Thankfully, Microsoft Excel's COUNTIF formula swoops in to save the day. It lets you count cells based on specific text or conditions, turning your spreadsheet chaos into organized data magic.

If you are unfamiliar with inputting formulas into Microsoft Excel, the much simpler way to get the number of unique values in an Excel column is through a filter.

Duplicates aren't bad, but you may need to know how many times a value is repeated or how many unique values are in a data range. Here's how to tackle these tasks in Excel.

Combining UNIQUE with COUNTA allows you to count the number of unique entries in a dataset. Dynamic array formulas in Excel 365 enhance the flexibility and efficiency of the UNIQUE function.

There are a few ways to count the number of items in an Excel list, depending on the data you have. One way is using the COUNTIF function.