diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/accounts_controller.rb
index e7ca6b907..5d57fe361 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ module Admin
         :remote,
         :by_domain,
         :silenced,
-        :recent,
+        :alphabetic,
         :suspended,
         :username,
         :display_name,
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/filter_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/filter_helper.rb
index 359c43d0e..60e5142e3 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin/filter_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/filter_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Admin::FilterHelper
-  ACCOUNT_FILTERS      = %i(local remote by_domain silenced suspended recent username display_name email ip staff).freeze
+  ACCOUNT_FILTERS      = %i(local remote by_domain silenced suspended alphabetic username display_name email ip staff).freeze
   REPORT_FILTERS       = %i(resolved account_id target_account_id).freeze
   INVITE_FILTER        = %i(available expired).freeze
   CUSTOM_EMOJI_FILTERS = %i(local remote by_domain shortcode).freeze
diff --git a/app/models/account_filter.rb b/app/models/account_filter.rb
index dc7a03039..84364bf1b 100644
--- a/app/models/account_filter.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_filter.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class AccountFilter
   end
 
   def results
-    scope = Account.alphabetic
+    scope = Account.recent
 
     params.each do |key, value|
       scope.merge!(scope_for(key, value)) if value.present?
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ class AccountFilter
       Account.where(domain: value)
     when 'silenced'
       Account.silenced
-    when 'recent'
-      Account.recent
+    when 'alphabetic'
+      Account.reorder(nil).alphabetic
     when 'suspended'
       Account.suspended
     when 'username'
diff --git a/app/views/admin/accounts/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/accounts/index.html.haml
index 6aa39a80a..4bee73adc 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/accounts/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/accounts/index.html.haml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
   .filter-subset
     %strong= t('admin.accounts.order.title')
     %ul
-      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.accounts.order.alphabetic'), recent: nil
-      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.accounts.order.most_recent'), recent: '1'
+      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.accounts.order.most_recent'), alphabetic: nil
+      %li= filter_link_to t('admin.accounts.order.alphabetic'), alphabetic: '1'
 
 = form_tag admin_accounts_url, method: 'GET', class: 'simple_form' do
   .fields-group
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/accounts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/accounts_controller_spec.rb
index fa2786c9b..ae9e058c8 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/accounts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/accounts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::AccountsController, type: :controller do
         expect(h[:remote]).to eq '1'
         expect(h[:by_domain]).to eq 'domain'
         expect(h[:silenced]).to eq '1'
-        expect(h[:recent]).to eq '1'
+        expect(h[:alphabetic]).to eq '1'
         expect(h[:suspended]).to eq '1'
         expect(h[:username]).to eq 'username'
         expect(h[:display_name]).to eq 'display name'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RSpec.describe Admin::AccountsController, type: :controller do
         remote: '1',
         by_domain: 'domain',
         silenced: '1',
-        recent: '1',
+        alphabetic: '1',
         suspended: '1',
         username: 'username',
         display_name: 'display name',
diff --git a/spec/models/account_filter_spec.rb b/spec/models/account_filter_spec.rb
index 8441939c5..0a0252642 100644
--- a/spec/models/account_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/account_filter_spec.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 
 describe AccountFilter do
   describe 'with empty params' do
-    it 'defaults to alphabetic account list' do
+    it 'defaults to recent account list' do
       filter = described_class.new({})
 
-      expect(filter.results).to eq Account.alphabetic
+      expect(filter.results).to eq Account.recent
     end
   end
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ describe AccountFilter do
     end
 
     describe 'that call account methods' do
-      %i(local remote silenced recent suspended).each do |option|
+      %i(local remote silenced alphabetic suspended).each do |option|
         it "delegates the #{option} option" do
           allow(Account).to receive(option).and_return(Account.none)
           filter = described_class.new({ option => true })