diff --git a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
index 0c5becfbae..fe6a0d8bdb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@ def stale
   def popular
     @title = I18n.t('wiki_controller.popular_wiki_pages')
     @wikis = Node.limit(40)
-                 .order('views DESC')
                  .joins(:revision)
                  .group('node_revisions.nid')
                  .order('node_revisions.timestamp DESC')
                  .where("node.status = 1 AND node_revisions.status = 1 AND node.nid != 259 AND (type = 'page' OR type = 'tool' OR type = 'place')")
+                 .sort_by(&:totalviews).reverse
     render template: 'wiki/index'
   end