1. Select a cell
2. Type =COUNT
3. Double click the COUNT command
4. Select a range
5. Hit enter

Let's see some examples!

Apply the =COUNT function to range D2:D21. Counting the cells of Pokemon Total stats, which is numbers only:

Name Type 1 Type 2 Total stats Mankey Fighting 305 Poliwrath Water Fighting 510 Victreebel Grass Poison 490 Tentacool Water Poison 335 Magneton Electric Steel 465 Dewgong Water Ice 475 Cloyster Water Ice 525 Onix Rock Ground 385 Dragonair Dragon 420 Pidgeotto Normal Flying 349 Rattata Normal 253 Beedrill Bug Poison 395 Doduo Normal Flying 310 Kingler Water 475 Nidoqueen Poison Ground 505 Hitmonchan Fighting 455 Charmeleon Fire 405 Arbok Poison 438 Gastly Ghost Poison 310 Magikarp Water 200

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COUNT function, step by step:

1. Select D23
2. Type =COUNT
3. Double click COUNT in the menu
4. Select range D2:D21
5. Hit enter

Note: The =COUNT function only counts cells with numbers in a range.

That's it! The =COUNT function successfully counted 20 cells with numbers.

A Non-Working Example

Now, let us try an example that will not work.

Apply the =COUNT function to the range A2:A21, which only has cells with letters.

It returns the value 0, no cells with numbers found. Range A2:A21 only had cells with letters.