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Top Engaged Users SQL
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Top Engaged Users SQL

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top 10 most engaged users in the last month.

For this exercise, engagement is defined as the number of user event records during the previous calendar month. Include users with no qualifying events, treating their engagement count as zero.

Output

  1. One row per user, with user_id, user_name, and engagement_count.
  2. Include up to 10 users, ordered by engagement count descending and user_id ascending to break ties.

Schema

users
ColumnTypeDescription
user_idPKINTUnique user identifier
user_nameVARCHAR(100)Display name of the user
user_events
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique event identifier
user_idINTUser associated with the event
event_typeVARCHAR(30)Type of user engagement event
occurred_atTIMESTAMPTimestamp when the event occurred
Tablesusersuser_events
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