diff --git a/src/app/admin/tags/[tag]/edit/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/tags/[tag]/edit/page.tsx
index 2cfb7f5e..670c64bc 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/tags/[tag]/edit/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/tags/[tag]/edit/page.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import AdminChildPage from '@/components/AdminChildPage';
 import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
-import { getPhotosCached, getPhotosTagCountCached } from '@/photo/cache';
+import { getPhotosCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import TagForm from '@/tag/TagForm';
 import { PATH_ADMIN, PATH_ADMIN_TAGS, pathForTag } from '@/site/paths';
 import PhotoTag from '@/tag/PhotoTag';
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { photoLabelForCount } from '@/photo';
 import PhotoLightbox from '@/photo/PhotoLightbox';
 import FavsTag from '@/tag/FavsTag';
 import { isTagFavs } from '@/tag';
+import { getPhotosTagMeta } from '@/services/vercel-postgres';
 
 const MAX_PHOTO_TO_SHOW = 6;
 
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ export default async function PhotoPageEdit({
   const tag = decodeURIComponent(tagFromParams);
   
   const [
-    count,
+    { count },
     photos,
   ] = await Promise.all([
-    getPhotosTagCountCached(tag),
+    getPhotosTagMeta(tag),
     getPhotosCached({ tag, limit: MAX_PHOTO_TO_SHOW }),
   ]);
 
diff --git a/src/app/tag/[tag]/[photoId]/layout.tsx b/src/app/tag/[tag]/[photoId]/layout.tsx
index 1d3695f2..eb834147 100644
--- a/src/app/tag/[tag]/[photoId]/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/tag/[tag]/[photoId]/layout.tsx
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ export default async function PhotoTagPage({
 
   const [
     photos,
-    count,
-    dateRange,
+    { count, dateRange },
   ] = await getPhotosTagDataCached({ tag });
 
   return <>
diff --git a/src/app/tag/[tag]/page.tsx b/src/app/tag/[tag]/page.tsx
index bdb72d70..95a33ff4 100644
--- a/src/app/tag/[tag]/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/tag/[tag]/page.tsx
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ export async function generateMetadata({
 
   const [
     photos,
-    count,
-    dateRange,
+    { count, dateRange },
   ] = await getPhotosTagDataCached({
     tag,
     limit: GRID_THUMBNAILS_TO_SHOW_MAX,
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
index 0969d8c0..fb86a83b 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoEditPageClient.tsx
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ import { useFormState } from 'react-dom';
 import { areSimpleObjectsEqual } from '@/utility/object';
 import IconGrSync from '@/site/IconGrSync';
 import { getExifDataAction } from './actions';
-import { Tags } from '@/tag';
+import { TagsWithMeta } from '@/tag';
 
 export default function PhotoEditPageClient({
   photo,
   uniqueTags,
 }: {
   photo: Photo
-  uniqueTags?: Tags
+  uniqueTags?: TagsWithMeta
 }) {
   const seedExifData = { url: photo.url };
 
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
index fa2dddf7..93a40327 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import PhotoTag from '@/tag/PhotoTag';
 import { FaTag } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import { IoMdCamera } from 'react-icons/io';
 import { PhotoDateRange, dateRangeForPhotos, photoQuantityText } from '.';
-import { TAG_FAVS, Tags } from '@/tag';
+import { TAG_FAVS, TagsWithMeta } from '@/tag';
 import PhotoFilmSimulation from '@/simulation/PhotoFilmSimulation';
 import PhotoFilmSimulationIcon from '@/simulation/PhotoFilmSimulationIcon';
 import { FilmSimulations, sortFilmSimulationsWithCount } from '@/simulation';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
   photosCount,
   photosDateRange,
 }: {
-  tags: Tags
+  tags: TagsWithMeta
   cameras: Cameras
   simulations: FilmSimulations
   photosCount: number
diff --git a/src/photo/cache.ts b/src/photo/cache.ts
index aa37e9f1..6476c8d7 100644
--- a/src/photo/cache.ts
+++ b/src/photo/cache.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ import {
   getPhotosCount,
   getPhotosCameraCount,
   getPhotosCountIncludingHidden,
-  getPhotosTagCount,
   getUniqueCameras,
   getUniqueTags,
-  getPhotosTagDateRange,
+  getPhotosTagMeta,
   getPhotosCameraDateRange,
   getUniqueTagsHidden,
   getUniqueFilmSimulations,
@@ -162,12 +161,6 @@ export const getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached =
     [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_COUNT, KEY_HIDDEN],
   );
 
