Get yesterday's top 10 posts by likes or views

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Is there a way to get the top 10 posts by likes or views from yesterday? It seems the database only stores cumulative values. Thank you.

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Hey :slight_smile:

Do you have the Discourse Data Explorer plugin enabled on your site?

3

It’s not enabled, do I need to enable it for more detailed data to be recorded?

4

You should enable it, then you’ll be able to make specific queries scoped to the past day (yesterday).

Query for Top 10 Posts by Likes from Yesterday

-- Top 10 Posts by Likes from Yesterday
WITH yesterday_actions AS (
  SELECT 
    post_id,
    COUNT(*) AS like_count
  FROM post_actions
  WHERE 
    created_at::date = CURRENT_DATE - 1
    AND post_action_type_id = 2  -- Like action type
  GROUP BY post_id
)

SELECT 
  p.id AS post_id,
  t.id AS topic_id,
  t.title AS topic_title,
  p.post_number,
  u.username AS author,
  ya.like_count AS likes_yesterday
FROM yesterday_actions ya
JOIN posts p ON p.id = ya.post_id
JOIN topics t ON t.id = p.topic_id
JOIN users u ON u.id = p.user_id
ORDER BY likes_yesterday DESC
LIMIT 10

Query for Top 10 Posts by Views from Yesterday

-- Top 10 Topics by Views from Yesterday
WITH yesterday_topic_views AS (
  SELECT 
    topic_id,
    COUNT(*) AS view_count
  FROM topic_views
  WHERE viewed_at::date = CURRENT_DATE - 1
  GROUP BY topic_id
)

SELECT 
  t.id AS topic_id,
  t.title,
  u.username AS creator,
  ytv.view_count AS views_yesterday
FROM yesterday_topic_views ytv
JOIN topics t ON t.id = ytv.topic_id
JOIN users u ON u.id = t.user_id
ORDER BY views_yesterday DESC
LIMIT 10

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