Social Media Database Schema template for faster schema planning.
A normalized starting point for content creation, follows, interactions, feeds, moderation, and notifications.
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Suggested core tables
PostgreSQL
Primary template engine
consumer-apps
Search intent cluster
Template hero
Visual schema preview for long-tail template discovery.
Tables
users
posts
comments
Template Intent
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Core tables in this template
A credible template page should explain what tables exist and why they matter.
users
Identity, handles, and profile records.
posts
Primary published content entities.
comments
Discussion attached to posts.
likes
Engagement tracking for content and comments.
follows
Social graph relationships.
messages
Private communication between users.
notifications
Event delivery for interactions and mentions.
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Template summary
Useful for social apps with profiles, user-generated content, engagement events, and messaging.
Social Media Database Schema
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CREATE TABLE users (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
handle TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE TABLE posts (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
body TEXT NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE TABLE follows (
id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
follower_id BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id),
followee_id BIGINT NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id)
);Use cases
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How to use this database schema template
These steps make the page useful for real evaluation while staying static-generation friendly.
Model the user identity layer first because most entities depend on it.
Keep interactions like comments and likes separate from core post records.
Introduce feed denormalization only after the normalized core is stable.
Why this page format scales
Each template page combines search-intent targeting, table-level detail, SQL examples, and internal links, which makes it reusable for a programmatic SEO system.
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Frequently asked questions about social media database schema
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