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
344
34.4%
30.1%
2
149
14.9%
17.6%
3
123
12.3%
12.5%
4
83
8.3%
9.7%
5
79
7.9%
7.9%
6
69
6.9%
6.7%
7
53
5.3%
5.8%
8
44
4.4%
5.1%
9
56
5.6%
4.6%
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