Which function in Google Sheets counts the total occurrences of a value based on specific criteria?

The function that counts the total occurrences of a value based on specific criteria in Google Sheets is indeed =countif. This function allows users to specify a range of cells and a condition, returning the number of cells that meet that condition. For instance, if you want to count how many times the value "apple" appears in a list of fruits, you would use =countif(A1:A10, "apple").

This capability makes =countif particularly useful for data analysis tasks, such as tallying responses in a survey or tracking the frequency of certain data points in a dataset.

The other options do not provide the ability to count occurrences based on criteria in the same way. For example, =count simply counts all numeric entries in a specified range, while =sumif aggregates values based on a condition rather than counting them. Lastly, =totalcount is not a recognized function in Google Sheets. Hence, =countif is the correct function for counting occurrences based on specified criteria.