diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e77dec423..da399c136 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "scroll-cli",
-  "version": "163.1.0",
+  "version": "163.2.0",
   "description": "A language for scientists of all ages. A curated collection of tools for refining and sharing thoughts.",
   "main": "scroll.js",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/parsers/root.parsers b/parsers/root.parsers
index f2c4e62ba..af5b1c1bb 100644
--- a/parsers/root.parsers
+++ b/parsers/root.parsers
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ scrollParser
   }
   get scrollVersion() {
     // currently manually updated
-    return "163.1.0"
+    return "163.2.0"
   }
   // Use the first paragraph for the description
   // todo: add a particle method version of get that gets you the first particle. (actulaly make get return array?)
diff --git a/parsers/tables.parsers b/parsers/tables.parsers
index 93a5765d2..f2d27c289 100644
--- a/parsers/tables.parsers
+++ b/parsers/tables.parsers
@@ -676,3 +676,57 @@ tableSearchParser
   buildInstance() {
    return ""
   }
+
+scrollSummarizeParser
+ extends abstractTableTransformParser
+ description Generate summary statistics for each column.
+ cue summarize
+ example
+  table data.csv
+   summarize
+    printTable
+ javascript
+  get coreTable() {
+   const {lodash} = this.root
+   const sourceData = this.parent.coreTable
+   if (!sourceData.length) return []
+   return this.parent.columnNames.map(colName => {
+     const values = sourceData.map(row => row[colName]).filter(val => val !== undefined && val !== null)
+     const numericValues = values.filter(val => typeof val === "number" && !isNaN(val))
+     const sorted = [...numericValues].sort((a, b) => a - b)
+     // Calculate mode
+     const frequency = {}
+     values.forEach(val => {
+       frequency[val] = (frequency[val] || 0) + 1
+     })
+     const mode = Object.entries(frequency)
+       .sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])
+       .map(entry => entry[0])[0]
+     // Calculate median for numeric values
+     const median = sorted.length ? 
+       sorted.length % 2 === 0 
+         ? (sorted[sorted.length/2 - 1] + sorted[sorted.length/2]) / 2
+         : sorted[Math.floor(sorted.length/2)]
+       : null
+     const sum = numericValues.length ? numericValues.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) : null
+     const theType = typeof values[0]
+     const count = values.length
+     const mean = theType === "number" ? sum/count : ""
+     return {
+       name: colName,
+       type: theType,
+       incompleteCount: sourceData.length - values.length,
+       uniqueCount: new Set(values).size,
+       count,
+       sum,
+       median,
+       mean,
+       min: sorted.length ? sorted[0] : null,
+       max: sorted.length ? sorted[sorted.length - 1] : null,
+       mode
+     }
+   })
+  }
+  get columnNames() {
+   return ["name", "type", "incompleteCount", "uniqueCount", "count", "sum", "median", "mean", "min", "max", "mode"]
+  }
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diff --git a/releaseNotes.scroll b/releaseNotes.scroll
index 48a95b5e6..7c500040d 100644
--- a/releaseNotes.scroll
+++ b/releaseNotes.scroll
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ ciBadges.scroll
 br
 thinColumns
 
+📦 163.2.0 12/15/2024
+🎉 added `summarize` parser
+
 📦 163.1.0 12/15/2024
 🎉 column names in table particles now try to match users intent (case insensitive and close match).
 🎉 new `assertIgnoreBelowErrorsParser` for automated testing purposes
diff --git a/tests/tables.scroll b/tests/tables.scroll
index f3cccc8f5..4bdda9adc 100644
--- a/tests/tables.scroll
+++ b/tests/tables.scroll
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildTxt
 
 theme gazette
 
-thinColumns 1
+container 800px
 
 # Simple sparkline with inline data
 sparkline 5 7 27 87 300 17 10 5
@@ -132,3 +132,10 @@ iris
   printTable
  select species
   printTable
+
+---
+
+# Summarize
+iris
+ summarize
+  printTable
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