Calculate each cell's percent total of column
This tutorial shows how to use full column references to calculate each cell's percent total of the column
In this example, we're going to look at which unicorn startups contribute most to the unicorn startup market cap.
To follow along, download the data here.
Unicorn_Startups.csv
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Unicorn startup valuation data
Create a new column and write the formula in the first cell.
=Valuation_Billions0/SUM(Valuation_Billions:Valuation_Billions) * 100Notice that the formula calculates the SUM of the valuation column using range syntax just like Excel.
Writing the formula to calculate the percent total of each row
Once the formula is applied, check out the results. Here I sorted and graphed the data so we can see the startups that contribute the most to the market cap of Unicorns.
