diff --git a/internal/service/smesher.go b/internal/service/smesher.go
index 56660e4..9024e7f 100644
--- a/internal/service/smesher.go
+++ b/internal/service/smesher.go
@@ -55,28 +55,13 @@ func (e *Service) CountSmesherRewards(ctx context.Context, smesherID string) (to
 	return e.storage.CountSmesherRewards(ctx, smesherID)
 }
 
-// TODO: optimize queries
 func (e *Service) getSmeshers(ctx context.Context, filter *bson.D, options *options.FindOptions) (smeshers []*model.Smesher, total int64, err error) {
-	atxs, err := e.storage.GetActivations(ctx, filter)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("error count smeshers: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	smeshersList := make([]string, 0, len(atxs))
-	var lastID string
-	for _, atx := range atxs {
-		if lastID != atx.SmesherId {
-			smeshersList = append(smeshersList, atx.SmesherId)
-			lastID = atx.SmesherId
-		}
-	}
-
-	total, err = e.storage.CountSmeshers(ctx, &bson.D{{Key: "id", Value: bson.M{"$in": smeshersList}}})
+	total, err = e.storage.CountEpochSmeshers(ctx, filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []*model.Smesher{}, 0, err
 	}
 
-	smeshers, err = e.storage.GetSmeshers(ctx, &bson.D{{Key: "id", Value: bson.M{"$in": smeshersList}}}, options)
+	smeshers, err = e.storage.GetEpochSmeshers(ctx, filter, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("error load smeshers: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/storage/storagereader/abstract.go b/internal/storage/storagereader/abstract.go
index 542ff0a..a23171b 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storagereader/abstract.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storagereader/abstract.go
@@ -52,5 +52,7 @@ type StorageReader interface {
 	CountSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.CountOptions) (int64, error)
 	GetSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.FindOptions) ([]*model.Smesher, error)
 	GetSmesher(ctx context.Context, smesherID string) (*model.Smesher, error)
+	CountEpochSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.CountOptions) (int64, error)
+	GetEpochSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.FindOptions) ([]*model.Smesher, error)
 	CountSmesherRewards(ctx context.Context, smesherID string) (total, count int64, err error)
 }
diff --git a/internal/storage/storagereader/smeshers.go b/internal/storage/storagereader/smeshers.go
index 7d786df..de0c4bb 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storagereader/smeshers.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storagereader/smeshers.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package storagereader
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson/primitive"
 
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
@@ -122,6 +123,103 @@ func (s *Reader) GetSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*option
 	return smeshers, nil
 }
 
+// GetEpochSmeshers returns the smeshers for specific epoch
+func (s *Reader) CountEpochSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.CountOptions) (int64, error) {
+	pipeline := bson.A{
+		bson.D{
+			{"$match", query},
+		},
+		bson.D{
+			{"$lookup",
+				bson.D{
+					{"from", "smeshers"},
+					{"localField", "smesher"},
+					{"foreignField", "id"},
+					{"as", "joinedData"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		bson.D{{"$unwind", bson.D{{"path", "$joinedData"}}}},
+		bson.D{{"$replaceRoot", bson.D{{"newRoot", "$joinedData"}}}},
+		bson.D{
+			{"$group",
+				bson.D{
+					{"_id", primitive.Null{}},
+					{"total", bson.D{{"$sum", 1}}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	cursor, err := s.db.Collection("activations").Aggregate(ctx, pipeline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error get smeshers: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if !cursor.Next(ctx) {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	doc := cursor.Current
+	return utils.GetAsInt64(doc.Lookup("total")), nil
+}
+
+// GetEpochSmeshers returns the smeshers for specific epoch
+func (s *Reader) GetEpochSmeshers(ctx context.Context, query *bson.D, opts ...*options.FindOptions) ([]*model.Smesher, error) {
+	skip := int64(0)
+	limit := int64(0)
+	if len(opts) > 0 {
+		if opts[0].Skip != nil {
+			skip = *opts[0].Skip
+		}
+
+		if opts[0].Limit != nil {
+			limit = *opts[0].Limit
+		}
+	}
+
+	pipeline := bson.A{
+		bson.D{
+			{"$match", query},
+		},
+		bson.D{
+			{"$lookup",
+				bson.D{
+					{"from", "smeshers"},
+					{"localField", "smesher"},
+					{"foreignField", "id"},
+					{"as", "joinedData"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		bson.D{{"$unwind", bson.D{{"path", "$joinedData"}}}},
+		bson.D{{"$addFields", bson.D{{"joinedData.atxLayer", "$layer"}}}},
+		bson.D{{"$replaceRoot", bson.D{{"newRoot", "$joinedData"}}}},
+		bson.D{{Key: "$sort", Value: bson.D{{Key: "atxLayer", Value: -1}}}},
+		bson.D{{Key: "$skip", Value: skip}},
+	}
+
+	if limit > 0 {
+		pipeline = append(pipeline, bson.D{{Key: "$limit", Value: limit}})
+	}
+
+	cursor, err := s.db.Collection("activations").Aggregate(ctx, pipeline)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error get smeshers: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var smeshers []*model.Smesher
+	if err = cursor.All(ctx, &smeshers); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error decode smeshers: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, smesher := range smeshers {
+		smesher.Timestamp = s.GetLayerTimestamp(smesher.AtxLayer)
+	}
+
+	return smeshers, nil
+}
+
 // GetSmesher returns the smesher matching the query.
 func (s *Reader) GetSmesher(ctx context.Context, smesherID string) (*model.Smesher, error) {
 	matchStage := bson.D{{Key: "$match", Value: bson.D{{Key: "id", Value: smesherID}}}}