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Compare Channel Retention by Cohort
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Compare Channel Retention by Cohort

HardSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

BrightCart wants to compare user retention across acquisition channels. Write a SQL query to calculate day-30 retention by acquisition channel for users who signed up in January 2024.

A user is considered retained if they have at least one session on or after 30 days from signup and before 60 days from signup.

Requirements

  1. Use each user's acquisition channel from the users table.
  2. Restrict the cohort to users whose signup_date is between 2024-01-01 and 2024-01-31.
  3. For each channel, return:
    • total users in the cohort
    • retained users
    • retention rate as a percentage rounded to 2 decimals
  4. Include channels with zero retained users.
  5. Order results by retention rate descending, then channel name ascending.

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique user identifier
signup_dateDATEDate the user signed up
acquisition_channelVARCHAR(50)Marketing channel credited for acquisition
country_codeVARCHAR(2)Two-letter country code
sessions
ColumnTypeDescription
session_idPKINTUnique session identifier
user_idINTUser associated with the session
session_dateDATEDate the session occurred
device_typeVARCHAR(20)Device used for the session
Tablesuserssessions
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