Mode Aggregation

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A single-value metrics aggregation that computes the mode of numeric values that are extracted from the aggregated documents.

The mode of a set of data values is the value that appears most often, in other words, it is the value that is most likely to be sampled. ¹

Type	Description	Example	Result
Mean (or !verage)	Sum of values of a data set divided by number of values	(1+2+2+3+4+7+9) / 7	4
Median	Middle value separating the greater and lesser halves of a data set	1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9	3
Mode	Most frequent value in a data set	1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9	2

SEARCH /bank/

{
  "_query": "*",
  "_limit": 0,
  "_check_at_least": 1000,
  "_aggs": {
    "balance_mode": {
      "_mode": {
        "_field": "balance"
      }
    }
  }
}

¹ Mode (statistics)