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# Netflix Uses Elasticsearch Percolate Queries to Implement Reverse Searches Efficiently

**[InfoQ](https://daily.dev/sources/infoq)** · 2 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Netflix engineers use Elasticsearch Percolate Queries to implement reverse searches efficiently, allowing dynamic subscription and notification scenarios without direct associations between subscribers and entities.

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