diff --git a/lbry/scripts/claim_search_performance.py b/lbry/scripts/claim_search_performance.py
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+import sys
+import os
+import time
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from concurrent.futures.process import ProcessPoolExecutor
+from lbry.wallet.server.db.reader import search_to_bytes, initializer
+from lbry.wallet.ledger import MainNetLedger
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+log.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+DEFAULT_ANY_TAGS = [
+    'blockchain',
+    'news',
+    'learning',
+    'technology',
+    'automotive',
+    'economics',
+    'food',
+    'science',
+    'art',
+    'nature'
+]
+
+MATURE_TAGS = [
+    'porn',
+    'nsfw',
+    'mature',
+    'xxx'
+]
+
+ORDER_BY = [
+    [
+        "trending_global",
+        "trending_mixed",
+    ],
+    [
+        "release_time"
+    ],
+    [
+        "effective_amount"
+    ]
+]
+
+
+def get_args(limit=20):
+    args = []
+    any_tags_combinations = [DEFAULT_ANY_TAGS, []]
+    not_tags_combinations = [MATURE_TAGS, []]
+    for no_totals in [True]:
+        for offset in [0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 1000, 2000, 3000]:
+            for any_tags in any_tags_combinations:
+                for not_tags in not_tags_combinations:
+                    for order_by in ORDER_BY:
+                        kw = {
+                            'order_by': order_by,
+                            'offset': offset,
+                            'limit': limit,
+                            'no_totals': no_totals
+                        }
+                        if not_tags:
+                            kw['not_tags'] = not_tags
+                        if any_tags:
+                            kw['any_tags'] = any_tags
+                        args.append(kw)
+    print(len(args), "argument combinations")
+    return args
+
+
+def _search(kwargs):
+    start = time.time()
+    msg = f"offset={kwargs['offset']}, limit={kwargs['limit']}, no_totals={kwargs['no_totals']}, not_tags={kwargs.get('not_tags')}, any_tags={kwargs.get('any_tags')}, order_by={kwargs['order_by']}"
+    try:
+        search_to_bytes(kwargs)
+        t = time.time() - start
+        return t, f"{t} - {msg}"
+    except Exception as err:
+        return -1, f"failed: error={str(type(err))}({str(err)}) - {msg}"
+
+
+async def search(executor, kwargs):
+    try:
+        return await asyncio.get_running_loop().run_in_executor(
+            executor, _search, kwargs
+        )
+    except Exception as err:
+        return f"failed (err={str(type(err))}({err}))- {kwargs}"
+
+
+async def main(db_path, max_query_time):
+    args = dict(initializer=initializer, initargs=(log, db_path, MainNetLedger, 0.25))
+    workers = max(os.cpu_count(), 4)
+    log.info(f"using {workers} reader processes")
+    query_executor = ProcessPoolExecutor(workers, **args)
+    tasks = [search(query_executor, constraints) for constraints in get_args()]
+    try:
+        results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
+        times = {msg: ts for ts, msg in results}
+        log.info("\n".join(sorted(filter(lambda msg: times[msg] > max_query_time, times.keys()), key=lambda msg: times[msg])))
+    finally:
+        query_executor.shutdown()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    if len(args) >= 1:
+        db_path = args[0]
+    else:
+        db_path = os.path.expanduser('~/claims.db')
+    if len(args) >= 2:
+        max_query_time = float(args[1])
+    else:
+        max_query_time = -3
+
+    asyncio.run(main(db_path, max_query_time))