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30-Day Retention Percentage
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30-Day Retention Percentage

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to calculate the percentage of users retained after 30 days.

Treat a user as retained when they have at least one activity exactly 30 days after signup. Exclude users with a NULL signup date from the calculation.

Output

  1. Return one row with one column named retained_percentage.
  2. Report the percentage rounded to two decimal places, from 0 to 100.

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique user identifier
signup_dateDATEDate the user signed up
platformVARCHAR(20)Primary platform used by the user
user_activity
ColumnTypeDescription
activity_idPKINTUnique activity identifier
user_idINTUser associated with the activity
activity_dateDATEDate the activity occurred
activity_typeVARCHAR(30)Type of user activity
Tablesusersuser_activity
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