diff --git a/lbry/scripts/sqlite_perf_test.py b/lbry/scripts/sqlite_perf_test.py
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+++ b/lbry/scripts/sqlite_perf_test.py
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+import asyncio, sqlite3, time
+from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
+from contextvars import ContextVar
+
+
+db_path = '/tmp/wallet-server/claims.db'
+db = ContextVar('db')
+
+
+def init():
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path)
+    db.set(conn)
+
+
+def reader():
+    conn = db.get()
+    for _ in range(1):
+        conn.execute("""
+            SELECT 
+                claimtrie.claim_hash as is_controlling,
+                claimtrie.last_take_over_height,
+                claim.claim_hash, claim.txo_hash,
+                claim.claims_in_channel,
+                claim.height, claim.creation_height,
+                claim.activation_height, claim.expiration_height,
+                claim.effective_amount, claim.support_amount,
+                claim.trending_group, claim.trending_mixed,
+                claim.trending_local, claim.trending_global,
+                claim.short_url, claim.canonical_url,
+                claim.channel_hash, channel.txo_hash AS channel_txo_hash,
+                channel.height AS channel_height, claim.signature_valid
+            FROM claim
+                LEFT JOIN claimtrie USING (claim_hash)
+                LEFT JOIN claim as channel ON (claim.channel_hash=channel.claim_hash)
+            WHERE 
+                EXISTS(
+                    SELECT 1 FROM tag WHERE claim.claim_hash=tag.claim_hash
+                    AND tag IN ('alexandria ocasio-cortez', 'Alien', 'alt news', 'art', 'audio',
+                    'automotive', 'beliefs', 'blockchain', 'dog grooming', 'economics', 'food',
+                    'learning', 'mature', 'nature', 'news', 'physics', 'science', 'technology')
+                )
+                AND NOT EXISTS(
+                    SELECT 1 FROM tag WHERE claim.claim_hash=tag.claim_hash AND tag IN ('nsfw', 'xxx', 'mature')
+                )
+            ORDER BY claim.height DESC, claim.normalized ASC
+            LIMIT 20 OFFSET 100
+        """).fetchall()
+
+
+async def run_times(executor, iterations, show=True):
+    start = time.time()
+    await asyncio.gather(*(asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(executor, reader) for _ in range(iterations)))
+    elapsed = time.time() - start
+    if show:
+        print(f"{iterations:3}: {elapsed:.5f}ms total, {elapsed/iterations:.5f}ms/query")
+
+
+async def main():
+    executor = ProcessPoolExecutor(4, initializer=init)
+    await run_times(executor, 4, show=False)
+    await run_times(executor, 1)
+    await run_times(executor, 4)
+    await run_times(executor, 8)
+    await run_times(executor, 16)
+    await run_times(executor, 32)
+    await run_times(executor, 64)
+    await run_times(executor, 128)
+    await run_times(executor, 256)
+    executor.shutdown(True)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    asyncio.run(main())