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SQL for MAU Subscription Watchers
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SQL for MAU Subscription Watchers

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the monthly active users (MAUs) who purchased a subscription but did not watch any games in their first week.

Treat the first week as the seven-day period starting at the subscription purchase timestamp. Return one result for each subscription purchase month and count each qualifying user once per month.

Output

  1. Columns: subscription_month and mau_count
  2. One row per calendar month with at least one qualifying subscription user
  3. Include only users with no game view during their first seven days
  4. Sort by subscription_month ascending

Schema

subscriptions
ColumnTypeDescription
subscription_idPKINTUnique subscription purchase identifier
user_idINTMLB account identifier
purchased_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the subscription was purchased
plan_nameVARCHAR(30)Subscription plan purchased
game_views
ColumnTypeDescription
view_idPKINTUnique game viewing event identifier
user_idINTMLB account identifier associated with the view
game_idVARCHAR(20)MLB game identifier
watched_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the game was watched
Tablessubscriptionsgame_views
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