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MODE

Introduced or updated: v1.2.647

Returns the value that appears most frequently in a group of values.

Syntax

MODE(<expr>)

Examples

This example identifies the best-selling product for each month from the sales data:

CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE sales (
sale_date DATE,
product_id INT,
quantity INT
);

INSERT INTO sales (sale_date, product_id, quantity) VALUES
('2024-01-01', 101, 10),
('2024-01-02', 102, 15),
('2024-01-02', 101, 10),
('2024-01-03', 103, 8),
('2024-01-03', 101, 10),
('2024-02-01', 101, 20),
('2024-02-02', 102, 15),
('2024-02-03', 102, 15);

SELECT MONTH(sale_date) AS month, MODE(product_id) AS most_sold_product
FROM sales
GROUP BY month
ORDER BY month;

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
month │ most_sold_product │
├─────────────────┼───────────────────┤
1101
2102
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
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