mySQL count only returning one result unless using group by

Question

using the SQL query

select u.name,count(u.name) as \'followers\'
from user u,follow f
where u.type = \'c\' AND f.followee = u.email
group by u.name

Answer 1

When you use count without group by it will count all the records and returns single line while when you use count with group by it will group the users on the base of their names and returns the count of each group.