diff --git a/frontend/src/common/config.js b/frontend/src/common/config.js
index b890c9d18..b87e36c65 100644
--- a/frontend/src/common/config.js
+++ b/frontend/src/common/config.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export default class Config {
 
     switch (type) {
       case "created":
-        this.values.people.push(...data.entities);
+        this.values.people.unshift(...data.entities);
         break;
       case "updated":
         for (let i = 0; i < data.entities.length; i++) {
diff --git a/internal/query/subjects.go b/internal/query/subjects.go
index 8c736a944..ad7de1b17 100644
--- a/internal/query/subjects.go
+++ b/internal/query/subjects.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func People() (people entity.People, err error) {
 		Table(entity.Subject{}.TableName()).
 		Select("subject_uid, subject_name, subject_alias, favorite").
 		Where("deleted_at IS NULL AND subject_type = ?", entity.SubjectPerson).
-		Order("subject_name").
+		Order("file_count DESC").
 		Limit(2000).Offset(0).
 		Scan(&people).Error