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Podcast Pairs Sharing the Most Subscribers

SQLMediumMid level~15 min

Problem

Table: `subscriptions`

| Column Name | Type |
|---|---|
| podcast_id | int |
| listener_id | int |

`(podcast_id, listener_id)` is the primary key. Each row means the listener subscribes to that podcast.

Find every pair of podcasts that share the maximum number of common subscribers. If the largest number of subscribers shared by any two podcasts is `maxShared`, return all podcast pairs that share exactly `maxShared` subscribers. In each returned pair the smaller `podcast_id` must appear first, in columns `podcast1_id` and `podcast2_id`. Return the result in any order.

Tables

Example rows — the live problem includes the full dataset.

subscriptions
podcast_idlistener_id
110
210
111

Expected output

Your answer should return 1 row with the columns podcast1_id, podcast2_id.

Starter code (SQL)

SELECT *
FROM subscriptions;

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