diff --git a/src/admin/AdminNav.tsx b/src/admin/AdminNav.tsx
index 0a4b26f2..ce1d1964 100644
--- a/src/admin/AdminNav.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/AdminNav.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { getStorageUploadUrlsNoStore } from '@/services/storage/cache';
 import {
-  getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached,
+  getPhotosMetaCached,
   getPhotosMostRecentUpdateCached,
   getUniqueTagsCached,
 } from '@/photo/cache';
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ export default async function AdminNav() {
     countTags,
     mostRecentPhotoUpdateTime,
   ] = await Promise.all([
-    getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached().catch(() => 0),
+    getPhotosMetaCached({ hidden: 'include' })
+      .then(({ count }) => count)
+      .catch(() => 0),
     getStorageUploadUrlsNoStore()
       .then(urls => urls.length)
       .catch(e => {
diff --git a/src/app/admin/photos/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/photos/page.tsx
index 8a0c4e54..87ec26db 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/photos/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/photos/page.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import PhotoUpload from '@/photo/PhotoUpload';
 import { clsx } from 'clsx/lite';
 import SiteGrid from '@/components/SiteGrid';
-import { getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import AdminUploadsTable from '@/admin/AdminUploadsTable';
 import { PRO_MODE_ENABLED } from '@/site/config';
 import { getStoragePhotoUrlsNoStore } from '@/services/storage/cache';
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
 import AdminPhotosTable from '@/admin/AdminPhotosTable';
 import AdminPhotosTableInfinite from
   '@/admin/AdminPhotosTableInfinite';
+import { getPhotosMetaCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 
 const DEBUG_PHOTO_BLOBS = false;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ export default async function AdminPhotosPage() {
       sortBy: 'createdAt',
       limit: INFINITE_SCROLL_INITIAL_ADMIN_PHOTOS,
     }).catch(() => []),
-    getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached().catch(() => 0),
+    getPhotosMetaCached({ hidden: 'include'})
+      .then(({ count }) => count)
+      .catch(() => 0),
     DEBUG_PHOTO_BLOBS
       ? getStoragePhotoUrlsNoStore()
       : [],
diff --git a/src/app/og/page.tsx b/src/app/og/page.tsx
index 295c90cd..c86a4584 100644
--- a/src/app/og/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/og/page.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import {
   INFINITE_SCROLL_GRID_PHOTO_INITIAL,
   INFINITE_SCROLL_GRID_PHOTO_MULTIPLE,
 } from '@/photo';
-import { getPhotosCached, getPhotosCountCached } from '@/photo/cache';
+import { getPhotosCached } from '@/photo/cache';
+import { getPhotosMeta } from '@/photo/db';
 import StaggeredOgPhotos from '@/photo/StaggeredOgPhotos';
 import StaggeredOgPhotosInfinite from '@/photo/StaggeredOgPhotosInfinite';
 
@@ -12,7 +13,9 @@ export default async function GridPage() {
     count,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     getPhotosCached({ limit: INFINITE_SCROLL_GRID_PHOTO_INITIAL }),
-    getPhotosCountCached(),
+    getPhotosMeta()
+      .then(({ count }) => count)
+      .catch(() => 0),
   ]);
   
   return (
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index 8fc3e845..c9e2097a 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Metadata } from 'next/types';
 import { MAX_PHOTOS_TO_SHOW_OG } from '@/image-response';
 import PhotosLarge from '@/photo/PhotosLarge';
 import { cache } from 'react';
-import { getPhotos, getPhotosCount } from '@/photo/db';
+import { getPhotos, getPhotosMeta } from '@/photo/db';
 import PhotosLargeInfinite from '@/photo/PhotosLargeInfinite';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-static';
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export default async function HomePage() {
       limit: INFINITE_SCROLL_LARGE_PHOTO_INITIAL,
     })
       .catch(() => []),
-    getPhotosCount()
+    getPhotosMeta()
+      .then(({ count }) => count)
       .catch(() => 0),
   ]);
 
diff --git a/src/photo/cache.ts b/src/photo/cache.ts
index a42c9ae0..1d0d5bc4 100644
--- a/src/photo/cache.ts
+++ b/src/photo/cache.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,10 @@ import {
   GetPhotosOptions,
   getPhoto,
   getPhotos,
-  getPhotosCount,
-  getPhotosCountIncludingHidden,
   getUniqueCameras,
   getUniqueTags,
   getUniqueTagsHidden,
   getUniqueFilmSimulations,
-  getPhotosDateRange,
   getPhotosNearId,
   getPhotosMostRecentUpdate,
   getPhotosMeta,
@@ -163,24 +160,6 @@ export const getPhotosMetaCached = (
   [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_COUNT, KEY_DATE_RANGE, ...getPhotosCacheKeys(...args)],
 )(...args);
 
