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Design a Real-Time Analytics Dashboard
System DesignmediumCommon
real-time-analyticsstreamingmonitoring
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9 times
Last seen
2026-03-25
First seen
2025-06-20
Active in
2025, 2026
Description
Design a system that shows real-time viewing metrics (concurrent streams, start failures, rebuffer rates) at global scale.
Approach Tips
Use a streaming aggregation layer (Flink/Kafka Streams). Discuss pre-aggregation at different time granularities and dimensional rollups.
Sources
Blind·Senior·2026-03-25
Glassdoor·SDE-3·2026-01-08
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Netflix
Streaming
Typically appears in: Onsite - System Design
60 min — Design a streaming/media or distributed system. Focus on scale, reliability, and tradeoffs.