Big data is rapidly considered in different scientific domains, industries and business methods. Considering the concept of Internet of Things, big data is generated by everything around us continuously, and therefore, dealing with big data and its challenges are important and requires new thinking strategies and also techniques. Signal processing is one of the solutions that is utilized with big data in most scientific fields. This paper gives a brief introductory preview of the subjects included in this area and describes some of challenges and tactics. In order to show the rapid growth of attentions in signal processing for big data, a statistical analysis on corresponding patents is considered as well.