# The coin-flipping trick that counts the Internet

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Scientific American, Nov 9, 2026, 9:15 AM · Read it: <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-coin-flipping-trick-that-counts-the-internet/>

Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm works

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- Nov 9, 2026, 9:15 AM: [The coin-flipping trick that counts the Internet](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-coin-flipping-trick-that-counts-the-internet/>) — Scientific American (Magazine, United States)
  Here’s how the ubiquitous HyperLogLog algorithm works