diff --git a/app/grid/page.tsx b/app/grid/page.tsx
index 34a8d025..f6d8aad3 100644
--- a/app/grid/page.tsx
+++ b/app/grid/page.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/photo';
 import PhotosEmptyState from '@/photo/PhotosEmptyState';
 import { Metadata } from 'next/types';
-import { getPhotoSidebarData } from '@/photo/data';
+import { getDataForCategories } from '@/category/data';
 import { getPhotos, getPhotosMeta } from '@/photo/db/query';
 import { cache } from 'react';
 import PhotoGridPage from '@/photo/PhotoGridPage';
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export default async function GridPage() {
     cameras,
     lenses,
     tags,
-    simulations,
     recipes,
+    simulations,
     focalLengths,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     getPhotosCached()
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default async function GridPage() {
     getPhotosMeta()
       .then(({ count }) => count)
       .catch(() => 0),
-    ...getPhotoSidebarData(),
+    ...getDataForCategories(),
   ]);
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index 0a91f53a..39e9797d 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Metadata } from 'next/types';
 import { cache } from 'react';
 import { getPhotos, getPhotosMeta } from '@/photo/db/query';
 import { GRID_HOMEPAGE_ENABLED } from '@/app/config';
-import { getPhotoSidebarData } from '@/photo/data';
+import { getDataForCategories } from '@/category/data';
 import PhotoGridPage from '@/photo/PhotoGridPage';
 import PhotoFeedPage from '@/photo/PhotoFeedPage';
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export default async function HomePage() {
     cameras,
     lenses,
     tags,
-    simulations,
     recipes,
+    simulations,
     focalLengths,
   ] = await Promise.all([
     getPhotosCached()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default async function HomePage() {
       .then(({ count }) => count)
       .catch(() => 0),
     ...(GRID_HOMEPAGE_ENABLED
-      ? getPhotoSidebarData()
+      ? getDataForCategories()
       : [[], [], [], [], [], [], []]),
   ]);
 
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ export default async function HomePage() {
             cameras,
             lenses,
             tags,
-            simulations,
             recipes,
+            simulations,
             focalLengths,
           }}
         />
diff --git a/src/admin/AdminRecipeTable.tsx b/src/admin/AdminRecipeTable.tsx
index 7840a8fd..37f5232b 100644
--- a/src/admin/AdminRecipeTable.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/AdminRecipeTable.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { photoQuantityText } from '@/photo';
 import EditButton from '@/admin/EditButton';
 import { pathForAdminRecipeEdit } from '@/app/paths';
 import { clsx } from 'clsx/lite';
-import { formatRecipe, Recipes, sortRecipesWithCount } from '@/recipe';
+import { formatRecipe, Recipes, sortRecipes } from '@/recipe';
 import AdminRecipeBadge from './AdminRecipeBadge';
 
