diff --git a/baker/SiteBaker.tsx b/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
index a4ce0036a98..a62a4b1f40b 100644
--- a/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
+++ b/baker/SiteBaker.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ import { getTombstones } from "../db/model/GdocTombstone.js"
 import { bakeAllMultiDimDataPages } from "./MultiDimBaker.js"
 import { getAllLinkedPublishedMultiDimDataPages } from "../db/model/MultiDimDataPage.js"
 import { getPublicDonorNames } from "../db/model/Donor.js"
-import { getAllChartViewsMetadata } from "../db/model/ChartView.js"
+import { getChartViewsMetadata } from "../db/model/ChartView.js"
 
 type PrefetchedAttachments = {
     donors: string[]
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export class SiteBaker {
                 name: `✅ Prefetched ${publishedAuthors.length} authors`,
             })
 
-            const chartViewMetadata = await getAllChartViewsMetadata(knex)
+            const chartViewMetadata = await getChartViewsMetadata(knex)
             const chartViewMetadataByName = keyBy(chartViewMetadata, "name")
             this.progressBar.tick({
                 name: `✅ Prefetched ${chartViewMetadata.length} chart views`,
diff --git a/db/model/ChartView.ts b/db/model/ChartView.ts
index 6cdce8e4698..2113aab0d84 100644
--- a/db/model/ChartView.ts
+++ b/db/model/ChartView.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 import { ChartViewMetadata, JsonString } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import * as db from "../db.js"
 
-export const getAllChartViewsMetadata = async (
-    knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
+export const getChartViewsMetadata = async (
+    knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction,
+    names?: string[]
 ): Promise<ChartViewMetadata[]> => {
     type RawRow = Omit<ChartViewMetadata, "queryParamsForParentChart"> & {
         queryParamsForParentChart: JsonString
     }
-    const rows: RawRow[] = await db.knexRaw(
-        knex,
-        `-- sql
+    let rows: RawRow[]
+
+    const query = `-- sql
 SELECT cv.name,
        cc.full ->> "$.title" as title,
        chartConfigId,
@@ -20,7 +21,11 @@ JOIN chart_configs cc on cc.id = cv.chartConfigId
 JOIN charts pc on cv.parentChartId = pc.id
 JOIN chart_configs pcc on pc.configId = pcc.id
         `
-    )
+
+    if (names) {
+        if (names.length === 0) return []
+        rows = await db.knexRaw(knex, `${query} WHERE cv.name IN (?)`, [names])
+    } else rows = await db.knexRaw(knex, query)
 
     return rows.map((row) => ({
         ...row,
diff --git a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
index a21bd29daf6..995309028c7 100644
--- a/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
+++ b/db/model/Gdoc/GdocBase.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import {
     OwidGdocLinkType,
     OwidGdocType,
 } from "@ourworldindata/types"
-import { getAllChartViewsMetadata } from "../ChartView.js"
+import { getChartViewsMetadata } from "../ChartView.js"
 
 export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
     id!: string
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ export class GdocBase implements OwidGdocBaseInterface {
         knex: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
     ): Promise<void> {
         // TODO: Filter down to only those that are used in the Gdoc
-        const result = await getAllChartViewsMetadata(knex)
+        const result = await getChartViewsMetadata(knex)
         this.chartViewMetadata = keyBy(result, "name")
     }