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SQL Top 3 Users by Month

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top 3 most active users by number of sessions in each month.

Use valid users and sessions with non-null timestamps. Break ties by ascending user_id.

Output

  1. One row per qualifying user and month
  2. Columns: month, user_id, user_name, session_count, and monthly_rank
  3. Include no more than three users per month, ordered by month, then monthly_rank

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique user identifier
user_nameVARCHAR(100)User display name
sessions
ColumnTypeDescription
session_idPKINTUnique session identifier
user_idINTUser associated with the session
started_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the session started
Tablesuserssessions
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