 export default function AdminRecipeTable({
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function AdminRecipeTable({
 }) {
   return (
     <AdminTable>
-      {sortRecipesWithCount(recipes).map(({ recipe, count }) =>
+      {sortRecipes(recipes).map(({ recipe, count }) =>
         <Fragment key={recipe}>
           <div className="pr-2 col-span-2">
             <AdminRecipeBadge {...{ recipe, count }} />
diff --git a/src/admin/AdminTagTable.tsx b/src/admin/AdminTagTable.tsx
index 8f961344..759dc495 100644
--- a/src/admin/AdminTagTable.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/AdminTagTable.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import AdminTable from '@/admin/AdminTable';
 import { Fragment } from 'react';
 import DeleteFormButton from '@/admin/DeleteFormButton';
 import { photoQuantityText } from '@/photo';
-import { Tags, formatTag, sortTagsObject } from '@/tag';
+import { Tags, formatTag, sortTags } from '@/tag';
 import EditButton from '@/admin/EditButton';
 import { pathForAdminTagEdit } from '@/app/paths';
 import { clsx } from 'clsx/lite';
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function AdminTagTable({
 }) {
   return (
     <AdminTable>
-      {sortTagsObject(tags).map(({ tag, count }) =>
+      {sortTags(tags).map(({ tag, count }) =>
         <Fragment key={tag}>
           <div className="pr-2 col-span-2">
             <AdminTagBadge {...{ tag, count }} />
diff --git a/src/app/CommandK.tsx b/src/app/CommandK.tsx
index 36e12f14..af1d9413 100644
--- a/src/app/CommandK.tsx
+++ b/src/app/CommandK.tsx
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 import CommandKClient from '@/components/cmdk/CommandKClient';
-import {
-  getPhotosMetaCached,
-  getUniqueCamerasCached,
-  getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached,
-  getUniqueLensesCached,
-  getUniqueRecipesCached,
-  getUniqueTagsCached,
-} from '@/photo/cache';
+import { getPhotosMetaCached } from '@/photo/cache';
 import { photoQuantityText } from '@/photo';
-import {
-  ADMIN_DEBUG_TOOLS_ENABLED,
-  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS,
-  SHOW_RECIPES,
-} from './config';
-import { getUniqueFocalLengths } from '@/photo/db/query';
-import { sortCategoryByCount } from '@/category';
+import { ADMIN_DEBUG_TOOLS_ENABLED } from './config';
+import { getDataForCategories } from '@/category/data';
 
 export default async function CommandK() {
   const [
@@ -29,25 +17,16 @@ export default async function CommandK() {
     getPhotosMetaCached()
       .then(({ count }) => count)
       .catch(() => 0),
-    getUniqueCamerasCached().catch(() => []),
-    getUniqueLensesCached().catch(() => []),
-    getUniqueTagsCached().catch(() => []),
-    SHOW_RECIPES
-      ? getUniqueRecipesCached().catch(() => [])
-      : [],
-    SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS
-      ? getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached().catch(() => [])
-      : [],
-    getUniqueFocalLengths().catch(() => []),
+    ...getDataForCategories(),
   ]);
 
   return <CommandKClient
-    cameras={cameras.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
-    lenses={lenses.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
-    tags={tags.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
-    simulations={filmSimulations.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
-    recipes={recipes.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
-    focalLengths={focalLengths.sort(sortCategoryByCount)}
+    cameras={cameras}
+    lenses={lenses}
+    tags={tags}
+    simulations={filmSimulations}
+    recipes={recipes}
+    focalLengths={focalLengths}
     showDebugTools={ADMIN_DEBUG_TOOLS_ENABLED}
     footer={photoQuantityText(count, false)}
   />;
diff --git a/src/category/data.ts b/src/category/data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cb56b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/category/data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import {
+  getUniqueCameras,
+  getUniqueFilmSimulations,
+  getUniqueFocalLengths,
+  getUniqueLenses,
+  getUniqueRecipes,
+  getUniqueTags,
+} from '@/photo/db/query';
+import {
+  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS,
+  SHOW_FOCAL_LENGTHS,
+  SHOW_LENSES,
+  SHOW_RECIPES,
+} from '@/app/config';
+import { sortTagsByCount } from '@/tag';
+import { sortCategoriesByCount } from '@/category';
+
+export const getDataForCategories = () => [
+  getUniqueCameras()
+    .then(sortCategoriesByCount)
+    .catch(() => []),
+  SHOW_LENSES
+    ? getUniqueLenses()
+      .then(sortCategoriesByCount)
+      .catch(() => [])
+    : [],
+  getUniqueTags()
+    .then(sortTagsByCount)
+    .catch(() => []),
+  SHOW_RECIPES
+    ? getUniqueRecipes()
+      .then(sortCategoriesByCount)
+      .catch(() => [])
+    : [],
+  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS
+    ? getUniqueFilmSimulations()
+      .then(sortCategoriesByCount)
+      .catch(() => [])
+    : [],
+  SHOW_FOCAL_LENGTHS
+    ? getUniqueFocalLengths()
+      .then(sortCategoriesByCount)
+      .catch(() => [])
+    : [],
+] as const;
diff --git a/src/category/index.ts b/src/category/index.ts
index 713f7b79..f12ea34d 100644
--- a/src/category/index.ts
+++ b/src/category/index.ts
@@ -71,3 +71,7 @@ export const sortCategoryByCount = (
   a: { count: number },
   b: { count: number },
 ) => b.count - a.count;
+
+export const sortCategoriesByCount = <T extends { count: number }>(
+  categories: T[],
+) => categories.sort(sortCategoryByCount);
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
index d379a87c..3bae4eae 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoGridSidebar.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import IconFilmSimulation from '@/components/icons/IconFilmSimulation';
 import IconLens from '@/components/icons/IconLens';
 import PhotoLens from '@/lens/PhotoLens';
 import IconFocalLength from '@/components/icons/IconFocalLength';
-import { PhotoSetCategories, sortCategoryByCount } from '@/category';
+import { PhotoSetCategories } from '@/category';
 import PhotoFocalLength from '@/focal/PhotoFocalLength';
 
