SELECT 
  cscart_tags.tag_id, 
  cscart_tag_links.object_id, 
  cscart_tag_links.object_type, 
  cscart_tags.tag, 
  cscart_tags.status, 
  COUNT(cscart_tag_links.tag_id) as popularity 
FROM 
  cscart_tags 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_tag_links ON cscart_tag_links.tag_id = cscart_tags.tag_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND cscart_tag_links.object_type = 'V' 
  AND cscart_tag_links.object_id = 918 
GROUP BY 
  cscart_tags.tag_id 
ORDER BY 
  cscart_tags.tag asc

Query time 0.00047

JSON explain

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    },
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              ],
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              ],
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                "const",
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              ],
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              "filtered": "100.00",
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                "data_read_per_join": "128"
              },
              "used_columns": [
                "tag_id",
                "object_type",
                "object_id"
              ],
              "attached_condition": "(`cscart_db`.`cscart_tag_links`.`tag_id` is not null)"
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
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              "access_type": "eq_ref",
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              ],
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    }
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}