diff --git a/web/hooks/use-fold.ts b/web/hooks/use-fold.ts
index 683b364a..e7eb737f 100644
--- a/web/hooks/use-fold.ts
+++ b/web/hooks/use-fold.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export const useFollowingFold = (fold: Fold, user: User | null | undefined) => {
   return following
 }
 
+// Note: We cache FollowedFolds in localstorage to speed up the initial load
 export const useFollowedFolds = (user: User | null | undefined) => {
   const [followedFoldIds, setFollowedFoldIds] = useState<string[] | undefined>(
     undefined
diff --git a/web/pages/folds.tsx b/web/pages/folds.tsx
index 9be5a56b..a47e0d6e 100644
--- a/web/pages/folds.tsx
+++ b/web/pages/folds.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { SiteLink } from '../components/site-link'
 import { TagsList } from '../components/tags-list'
 import { Title } from '../components/title'
 import { UserLink } from '../components/user-page'
-import { useFolds } from '../hooks/use-fold'
+import { useFolds, useFollowedFolds } from '../hooks/use-fold'
 import { useUser } from '../hooks/use-user'
 import { foldPath, listAllFolds } from '../lib/firebase/folds'
 import { getUser, User } from '../lib/firebase/users'
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ export default function Folds(props: {
   const [curatorsDict, setCuratorsDict] = useState(props.curatorsDict)
 
   let folds = useFolds() ?? props.folds
-  folds = _.sortBy(folds, (fold) => -1 * fold.followCount)
   const user = useUser()
+  const followedFoldIds = useFollowedFolds(user) || []
+  // First sort by follower count, then list followed folds first
+  folds = _.sortBy(folds, (fold) => -1 * fold.followCount)
+  folds = _.sortBy(folds, (fold) => !followedFoldIds.includes(fold.id))
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // Load User object for curator of new Folds.