diff --git a/app/controllers/collections/columns_controller.rb b/app/controllers/collections/columns_controller.rb
index 01f1704bf..30c5d38fd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/collections/columns_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/collections/columns_controller.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Collections::ColumnsController < ApplicationController
   before_action :set_column, only: [ :show, :update, :destroy ]
 
   def show
-    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @column.cards.active.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @column.cards.active.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
     fresh_when etag: [ @column, @page.records ]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/public/collections/columns_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/collections/columns_controller.rb
index c2ed5fba3..bd9341234 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/collections/columns_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/collections/columns_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Public::Collections::ColumnsController < ApplicationController
   before_action :set_column, only: :show
 
   def show
-    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @column.cards.active.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @column.cards.active.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
 
     # To enable caching at intermediate proxies during traffic spikes
     expires_in 5.seconds, public: true