-export const getPhotosDateRangeCached =
-  unstable_cache(
-    getPhotosDateRange,
-    [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_DATE_RANGE],
-  );
-
-export const getPhotosCountCached =
-  unstable_cache(
-    getPhotosCount,
-    [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_COUNT],
-  );
-
-export const getPhotosCountIncludingHiddenCached =
-  unstable_cache(
-    getPhotosCountIncludingHidden,
-    [KEY_PHOTOS, KEY_COUNT, KEY_HIDDEN],
-  );
-
 export const getPhotosMostRecentUpdateCached =
   unstable_cache(
     () => getPhotosMostRecentUpdate(),
diff --git a/src/photo/data.ts b/src/photo/data.ts
index 884284c0..ef00ca27 100644
--- a/src/photo/data.ts
+++ b/src/photo/data.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import {
-  getPhotosCountCached,
+  getPhotosMetaCached,
   getUniqueCamerasCached,
   getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached,
   getUniqueTagsCached,
 } from '@/photo/cache';
 import {
-  getPhotosCount,
+  getPhotosMeta,
   getUniqueCameras,
   getUniqueFilmSimulations,
   getUniqueTags,
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import { SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS } from '@/site/config';
 import { sortTagsObject } from '@/tag';
 
 export const getPhotoSidebarData = () => [
-  getPhotosCount().catch(() => 0),
+  getPhotosMeta()
+    .then(({ count }) => count)
+    .catch(() => 0),
   getUniqueTags().then(sortTagsObject).catch(() => []),
   getUniqueCameras().catch(() => []),
   SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ export const getPhotoSidebarData = () => [
 ] as const;
 
 export const getPhotoSidebarDataCached = () => [
-  getPhotosCountCached(),
+  getPhotosMetaCached()
+    .then(({ count }) => count)
+    .catch(() => 0),
   getUniqueTagsCached().then(sortTagsObject),
   getUniqueCamerasCached(),
   SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS ? getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached() : [],
diff --git a/src/photo/db.ts b/src/photo/db.ts
index 9fb496ea..88f1f279 100644
--- a/src/photo/db.ts
+++ b/src/photo/db.ts
@@ -178,27 +178,10 @@ const sqlGetPhoto = (id: string, includeHidden?: boolean) => includeHidden
   // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
   : sql<PhotoDb>`SELECT * FROM photos WHERE id=${id} AND hidden IS NOT TRUE LIMIT 1`;
 
-const sqlGetPhotosCount = async () => sql`
-  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photos
-  WHERE hidden IS NOT TRUE
-`.then(({ rows }) => parseInt(rows[0].count, 10));
-
-const sqlGetPhotosCountIncludingHidden = async () => sql`
-  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM photos
-`.then(({ rows }) => parseInt(rows[0].count, 10));
-
 const sqlGetPhotosMostRecentUpdate = async () => sql`
   SELECT updated_at FROM photos ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1
 `.then(({ rows }) => rows[0] ? rows[0].updated_at as Date : undefined);
 
-const sqlGetPhotosDateRange = async () => sql`
-  SELECT MIN(taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(taken_at_naive) as end
-  FROM photos
-  WHERE hidden IS NOT TRUE
-`.then(({ rows }) => rows[0]?.start && rows[0]?.end
-    ? rows[0] as PhotoDateRange
-    : undefined);
-
 const sqlGetUniqueTags = async () => sql`
   SELECT DISTINCT unnest(tags) as tag, COUNT(*)
   FROM photos
@@ -510,15 +493,6 @@ export const getPhoto = async (
     .then(({ rows }) => rows.map(parsePhotoFromDb))
     .then(photos => photos.length > 0 ? photos[0] : undefined);
 };
-export const getPhotosDateRange = () =>
-  safelyQueryPhotos(sqlGetPhotosDateRange, 'getPhotosDateRange');
-export const getPhotosCount = () =>
-  safelyQueryPhotos(sqlGetPhotosCount, 'getPhotosCount');
-export const getPhotosCountIncludingHidden = () =>
-  safelyQueryPhotos(
-    sqlGetPhotosCountIncludingHidden,
-    'getPhotosCountIncludingHidden',
-  );
 export const getPhotosMostRecentUpdate = () =>
   safelyQueryPhotos(
     sqlGetPhotosMostRecentUpdate,
diff --git a/src/site/CommandK.tsx b/src/site/CommandK.tsx
index fd4f13f9..6e67186e 100644
--- a/src/site/CommandK.tsx
+++ b/src/site/CommandK.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import CommandKClient, { CommandKSection } from '@/components/CommandKClient';
 import {
-  getPhotosCountCached,
+  getPhotosMetaCached,
   getUniqueCamerasCached,
   getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached,
   getUniqueTagsCached,
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export default async function CommandK() {
     cameras,
     filmSimulations,
   ] = await Promise.all([
-    getPhotosCountCached().catch(() => 0),
+    getPhotosMetaCached()
+      .then(({ count }) => count)
+      .catch(() => 0),
     getUniqueTagsCached().catch(() => [] as TagsWithMeta),
     getUniqueCamerasCached().catch(() => []),
     SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS