diff --git a/lib/widgets/subscription_list.dart b/lib/widgets/subscription_list.dart
index d2faf03b2c..5c61e89076 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/subscription_list.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/subscription_list.dart
@@ -175,10 +175,30 @@ class _SubscriptionList extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+
+    final sortedSubscriptions = List<Subscription>.from(subscriptions)
+    ..sort((a, b) {
+      if (a.pinToTop != b.pinToTop) {
+        return a.pinToTop ? -1 : 1;
+      }
+
+      if (a.isMuted != b.isMuted) {
+        return a.isMuted ? 1 : -1;
+      }
+
+      final isEmojiA = _startsWithEmoji(a.name);
+      final isEmojiB = _startsWithEmoji(b.name);
+      if (isEmojiA != isEmojiB) {
+        return isEmojiA ? -1 : 1;
+      }
+
+      return a.name.toLowerCase().compareTo(b.name.toLowerCase());
+    });
+
     return SliverList.builder(
       itemCount: subscriptions.length,
       itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) {
-        final subscription = subscriptions[index];
+        final subscription = sortedSubscriptions[index];
         final unreadCount = unreadsModel!.countInChannel(subscription.streamId);
         final showMutedUnreadBadge = unreadCount == 0
           && unreadsModel!.countInChannelNarrow(subscription.streamId) > 0;
@@ -189,6 +209,23 @@ class _SubscriptionList extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+bool _startsWithEmoji(String name) {
+  final firstChar = name.characters.first;
+  final int firstCharCode = firstChar.runes.first;
+
+  return (firstCharCode >= 0x1F600 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F64F) || // Emoticons
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F300 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F5FF) || // Misc Symbols and Pictographs
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F680 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F6FF) || // Transport and Map
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F700 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F77F) || // Alchemical Symbols
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x2600 && firstCharCode <= 0x26FF) || // Misc Symbols
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x2700 && firstCharCode <= 0x27BF) || // Dingbats
+      (firstCharCode >= 0xFE00 && firstCharCode <= 0xFE0F) || // Variation Selectors
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F900 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F9FF) || // Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1FA70 && firstCharCode <= 0x1FAFF) || // Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F1E6 && firstCharCode <= 0x1F1FF) || // Flags
+      (firstCharCode >= 0x1F000 && firstCharCode <= 0x1FFFF); // Supplementary Multilingual Plane
+}
+
 @visibleForTesting
 class SubscriptionItem extends StatelessWidget {
   const SubscriptionItem({
diff --git a/test/widgets/subscription_list_test.dart b/test/widgets/subscription_list_test.dart
index 9439bac865..1a7f324292 100644
--- a/test/widgets/subscription_list_test.dart
+++ b/test/widgets/subscription_list_test.dart
@@ -150,6 +150,32 @@ void main() {
       ]);
       check(listedStreamIds(tester)).deepEquals([2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 5]);
     });
+
+    testWidgets('channels with emoji in name are listed above non-emoji names', (tester) async {
+      await setupStreamListPage(tester, subscriptions: [
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 1, name: '😊 Happy Stream')),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 2, name: 'Alpha Stream')),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 3, name: '🚀 Rocket Stream')),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 4, name: 'Beta Stream')),
+      ]);
+
+      check(listedStreamIds(tester)).deepEquals([1, 3, 2, 4]);
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('channels with emoji in name, pinned, unpinned, muted, and unmuted are sorted correctly', (tester) async {
+      await setupStreamListPage(tester, subscriptions: [
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 1, name: '😊 Happy Stream'), pinToTop: true, isMuted: false),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 2, name: '🚀 Rocket Stream'), pinToTop: true, isMuted: true),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 3, name: 'Alpha Stream'), pinToTop: true, isMuted: false),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 4, name: 'Beta Stream'), pinToTop: true, isMuted: true),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 5, name: '🌟 Star Stream'), pinToTop: false, isMuted: false),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 6, name: '🔥 Fire Stream'), pinToTop: false, isMuted: true),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 7, name: 'Gamma Stream'), pinToTop: false, isMuted: false),
+        eg.subscription(eg.stream(streamId: 8, name: 'Delta Stream'), pinToTop: false, isMuted: true),
+      ]);
+
+      check(listedStreamIds(tester)).deepEquals([1,3,2,4,5,7,6,8]);
+    });
   });
 
   testWidgets('unread badge shows with unreads', (tester) async {