diff --git a/.changeset/neat-rows-mode.md b/.changeset/neat-rows-mode.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d325c336aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/neat-rows-mode.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/table-core': minor
+---
+
+Add `mode` aggregation function to `aggregationFns` to compute statistical mode with first-encountered tie breaking.
diff --git a/packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts b/packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts
index 22fa2e716f..c77e65bf3d 100755
--- a/packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/src/features/row-aggregation/aggregationFns.ts
@@ -282,6 +282,44 @@ export const aggregationFn_median = constructAggregationFn<
   },
 })
 
+/**
+ * Computes the statistical mode (most frequent value) of the row values.
+ * If multiple values have the same maximum frequency, returns the first one encountered.
+ * Returns `undefined` when no rows are present.
+ */
+export const aggregationFn_mode = constructAggregationFn<
+  any,
+  any,
+  unknown,
+  unknown
+>({
+  aggregate: (context) => {
+    const rows = context.rows
+    if (!rows.length) return undefined
+
+    const counts = new Map<unknown, number>()
+    let maxCount = 0
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      const value = context.getValue(rows[i]!)
+      const count = (counts.get(value) ?? 0) + 1
+      counts.set(value, count)
+      if (count > maxCount) {
+        maxCount = count
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
+      const value = context.getValue(rows[i]!)
+      if (counts.get(value) === maxCount) {
+        return value
+      }
+    }
+
+    return undefined
+  },
+})
+
 /** Collects distinct row values using JavaScript `Set` semantics. */
 export const aggregationFn_unique = constructAggregationFn<
   any,
@@ -373,6 +411,7 @@ export const aggregationFns = {
   extent: aggregationFn_extent,
   mean: aggregationFn_mean,
   median: aggregationFn_median,
+  mode: aggregationFn_mode,
   unique: aggregationFn_unique,
   uniqueCount: aggregationFn_uniqueCount,
   count: aggregationFn_count,
diff --git a/packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts b/packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts
index 44e125ad67..95614c5c0c 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/tests/unit/fns/aggregationFns.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   aggregationFn_mean,
   aggregationFn_median,
   aggregationFn_min,
+  aggregationFn_mode,
   aggregationFn_sum,
   aggregationFn_unique,
   aggregationFn_uniqueCount,
@@ -119,6 +120,23 @@ describe('aggregation function definitions', () => {
     ).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
+  it('calculates mode and returns first encountered value on tie', () => {
+    expect(aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context(['a', 'b', 'b', 'a']))).toBe(
+      'a',
+    )
+    expect(
+      aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context(['a', 'b', 'a', 'c', 'b', 'a'])),
+    ).toBe('a')
+    expect(
+      aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context(['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'c'])),
+    ).toBe('a')
+    expect(aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context([1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1]))).toBe(2)
+    expect(
+      aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context([null, undefined, null, 'x'])),
+    ).toBeNull()
+    expect(aggregationFn_mode.aggregate(context([]))).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
   it('preserves custom definition result inference', () => {
     const joined = constructAggregationFn<any, any, unknown, string>({
       aggregate: ({ rows }) => rows.map((row) => row.id).join(','),