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Spotify Spotify Interview Question 06

Daily
Active
Listeners

Find number of active listeners per day.

Table Schema

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Table

interactive
ColumnType
user_idinteger
stream_datedate

Sample Data

Input
Output

Sample Input: streams
user_idstream_date
1012024-01-01
1022024-01-01
1012024-01-02
1032024-01-02
1042024-01-03
1052024-01-03
1062024-01-03
Expected Output
stream_dateactive_users
2024-01-012
2024-01-022
2024-01-033

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Query

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stream_dateactive_users
2024-01-012
2024-01-022
2024-01-033

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Hint 01: Identify the grouping level required by the output.
Hint 02: Aggregate with COUNT, SUM, AVG, or a window function as needed.
Hint 03: Filter after aggregation with HAVING or after ranking with an outer query.

Solution

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SELECT stream_date, COUNT(DISTINCT user_id) AS active_users
FROM streams
GROUP BY stream_date;

Explanation

Step By
Step

01

Read the expected output columns to determine the final grain.

02

Aggregate or rank the input rows to calculate the requested metric.

03

Filter, sort, and alias the final columns to match the output.

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