Eli5: How do Percentiles work?

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I have never grasp what it means to say “they are in the top 30th percentile” or “this category is in the 90% range of percentiles” feels like a dumb questions but I just don’t get it

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If you’re in the top 30th percentile that means if you were to order everyone by rank, then take the group of people starting at the very top and ending with you, that would be 30% of the people.

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