Google Sheets | Pivot Table or COUNTBLANK Function | To Count Blank Cells | Example | Spreadsheet

In Google Sheets, a pivot table assists, among others, to count blank cells in a data range. For the same task, you can also use the COUNTBLANK function. If you wish to use a pivot table, drag and drop the header of a column, with potential blank cells, below the Rows element of the table. Drag and drop the header of another column below the Values element and set the Summarize by option to COUNT or COUNTA.

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If you wish to use a function to count blank cells in a column, the COUNTBLANK function can assist you in the task. COUNTBLANK requires at least one data range as the argument.

COUNTBLANK Example

Say you want to count any blank cells in the range B2 to B10. The function formula is:

=COUNTBLANK(B2:B10)

If there are, say two blank cells in the range, then the function returns 2.

Take a look at this video tutorial, which gives the steps to use a pivot table or the COUNTBLANK function to count blank cells in a column, with examples.