Mistborn: The Final Empire/Statistical analysis

This page contains some statistical analysis of Mistborn: The Final Empire, the first book in the first Mistborn trilogy.

For a full series overview see Mistborn/Statistical analysis, and for other books in the series see The Well of Ascension/Statistical analysis and The Hero of Ages/Statistical analysis.

The information on this page can be found here.

Chapter by Chapter Breakdown

Chapter	Character	Word Count	Percentage
Prologue	Themos Tresting	1,327	0.63%
	Kelsier	2,552	1.21%
	Mennis	1,037	0.49%
Part 1: The Survivor of Hathsin
Chapter 1	Vin	2,957	1.41%
Chapter 2	Kelsier	1,808	0.86%
	Vin	2,387	1.14%
	Kelsier	1,154	0.55%
Chapter 3	Vin	5,889	2.8%
Chapter 4	Vin	7,595	3.61%
Chapter 5	Vin	1,260	0.6%
	Kelsier	5,681	2.7%
Chapter 6	Vin	8,467	4.03%
Chapter 7	Kelsier	1,218	0.58%
	Vin	4,940	2.35%
Chapter 8	Vin	2,976	1.42%
	Kelsier	1,095	0.52%
	Vin	3,419	1.63%
Part 2: Rebels Beneath a Sky of Ash
Chapter 9	Vin	3,809	1.81%
	Kelsier	899	0.43%
Chapter 10	Vin	4,074	1.94%
	Kelsier	1,216	0.58%
	Vin	934	0.44%
Chapter 11	Vin	1,793	0.85%
	Kelsier	1,271	0.6%
Chapter 12	Vin	6,451	3.07%
Chapter 13	Vin	4,141	1.97%
Chapter 14	Vin	4,018	1.91%
Chapter 15	Kelsier	1,762	0.84%
Part 3: Children of a Bleeding Sun
Chapter 16	Vin	3,436	1.64%
Chapter 17	Vin	3,930	1.87%
Chapter 18	Vin	7,542	3.59%
Chapter 19	Kelsier	5,231	2.49%
Chapter 20	Vin	5,493	2.61%
Chapter 21	Kelsier	7,227	3.44%
Chapter 22	Vin	4,591	2.19%
Chapter 23	Vin	6,205	2.95%
Chapter 24	Vin	4,774	2.27%
Chapter 25	Kelsier	770	0.37%
	Vin	2,030	0.97%
	Kelsier	2,132	1.01%
Part 4: Dancers In A Sea Of Mist
Chapter 26	Vin	4,454	2.12%
Chapter 27	Vin	5,466	2.6%
Chapter 28	Vin	4,405	2.1%
	Elend	2,699	1.28%
Chapter 29	Vin	3,252	1.55%
	Kelsier	2,489	1.18%
Chapter 30	Vin	6,045	2.88%
Chapter 31	Kelsier	1,218	0.58%
	Vin	2,185	1.04%
	Elend	2,713	1.29%
Chapter 32	Vin	3,038	1.45%
	Kelsier	581	0.28%
	Walin	876	0.42%
	Kelsier	417	0.2%
Chapter 33	Vin	2,776	1.32%
	Kelsier	313	0.15%
	Vin	72	0.03%
	Kelsier	418	0.2%
	Vin	187	0.09%
	Kelsier	479	0.23%
Chapter 34	Kelsier	1,912	0.91%
	Vin	247	0.12%
	Kelsier	296	0.14%
	Vin	161	0.08%
	Kelsier	622	0.3%
	Vin	1,076	0.51%
Part 5: Believers In A Forgotten World
Chapter 35	Vin	3,933	1.87%
Chapter 36	Vin	1,575	0.75%
	Elend	951	0.45%
	Vin	3,137	1.49%
Chapter 37	Dockson	1,102	0.52%
	Vin	3,171	1.51%
Chapter 38	Vin	4,737	2.25%
Epilogue	Vin	3,609	1.72%

Unique POV Breakdown

Character (7)	# of POVs (74)	% of Total POVs	Word Count (210,103)	% of Word Count
Vin	43	58.11%	156,637	74.55%
Kelsier	24	32.43%	42,761	20.35%
Elend	3	4.05%	6,363	3.03%
Themos Tresting	1	1.35%	1,327	0.63%
Dockson	1	1.35%	1,102	0.52%
Mennis	1	1.35%	1,037	0.49%
Walin	1	1.35%	876	0.42%

This meta article is complete, but has yet to be reviewed.