-export const getPhotosTagCountCached =
-  unstable_cache(
-    getPhotosTagCount,
-    [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_TAGS],
-  );
-
 export const getPhotosCameraCountCached = (
   ...args: Parameters<typeof getPhotosCameraCount>
 ) =>
@@ -182,9 +175,9 @@ export const getPhotosFilmSimulationCountCached =
     [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_FILM_SIMULATIONS, KEY_COUNT],
   );
 
-export const getPhotosTagDateRangeCached =
+export const getPhotosTagMetaCached =
   unstable_cache(
-    getPhotosTagDateRange,
+    getPhotosTagMeta,
     [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_TAGS, KEY_DATE_RANGE],
   );
 
diff --git a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
index 3c33b47e..66765790 100644
--- a/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/form/PhotoForm.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { toastSuccess, toastWarning } from '@/toast';
 import { getDimensionsFromSize } from '@/utility/size';
 import ImageBlurFallback from '@/components/ImageBlurFallback';
 import { BLUR_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
-import { Tags, sortTagsObjectWithoutFavs } from '@/tag';
+import { TagsWithMeta, sortTagsObjectWithoutFavs } from '@/tag';
 import { formatCount, formatCountDescriptive } from '@/utility/string';
 
 const THUMBNAIL_SIZE = 300;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default function PhotoForm({
   initialPhotoForm: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   updatedExifData?: Partial<PhotoFormData>
   type?: 'create' | 'edit'
-  uniqueTags?: Tags
+  uniqueTags?: TagsWithMeta
   debugBlur?: boolean
 }) {
   const [formData, setFormData] =
diff --git a/src/services/vercel-postgres.ts b/src/services/vercel-postgres.ts
index 9e27e656..5f0c7e24 100644
--- a/src/services/vercel-postgres.ts
+++ b/src/services/vercel-postgres.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/photo';
 import { Camera, Cameras, createCameraKey } from '@/camera';
 import { parameterize } from '@/utility/string';
-import { Tags } from '@/tag';
+import { TagsWithMeta } from '@/tag';
 import { FilmSimulation, FilmSimulations } from '@/simulation';
 import { PRIORITY_ORDER_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
 import { screenForPPR } from '@/utility/ppr';
@@ -165,12 +165,6 @@ const sqlGetPhotosCountIncludingHidden = async () => sql`
   SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photos
 `.then(({ rows }) => parseInt(rows[0].count, 10));
 
-const sqlGetPhotosTagCount = async (tag: string) => sql`
-  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photos
-  WHERE ${tag}=ANY(tags) AND
-  hidden IS NOT TRUE
-`.then(({ rows }) => parseInt(rows[0].count, 10));
-
 const sqlGetPhotosCameraCount = async (camera: Camera) => sql`
   SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photos
   WHERE
@@ -195,14 +189,17 @@ const sqlGetPhotosDateRange = async () => sql`
     ? rows[0] as PhotoDateRange
     : undefined);
 
-const sqlGetPhotosTagDateRange = async (tag: string) => sql`
-  SELECT MIN(taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(taken_at_naive) as end
+const sqlGetPhotosTagMeta = async (tag: string) => sql`
+  SELECT COUNT(*), MIN(taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(taken_at_naive) as end
   FROM photos
   WHERE ${tag}=ANY(tags) AND
   hidden IS NOT TRUE
-`.then(({ rows }) => rows[0]?.start && rows[0]?.end
-    ? rows[0] as PhotoDateRange
-    : undefined);
+`.then(({ rows }) => ({
+    count: parseInt(rows[0].count, 10),
+    ...rows[0]?.start && rows[0]?.end
+      ? { dateRange: rows[0] as PhotoDateRange }
+      : undefined,
+  }));
 
