A simple way to solve this problem is with the COUNTIFS function.

Both approaches are explained below.

Notice in the formulas above, we are hardcoding the numbers into the formula.

Excel formula: Summary count with COUNTIF

For a detailed overview of concatenation, seeHow to concatenate in Excel.

Notice that by design, the FREQUENCY function always returns a count forone more binthan is provided.

With a Pivot Table

APivot Tableis another way to solve this problem.

Excel formula: Summary count by month with COUNTIFS

Seethis video for a similar example.

The number of rows and columns to remove is provided by separaterowsandcolumnsarguments.

Excel COUNTIFS function

Excel FREQUENCY function

Excel DROP function

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