Span of Control Statistics: Real Spans by Role
This benchmark publishes once at least 30 leaders have completed the calculator in the current window. Until then the count is shown as below the reporting floor and no figures are published.
Once a cut reaches 30 completions, this page shows the spans that leaders who used the calculator on this site actually carry: the median and interquartile range of direct reports by role type (the quotable number is the median span among founders who used the calculator), the median hours per report per week by role type, the load band distribution overall and by role type, and the share of results where the calendar supported span is below the direct report count, the past what the calendar holds share.
Cuts by role type, region, device class and referrer type each carry their own floor. The n and the field window are shown in the current edition block, every change is dated in the log below, and the method is on the methodology page.
Current edition
Under 30 leaders in this cut. Not published. The floor does not move. Next refresh: 2026-10-12.
Collection started on 2026-09-22. This page is rewritten when a refresh runs; the change log below carries every edition.
What this page will report
So that no cut is chosen after seeing the data, here is what is published when n reaches 30, and nothing else:
- Median direct reports by role type
- Median hours per report by role type
- Band distribution
- Band distribution by role type
- Calendar below directs share
- Role type
- Region
- Device class
- Referrer type
The floor rule
No cut is published with fewer than 30 completions. Where a cut falls below the floor, the chapter is published with the count and no figures. The floor is set before the edition and never lowered. Completions are counted, not people: the capture is anonymous and cookieless, so a returning visitor is not identifiable and is not de-duplicated. Ad blockers drop some events, so every count is a floor. The full rules are on the methodology page.
Change log
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Page created with the tool. Collection begins. No figures published; n below floor. |
Take the tool
Every completion of the Span of Control Calculator joins this sample anonymously. More free tools are at the tools shelf.
The four results
Every completed run lands on one of these pages, with your own scores drawn from the link the tool gives you. Each one is readable without taking the tool.
The other statistics pages
Every open tool on this site publishes its own statistics page under the same floor rule:
- One on One Meeting Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- AI Leader Readiness Benchmark by Role and Region
- 360 Feedback Statistics: Self vs Team Gap
- Communication Style Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- Conflict Style Statistics: Leader Benchmark
- Core Values Statistics: What Leaders Rank First
- Imposter Syndrome Statistics for Leaders: Benchmark
- Leader Burnout Statistics: Readings and Levels
- Leadership Team Meeting Cost Statistics
- Management Style Statistics: Manager Benchmark
- Psychological Safety Statistics: Leader Benchmark