 const sqlGetPhotosCameraDateRange = async (camera: Camera) => sql`
   SELECT MIN(taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(taken_at_naive) as end
@@ -232,7 +229,7 @@ const sqlGetUniqueTags = async () => sql`
   WHERE hidden IS NOT TRUE
   GROUP BY tag
   ORDER BY tag ASC
-`.then(({ rows }): Tags => rows.map(({ tag, count }) => ({
+`.then(({ rows }): TagsWithMeta => rows.map(({ tag, count }) => ({
     tag: tag as string,
     count: parseInt(count, 10),
   })));
@@ -242,7 +239,7 @@ const sqlGetUniqueTagsHidden = async () => sql`
   FROM photos
   GROUP BY tag
   ORDER BY tag ASC
-`.then(({ rows }): Tags => rows.map(({ tag, count }) => ({
+`.then(({ rows }): TagsWithMeta => rows.map(({ tag, count }) => ({
     tag: tag as string,
     count: parseInt(count, 10),
   })));
@@ -461,15 +458,10 @@ export const getUniqueTags = () =>
   safelyQueryPhotos(sqlGetUniqueTags, 'getUniqueTags');
 export const getUniqueTagsHidden = () =>
   safelyQueryPhotos(sqlGetUniqueTagsHidden, 'getUniqueTagsHidden');
-export const getPhotosTagDateRange = (tag: string) =>
+export const getPhotosTagMeta = (tag: string) =>
   safelyQueryPhotos(
-    () => sqlGetPhotosTagDateRange(tag),
-    'getPhotosTagDateRange',
-  );
-export const getPhotosTagCount = (tag: string) =>
-  safelyQueryPhotos(
-    () => sqlGetPhotosTagCount(tag),
-    'getPhotosTagCount',
+    () => sqlGetPhotosTagMeta(tag),
+    'getPhotosTagMeta',
   );
 
 // CAMERAS
diff --git a/src/tag/data.ts b/src/tag/data.ts
index c5ddf555..49b803fc 100644
--- a/src/tag/data.ts
+++ b/src/tag/data.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   getPhotosCached,
-  getPhotosTagCountCached,
-  getPhotosTagDateRangeCached,
+  getPhotosTagMetaCached,
 } from '@/photo/cache';
 import {
   PaginationSearchParams,
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@ export const getPhotosTagDataCached = ({
 }) =>
   Promise.all([
     getPhotosCached({ tag, limit }),
-    getPhotosTagCountCached(tag),
-    getPhotosTagDateRangeCached(tag),
+    getPhotosTagMetaCached(tag),
   ]);
 
 export const getPhotosTagDataCachedWithPagination = async ({
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ export const getPhotosTagDataCachedWithPagination = async ({
 }) => {
   const { offset, limit } = getPaginationFromSearchParams(searchParams);
 
-  const [photos, count, dateRange] =
+  const [photos, { count, dateRange }] =
     await getPhotosTagDataCached({
       tag,
       limit: limitProp ?? limit,
diff --git a/src/tag/index.ts b/src/tag/index.ts
index 60f9ed86..ea0b5d28 100644
--- a/src/tag/index.ts
+++ b/src/tag/index.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@ import { capitalizeWords, convertStringToArray } from '@/utility/string';
 
 export const TAG_FAVS = 'favs';
 
-export type Tags = {
+export type TagWithMeta = {
   tag: string
   count: number
-}[]
+  dataRange?: PhotoDateRange
+}
+
+export type TagsWithMeta = Omit<TagWithMeta, 'dateRange'>[]
 
 export const formatTag = (tag?: string) =>
   capitalizeWords(tag?.replaceAll('-', ' '));
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ export const sortTags = (
   .sort((a, b) => isTagFavs(a) ? -1 : a.localeCompare(b));
 
 export const sortTagsObject = (
-  tags: Tags,
+  tags: TagsWithMeta,
   tagToHide?: string,
 ) => tags
   .filter(({ tag }) => tag!== tagToHide)
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ export const sortTagsObject = (
 export const sortTagsWithoutFavs = (tags: string[]) =>
   sortTags(tags, TAG_FAVS);
 
-export const sortTagsObjectWithoutFavs = (tags: Tags) =>
+export const sortTagsObjectWithoutFavs = (tags: TagsWithMeta) =>
   sortTagsObject(tags, TAG_FAVS);
 
 export const descriptionForTaggedPhotos = (