I have a MySQL query that: gets data from three tables linked by unique id's. counts the number of games played in each category, from each user and counts the number of games each user has played that fall under the "fps" category It seems to me that this code could be a lot smaller. How would I go about making this query smaller. http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/6d211/1 Any help is appreciated even if you just give me links to check out.