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Top Events by Category
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Top Events by Category

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the top three best-selling events in each ticket category for the past month on Stubhub, using window functions.

Use February 2025 as the past month and the provided event and ticket sale data. Count tickets sold from completed sales during that month.

Output

  1. One row per event included in the top three for its category.
  2. Columns: category, event_id, event_name, tickets_sold, and category_rank.
  3. Sort by category, category_rank, then event_id.

Schema

events
ColumnTypeDescription
event_idPKINTUnique StubHub event identifier
event_nameVARCHAR(150)Event display name
categoryVARCHAR(50)Ticket category for the event
ticket_sales
ColumnTypeDescription
sale_idPKINTUnique ticket sale identifier
event_idINTReferenced event identifier
sale_dateDATEDate the ticket sale was completed
quantityINTNumber of tickets in the sale
Tableseventsticket_sales
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