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What is the quickest way to count the maximum number of duplicates in a list? For example, the maximum number of duplicates in {1,1,1,3} is 3, in {1,1,2,2} is 2 and in {1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3} is 3. I've unsuccessfully tried combinations of Commonest, Count and CountDistinct. Other questions have dealt with identifying or deleting duplicates rather than counting them.

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    $\begingroup$ Look up Tally. For example, MaximalBy[Tally[lst], Last]. $\endgroup$ – Henrik Schumacher Jun 1 '19 at 12:03
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lst = {1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3};

ClearAll[f]
f = Max[Counts @ #] /. 1 -> 0 &;

f @ lst

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f @ {1,2,3,4}

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    $\begingroup$ The problem is that e.g. {1,2,3} returns 1, but it contains no duplicates (defined as two or more ocurrences). $\endgroup$ – spaced Jun 1 '19 at 12:33
  • $\begingroup$ @spaced, good catch. Updated to get 0 when there are no duplicates. $\endgroup$ – kglr Jun 1 '19 at 12:43

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