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+title: "Average or Mean"
+sidebar_label: "Average or Mean"
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+learn_status: "Published"
+learn_topic_type: "References"
+learn_rel_path: "Developers/Web/Api/Queries"
+-->
+
+# Average or Mean
+
+> This query is available as `average` and `mean`.
+
+An average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers.
+
+It is calculated as:
+
+```
+average = sum(numbers) / count(numbers)
+```
+
+## how to use
+
+Use it in alerts like this:
+
+```
+ alarm: my_alert
+    on: my_chart
+lookup: average -1m unaligned of my_dimension
+  warn: $this > 1000
+```
+
+`average` does not change the units. For example, if the chart units is `requests/sec`, the result
+will be again expressed in the same units. 
+
+It can also be used in APIs and badges as `&group=average` in the URL.
+
+## Examples
+
+Examining last 1 minute `successful` web server responses:
+
+-   ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=min&after=-60&label=min)
+-   ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=average&after=-60&label=average&value_color=orange)
+-   ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.response_statuses&options=unaligned&dimensions=success&group=max&after=-60&label=max)
+
+## References
+
+-   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average>.
+
+