diff --git a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/thread-utils.js
@@ -1337,6 +1337,30 @@
   return chatItems;
 }
 
+function reorderThreadSearchResults<T: RawThreadInfo | ThreadInfo>(
+  threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<T>,
+  threadSearchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<string>,
+): T[] {
+  const privateThreads = [];
+  const personalThreads = [];
+  const otherThreads = [];
+  const threadSearchResultsSet = new Set(threadSearchResults);
+  for (const threadInfo of threadInfos) {
+    if (!threadSearchResultsSet.has(threadInfo.id)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PRIVATE) {
+      privateThreads.push(threadInfo);
+    } else if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
+      personalThreads.push(threadInfo);
+    } else {
+      otherThreads.push(threadInfo);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return [...privateThreads, ...personalThreads, ...otherThreads];
+}
+
 function useAvailableThreadMemberActions(
   memberInfo: RelativeMemberInfo,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
@@ -1663,6 +1687,7 @@
   getContainingThreadID,
   getCommunity,
   getThreadListSearchResults,
+  reorderThreadSearchResults,
   useAvailableThreadMemberActions,
   threadMembersWithoutAddedAdmin,
   patchThreadInfoToIncludeMentionedMembersOfParent,
diff --git a/native/components/thread-list.react.js b/native/components/thread-list.react.js
--- a/native/components/thread-list.react.js
+++ b/native/components/thread-list.react.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { createSelector } from 'reselect';
 
 import SearchIndex from 'lib/shared/search-index.js';
+import { reorderThreadSearchResults } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 
 import Search from './search.react.js';
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@
 };
 type State = {
   +searchText: string,
-  +searchResults: Set<string>,
+  +searchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
 };
 type PropsAndState = { ...Props, ...State };
 class ThreadList extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
   state: State = {
     searchText: '',
-    searchResults: new Set(),
+    searchResults: [],
   };
   textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>;
 
@@ -59,13 +60,11 @@
       (
         threadInfos: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
         text: string,
-        searchResults: Set<string>,
+        searchResults: $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
       ): $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> =>
-        text
-          ? threadInfos.filter(threadInfo => searchResults.has(threadInfo.id))
-          : // We spread to make sure the result of this selector updates when
-            // any input param (namely itemStyle or itemTextStyle) changes
-            [...threadInfos],
+        // We spread to make sure the result of this selector updates when
+        // any input param (namely itemStyle or itemTextStyle) changes
+        text ? [...searchResults] : [...threadInfos],
     );
 
   get listData(): $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo> {
@@ -126,7 +125,11 @@
   onChangeSearchText = (searchText: string) => {
     invariant(this.props.searchIndex, 'should be set');
     const results = this.props.searchIndex.getSearchResults(searchText);
-    this.setState({ searchText, searchResults: new Set(results) });
+    const threadInfoResults = reorderThreadSearchResults(
+      this.props.threadInfos,
+      results,
+    );
+    this.setState({ searchText, searchResults: threadInfoResults });
   };
 
   searchRef = async (textInput: ?React.ElementRef<typeof TextInput>) => {
diff --git a/web/modals/threads/thread-picker-modal.react.js b/web/modals/threads/thread-picker-modal.react.js
--- a/web/modals/threads/thread-picker-modal.react.js
+++ b/web/modals/threads/thread-picker-modal.react.js
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useGlobalThreadSearchIndex } from 'lib/selectors/nav-selectors.js';
-import { useOnScreenEntryEditableThreadInfos } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
+import {
+  useOnScreenEntryEditableThreadInfos,
+  reorderThreadSearchResults,
+} from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { useResolvedThreadInfo } from 'lib/utils/entity-helpers.js';
 
@@ -60,9 +63,9 @@
   );
 
   const [searchText, setSearchText] = React.useState<string>('');
-  const [searchResults, setSearchResults] = React.useState<Set<string>>(
-    new Set(),
-  );
+  const [searchResults, setSearchResults] = React.useState<
+    $ReadOnlyArray<ThreadInfo>,
+  >([]);
 
   const searchRef = React.useRef<?HTMLInputElement>();
 
@@ -74,16 +77,17 @@
     (text: string) => {
       const results = searchIndex.getSearchResults(text);
       setSearchText(text);
-      setSearchResults(new Set(results));
+      const threadInfoResults = reorderThreadSearchResults(
+        onScreenThreadInfos,
+        results,
+      );
+      setSearchResults(threadInfoResults);
     },
-    [searchIndex],
+    [searchIndex, onScreenThreadInfos],
   );
 
   const threads = React.useMemo(
-    () =>
-      searchText
-        ? onScreenThreadInfos.filter(thread => searchResults.has(thread.id))
-        : onScreenThreadInfos,
+    () => (searchText ? searchResults : onScreenThreadInfos),
     [searchText, onScreenThreadInfos, searchResults],
   );