count top 10 most occuring values in a column in mysql

Question

I have a column in mysql table that has the the data type INT(11).

How can I search to get the top 10 most occurring values in this column?

Answer 1

TOP is a keyword which is not supported in MySQL, it is in MSSQL though.

This following query should do what you want (untested, but the idea should become clear):

SELECT column, COUNT(*) AS matches 
FROM table 
GROUP BY column 
ORDER BY matches DESC 
LIMIT 10