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
345
34.5%
30.1%
2
156
15.6%
17.6%
3
107
10.7%
12.5%
4
84
8.4%
9.7%
5
78
7.8%
7.9%
6
62
6.2%
6.7%
7
58
5.8%
5.8%
8
52
5.2%
5.1%
9
58
5.8%
4.6%
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