diff --git a/datasette/facets.py b/datasette/facets.py
index 7f350dfe..0c6459d6 100644
--- a/datasette/facets.py
+++ b/datasette/facets.py
@@ -293,17 +293,24 @@ class ArrayFacet(Facet):
                 types = tuple(r[0] for r in results.rows)
                 if types in (("array",), ("array", None)):
                     # Now sanity check that first 100 arrays contain only strings
-                    first_100 = await self.ds.execute(
-                        self.database,
-                        "select {column} from ({sql}) where {column} is not null limit 100".format(
-                            column=escape_sqlite(column), sql=self.sql
-                        ),
-                        self.params,
-                        truncate=False,
-                        custom_time_limit=self.ds.config("facet_suggest_time_limit_ms"),
-                        log_sql_errors=False,
-                    )
-                    if all(self._is_json_array_of_strings(r[0]) for r in first_100):
+                    first_100 = [
+                        v[0]
+                        for v in await self.ds.execute(
+                            self.database,
+                            "select {column} from ({sql}) where {column} is not null and json_array_length({column}) > 0 limit 100".format(
+                                column=escape_sqlite(column), sql=self.sql
+                            ),
+                            self.params,
+                            truncate=False,
+                            custom_time_limit=self.ds.config(
+                                "facet_suggest_time_limit_ms"
+                            ),
+                            log_sql_errors=False,
+                        )
+                    ]
+                    if first_100 and all(
+                        self._is_json_array_of_strings(r) for r in first_100
+                    ):
                         suggested_facets.append(
                             {
                                 "name": column,
diff --git a/tests/test_facets.py b/tests/test_facets.py
index 402c155b..e3dc3df3 100644
--- a/tests/test_facets.py
+++ b/tests/test_facets.py
@@ -215,6 +215,20 @@ async def test_array_facet_suggest(app_client):
     ] == suggestions
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not detect_json1(), reason="Requires the SQLite json1 module")
+async def test_array_facet_suggest_not_if_all_empty_arrays(app_client):
+    facet = ArrayFacet(
+        app_client.ds,
+        MockRequest("http://localhost/"),
+        database="fixtures",
+        sql="select * from facetable where tags = '[]'",
+        table="facetable",
+    )
+    suggestions = await facet.suggest()
+    assert [] == suggestions
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not detect_json1(), reason="Requires the SQLite json1 module")
 async def test_array_facet_results(app_client):