my contacts won't back up to icloud

Jg734 wrote:

So we hat does that mean? I want to view them in iCloud. How do I do that? Thanks

It means data that is synced to icloud is not part of the icloud backup as stated here What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support

ON your phone settings - icloud - contacts - on.

Jg734 wrote:

I have hundreds of contacts in my iPhone, but only 41 back up to iCloud

They are synced not backed up to icloud.