 export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
         className="translate-x-[0.5px]"
       />}
       items={cameras
-        .sort(sortCategoryByCount)
         .map(({ cameraKey, camera, count }) =>
           <PhotoCamera
             key={cameraKey}
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
       title="Lenses"
       icon={<IconLens size={15} />}
       items={lenses
-        .sort(sortCategoryByCount)
         .map(({ lensKey, lens, count }) =>
           <PhotoLens
             key={lensKey}
@@ -145,7 +143,6 @@ export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
         className="translate-x-[-1px]"
       />}
       items={recipes
-        .sort(sortCategoryByCount)
         .map(({ recipe, count }) =>
           <PhotoRecipe
             key={recipe}
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ export default function PhotoGridSidebar({
       title="Films"
       icon={<IconFilmSimulation size={15} />}
       items={simulations
-        .sort(sortCategoryByCount)
         .map(({ simulation, count }) =>
           <PhotoFilmSimulation
             key={simulation}
diff --git a/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx b/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
index ba891136..3656e3a9 100644
--- a/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
+++ b/src/photo/PhotoLarge.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import DownloadButton from '@/components/DownloadButton';
 import PhotoCamera from '../camera/PhotoCamera';
 import { cameraFromPhoto } from '@/camera';
 import PhotoFilmSimulation from '@/simulation/PhotoFilmSimulation';
-import { sortTags } from '@/tag';
+import { sortTagsArray } from '@/tag';
 import DivDebugBaselineGrid from '@/components/DivDebugBaselineGrid';
 import PhotoLink from './PhotoLink';
 import {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export default function PhotoLarge({
     refTriggers,
   });
 
-  const tags = sortTags(photo.tags, primaryTag);
+  const tags = sortTagsArray(photo.tags, primaryTag);
 
   const camera = cameraFromPhoto(photo);
   const lens = lensFromPhoto(photo);
diff --git a/src/photo/data.ts b/src/photo/data.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ea6bb308..00000000
--- a/src/photo/data.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  getUniqueCamerasCached,
-  getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached,
-  getUniqueFocalLengthsCached,
-  getUniqueLensesCached,
-  getUniqueRecipesCached,
-  getUniqueTagsCached,
-} from '@/photo/cache';
-import {
-  getUniqueCameras,
-  getUniqueFilmSimulations,
-  getUniqueFocalLengths,
-  getUniqueLenses,
-  getUniqueRecipes,
-  getUniqueTags,
-} from '@/photo/db/query';
-import {
-  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS,
-  SHOW_FOCAL_LENGTHS,
-  SHOW_LENSES,
-  SHOW_RECIPES,
-} from '@/app/config';
-import { sortTagsObject } from '@/tag';
-
-export const getPhotoSidebarData = () => [
-  getUniqueCameras().catch(() => []),
-  SHOW_LENSES ? getUniqueLenses().catch(() => []) : [],
-  getUniqueTags().then(sortTagsObject).catch(() => []),
-  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS ? getUniqueFilmSimulations().catch(() => []) : [],
-  SHOW_RECIPES ? getUniqueRecipes().catch(() => []) : [],
-  SHOW_FOCAL_LENGTHS ? getUniqueFocalLengths().catch(() => []) : [],
-] as const;
-
-export const getPhotoSidebarDataCached = () => [
-  getUniqueCamerasCached(),
-  SHOW_LENSES ? getUniqueLensesCached() : [],
-  getUniqueTagsCached().then(sortTagsObject),
-  SHOW_FILM_SIMULATIONS ? getUniqueFilmSimulationsCached() : [],
-  SHOW_RECIPES ? getUniqueRecipesCached() : [],
-  SHOW_FOCAL_LENGTHS ? getUniqueFocalLengthsCached() : [],
-] as const;
diff --git a/src/recipe/index.ts b/src/recipe/index.ts
index dc0fff5a..832ca371 100644
--- a/src/recipe/index.ts
+++ b/src/recipe/index.ts
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ export const getPhotoWithRecipeFromPhotos = (
     ? preferredPhoto
     : photos.find(photoHasRecipe);
 
