Benford's Law
The count of a thing can end sooner than later, eh?
Number of counts:
100
1,000
10,000
Chance of each count stopping:
1 in
10
100
1,000
10,000
Leading
Digit
Leading
Digit
Tally
Leading
Digit
Percent
Documented
Huge Dataset
Percent
*
1
338
33.8%
30.1%
2
178
17.8%
17.6%
3
111
11.1%
12.5%
4
82
8.2%
9.7%
5
74
7.4%
7.9%
6
57
5.7%
6.7%
7
66
6.6%
5.8%
8
53
5.3%
5.1%
9
41
4.1%
4.6%
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