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Find followers count

Database
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Feb 27, 2026
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Table: Followers +-------------+------+ | Column Name | Type | +-------------+------+ | user_id | int | | follower_id | int | +-------------+------+ (user_id, follower_id) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table. This table contains the IDs of a user and a follower in a social media app where the follower follows the user. Write a solution that will, for each user, return the number of followers. Return the result table ordered by user_id in ascending order. The result format is in the following example.

Solution

SQL
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solution.sql
#
# Table: Followers
# +-------------+------+
# | Column Name | Type |
# +-------------+------+
# | user_id     | int  |
# | follower_id | int  |
# +-------------+------+
# (user_id, follower_id) is the primary key (combination of columns with unique values) for this table.
# This table contains the IDs of a user and a follower in a social media app where the follower follows the user.
# Write a solution that will, for each user, return the number of followers.
# Return the result table ordered by user_id in ascending order.
# The result format is in the following example.
# Example 1:
# Input:
# Followers table:
# +---------+-------------+
# | user_id | follower_id |
# +---------+-------------+
# | 0       | 1           |
# | 1       | 0           |
# | 2       | 0           |
# | 2       | 1           |
# +---------+-------------+
# Output:
# +---------+----------------+
# | user_id | followers_count|
# +---------+----------------+
# | 0       | 1              |
# | 1       | 1              |
# | 2       | 2              |
# +---------+----------------+
# Explanation:
# The followers of 0 are {1}
# The followers of 1 are {0}
# The followers of 2 are {0,1}
#

# Write your MySQL query statement below

SELECT user_id, COUNT(*) AS followers_count
FROM Followers
GROUP BY user_id
ORDER BY user_id;