Almost Famous: Second Place Products

Almost Famous: Second Place Products :Identify the Second Best-Selling Product by Category and Total Sales Intermediate

List the second most popular product in every category by total sales.

Xorthax wants to find the second most popular product in each category. Write a query to display the product name and total sales.
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This simulates analyzing product sales to determine which items rank just below the top performer within each category.

You’ll practice ordering grouped data and isolating a specific ranked result within each product category based on aggregated totals.

This problem is labeled as Intermediate. It assumes you’ve written a few window function queries before, but you don’t need to be an expert. Use the hints and explanations if you get stuck — they’re there to help you think through the logic.

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