The total number of votes (upvotes and downvotes) per month
Q&A for scientific skepticism
-- Number of Votes per Month -- The total number of votes (upvotes and downvotes) per month SELECT YEAR(v.CreationDate) year, MONTH(v.CreationDate) month, COUNT(*) number_of_votes, ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users u WHERE YEAR(u.CreationDate) = YEAR(v.CreationDate) AND MONTH(u.CreationDate) = MONTH(v.CreationDate) ) number_of_users FROM votes v GROUP BY YEAR(v.CreationDate), MONTH(v.CreationDate) ORDER BY 1 DESC, 2 DESC