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Median Calculator

Finds the median of a list of numbers, along with mean, mode, min, max, sum and count.

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Result

Median

10

Mean (average)

11.9167

Mode

No mode (all values unique)

Minimum

4

Maximum

21

Count

6

Notes

  • · The median is the middle value when the numbers are sorted (or the average of the two middle values for an even count).
  • · Numbers can be separated by spaces, commas, semicolons or new lines.

Median Calculator — How It Works

Median Calculator — How It Works

The median is the middle value in a sorted list of numbers — it’s often a better “typical value” than the mean when a data set has outliers.

How it’s calculated

  1. Sort the numbers from smallest to largest.
  2. If there’s an odd number of values, the median is the middle one.
  3. If there’s an even number of values, the median is the average of the two middle values.

Example

Numbers: 4, 7, 8, 12, 19, 21
Sorted:  4, 7, 8, 12, 19, 21
Median = (8 + 12) / 2 = 10

Median vs. mean

The median isn’t pulled around by extreme values the way the mean is. For example, the data set 1, 2, 3, 1000 has a mean of 251.5 but a median of 2.5 — the median better represents most of the data.

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FAQ

Is this free?

Yes — the Median Calculator runs entirely in your browser, no sign-up required.

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