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How to count entries by month in Excel and Google Sheets
Excel & Google Sheets
=COUNTIFS(A:A, ">="&DATE(2026,1,1), A:A, "<"&DATE(2026,2,1))Try it with your data
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Step by step
- 1A:A is the column of dates.
- 2Keep rows on or after the 1st of the month and before the 1st of the next.
- 3The count is how many entries fall inside that month.
Tips
- Add more criteria pairs to count by month AND category at once.
- EOMONTH(date, 0) gives the last day of a month if you prefer an inclusive upper bound.
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Frequently asked
How do I count by month and year together?
The date-bound approach already handles year, because DATE(2026,1,1) is specific to January 2026. Just change the year in the bounds.