diff --git a/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts b/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
index 1f83372e..453ec697 100644
--- a/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
+++ b/web/lib/firebase/contracts.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export async function listAllContracts(
   n: number,
   before?: string
 ): Promise<Contract[]> {
-  let q = query(contracts, orderBy('createdTime', 'desc'), limit(n))
+  let q = query(contracts, orderBy('popularityScore', 'desc'), limit(n))
   if (before != null) {
     const snap = await getDoc(doc(contracts, before))
     q = query(q, startAfter(snap))
diff --git a/web/pages/server-sitemap.xml.tsx b/web/pages/server-sitemap.xml.tsx
index a6673dd4..0027c4dc 100644
--- a/web/pages/server-sitemap.xml.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/server-sitemap.xml.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps = async (ctx) => {
 
   const score = (popularity: number) => Math.tanh(Math.log10(popularity + 1))
 
-  const fields = contracts.map((market) => ({
-    loc: `https://manifold.markets/${market.creatorUsername}/${market.slug}`,
-    changefreq: market.volume24Hours > 10 ? 'hourly' : 'daily',
-    priority: score(market.popularityScore ?? 0),
-    lastmod: market.lastUpdatedTime,
-  })) as ISitemapField[]
+  const fields = contracts
+    .sort((x) => x.popularityScore ?? 0)
+    .map((market) => ({
+      loc: `https://manifold.markets/${market.creatorUsername}/${market.slug}`,
+      changefreq: market.volume24Hours > 10 ? 'hourly' : 'daily',
+      priority: score(market.popularityScore ?? 0),
+      lastmod: market.lastUpdatedTime,
+    })) as ISitemapField[]
 
   return await getServerSideSitemap(ctx, fields)
 }