# How to Sort Tweet Replies by Time

To sort a tweet's replies by time on X, open the post and change the reply sort option above the replies from Most relevant to Most recent.

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**To sort a tweet’s replies by time on X, open the post and change the reply sort option above the replies from Most relevant to Most recent.** X added reply sorting in August 2024 with 3 options: Most relevant, Most recent and Most liked. For oldest-first order, search the thread’s `conversation_id:` and read the Latest tab from the bottom up.

X shows replies in its own relevance order by default, which hides newer replies on busy posts. This guide covers the in-app sort, the search method and a full export for exact ordering. It’s part of [how to search Twitter replies](/blog/twitter-search/search-twitter-replies/). Every operator this guide uses is listed in the [Twitter advanced search operators](/blog/twitter-search/advanced-search-operators/) reference.

## What Are X’s Reply Sort Options?

**X’s 3 reply sort options are Most relevant, Most recent and Most liked; X announced them on 9 August 2024 for replies on any post.** Listed below is what each one shows.

| Option | Shows replies |
| --- | --- |
| Most relevant | In X’s own ranking; this is the default |
| Most recent | Newest first |
| Most liked | By number of likes, highest first |

X hasn’t published how Most relevant is ranked.

## How Do You Sort Replies by Most Recent?

**You sort replies by most recent by opening the post and choosing Most recent from the reply sort control above the replies.** Listed below are the 3 steps on the web and in the app.

1.  **Open** the post so its replies show below it.
2.  **Tap** the reply sort control at the top of the replies; it reads **Most relevant** by default.
3.  **Choose** **Most recent**.

The sort can return to Most relevant the next time you open a post, so check it each time.

## How Do You See the Oldest Replies First?

**X has no oldest-first sort, so search the thread instead: `conversation_id:` plus the post ID, in the Latest tab, lists every reply newest first, and the bottom of the list is the oldest.** Copy the post ID from the number after `/status/` in its URL ([twitter-advanced-search reference](https://github.com/igorbrigadir/twitter-advanced-search)).

```
conversation_id:1728108619189874825
```

Add `since:` and `until:` to jump straight to the first hours of a thread: `conversation_id:1728108619189874825 until:2023-11-25`. Date windows are explained in [how to search tweets by date](/blog/twitter-search/search-tweets-by-date/).

## How Do You Sort Replies by Likes?

**Choose Most liked in the reply sort control, or search `conversation_id:ID min_faves:50` to keep only replies above a like threshold.** The threshold method also works on very long threads where scrolling stops. Thresholds are covered in [how to search tweets by likes, reposts and replies](/blog/twitter-search/search-by-engagement/).

## How to Get Replies in Exact Time Order With apidojo

**For exact ordering, collect the thread with apidojo’s [Twitter Scraper Unlimited](https://apify.com/apidojo/twitter-scraper-lite) on Apify and sort the export by its `createdAt` timestamps in a spreadsheet, oldest to newest or the reverse.** Conversation search is one of the actor’s documented examples (Apify).

```
{
  "searchTerms": ["conversation_id:1728108619189874825"],
  "sort": "Latest"
}
```

A conversation query costs $0.016 and includes about 40 replies, then from $0.0004 per reply. The developer version is [how to scrape a Twitter thread and all its replies](/blog/twitter-scraping/scrape-thread-replies/); see the [apidojo Twitter Scraper](/scrapers/twitter-scraper/).

## The scrapers behind this

-   [Twitter Scraper Unlimited Single tweets, reply threads, X Articles and small queries; no minimum $0.016 / query + $0.40 / 1K](/scrapers/twitter-scraper-lite/)

## Questions people ask

### Can you change the default reply sort on X?

X doesn't offer a setting for the default; choose Most recent on each post.

### Why don't I see all replies after sorting?

X can hide replies it ranks as low quality and replies from protected accounts; searching `conversation_id:` shows more of the thread.

### Can you sort replies on the X app?

Yes, the sort control appears above the replies in the app too.

## More on searching replies

-   [How to Search Twitter Replies (All Replies to a Tweet) Find every reply to a tweet with conversation\_id:, replies to or by any user, and replies in time order, plus how to export a thread.](/blog/twitter-search/search-twitter-replies/)
-   [How to Find Replies Sent to a User on X Use to:username to see every reply sent to an account, filter by topic, date or popularity, and collect replies for review.](/blog/twitter-search/replies-to-user/)
-   [How to Find Replies by a Specific User on X See any account's replies with from: and filter:replies, read both sides of a conversation, and export an account's replies.](/blog/twitter-search/replies-by-user/)

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