-export const sortRecipesWithCount = (recipes: Recipes = []) =>
+export const sortRecipes = (recipes: Recipes = []) =>
   recipes.sort((a, b) => a.recipe.localeCompare(b.recipe));
 
 export const convertRecipesForForm = (recipes: Recipes = []) =>
-  sortRecipesWithCount(recipes)
+  sortRecipes(recipes)
     .map(({ recipe, count }) => ({
       value: recipe,
       annotation: formatCount(count),
diff --git a/src/simulation/index.ts b/src/simulation/index.ts
index 5b283887..a370083d 100644
--- a/src/simulation/index.ts
+++ b/src/simulation/index.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export type FilmSimulationWithCount = {
 
 export type FilmSimulations = FilmSimulationWithCount[]
 
+export const sortFilmSimulations = (
+  simulations: FilmSimulations,
+) => simulations.sort(sortFilmSimulationsWithCount);
+
 export const sortFilmSimulationsWithCount = (
   a: FilmSimulationWithCount,
   b: FilmSimulationWithCount,
diff --git a/src/tag/index.ts b/src/tag/index.ts
index bbce06e8..2111bcfa 100644
--- a/src/tag/index.ts
+++ b/src/tag/index.ts
@@ -50,25 +50,33 @@ export const titleForTag = (
 export const shareTextForTag = (tag: string) =>
   isTagFavs(tag) ? 'Favorite photos' : `Photos tagged '${formatTag(tag)}'`;
 
-export const sortTags = (
+export const sortTagsArray = (
   tags: string[],
   tagToExclude?: string,
 ) => tags
   .filter(tag => tag !== tagToExclude)
   .sort((a, b) => isTagFavs(a) ? -1 : a.localeCompare(b));
 
-export const sortTagsObject = (
+export const sortTags = (
   tags: Tags,
-  tagToHide?: string,
+  tagToExclude?: string,
 ) => tags
-  .filter(({ tag }) => tag!== tagToHide)
+  .filter(({ tag }) => tag!== tagToExclude)
   .sort(({ tag: a }, { tag: b }) => isTagFavs(a) ? -1 : a.localeCompare(b));
 
+export const sortTagsByCount = (
+  tags: Tags,
+  tagToExclude?: string,
+) => tags
+  .filter(({ tag }) => tag !== tagToExclude)
+  .sort(({ tag: tagA, count: a }, { count: b }) =>
+    isTagFavs(tagA) ? -1 : b - a);
+
 export const sortTagsWithoutFavs = (tags: string[]) =>
-  sortTags(tags, TAG_FAVS);
+  sortTagsArray(tags, TAG_FAVS);
 
 export const sortTagsObjectWithoutFavs = (tags: Tags) =>
-  sortTagsObject(tags, TAG_FAVS);
+  sortTags(tags, TAG_FAVS);
 
 export const descriptionForTaggedPhotos = (
   photos: Photo[] = [],