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Rank Users by Weekly Activity

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query using window functions to rank users by weekly activity within each cohort.

Use the users and user_activity tables. Include only users assigned to a cohort and activity records with a matching user.

Output

  1. One row per user and activity week, with cohort_week, activity_week, user_id, weekly_activity, and activity_rank.
  2. Aggregate each user's activity counts by week. Ties share the same rank.
  3. Order by cohort_week, activity_week, activity_rank, and user_id.

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTEGERUnique user identifier
user_nameVARCHAR(100)User display name
cohort_weekDATEMonday date identifying the user's cohort week
user_activity
ColumnTypeDescription
activity_idPKINTEGERUnique activity record identifier
user_idINTEGERUser associated with the activity record
activity_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when activity occurred
activity_countINTEGERNumber of activity units recorded
Tablesusersuser_activity
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