I have a list of dictionaries: [ {'signal_8': 1, 'signal_1': 7, 'signal_10': 5, 'signal_5': 2, 'signal_2': 5, 'signal_6': 3, 'signal_4': 9, 'signal_3': 6, 'signal_9': 4, 'signal_7': 8}, {'signal_8': 1, 'signal_1': 7, 'signal_10': 5, 'signal_5': 2, 'signal_2': 5, 'signal_6': 3, 'signal_4': 9, 'signal_3': 6, 'signal_9': 4, 'signal_7': 8}, {'signal_8': 1, 'signal_1': 7, 'signal_10': 5, 'signal_5': 2, 'signal_2': 5, 'signal_6': 3, 'signal_4': 9, 'signal_3': 6, 'signal_9': 4, 'signal_7': 8}, ] and I want to sum the values by key for each element in the list: { 'signal_8': 3, 'signal_1': 21, ... } I tried: result = {} sm = 0 for elm in original_list: for k,v in elm.items(): sm += v result[k] = sm print(result) Continue reading...