System Design · Senior · Question 37 of 75

A service must handle 10 million daily active users making 20 requests each. What is the average load?

Explanation

200 million requests per day / 86,400 seconds ≈ 2,315 RPS on average. Peak load is usually 2–5× the average, and capacity is planned for it. Such back-of-the-envelope estimates are expected in interviews.

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