Calculate the median of a list of numbers instantly. Enter your values to see the sorted list and the middle value, right in your browser.
Enter your numbers to calculate the median.
The median is the middle value of a data set once it's sorted from smallest to largest. It's a "type of average," like the mean, but it describes a data set differently: instead of being calculated from every value, it's simply whichever value ends up in the middle position, which makes it far less sensitive to a single extreme outlier than the mean is.
The mean adds every value together and divides by the count, so one very large or very small value can pull it noticeably in that direction. The median only depends on which value ends up in the middle after sorting, so it stays put even if an outlier gets much larger or smaller — which is why household income and home prices are usually reported as medians rather than means.
The median is the middle value in a list of numbers once they're sorted from smallest to largest. Unlike the mean (the ordinary average), it isn't pulled around by a single unusually large or small value, which makes it a useful measure when a data set has outliers.
Sort the values, then take the one exactly in the middle. For 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 (5 values), the middle value is the 3rd one: 5.
Sort the values, then average the two middle ones. For 1, 2, 3, 4 (4 values), the two middle values are 2 and 3, so the median is (2 + 3) ÷ 2 = 2.5.
No. This calculator sorts your values automatically before finding the median, so you can enter them in any order.
The mean adds every value together and divides by the count; the median is the middle value once sorted. A few extremely large or small values can shift the mean a lot but barely affect the median, which is why median is often preferred for things like income or home prices.
Yes, both are fully supported.
They're counted normally, like any other value — duplicates aren't removed before sorting.
No. Every calculation happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing you enter here is sent to Brekzy or stored anywhere.
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