diff --git a/docs/twarc2_en_us.md b/docs/twarc2_en_us.md
index 5391352d..8f32271b 100644
--- a/docs/twarc2_en_us.md
+++ b/docs/twarc2_en_us.md
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ leave off the `--start-time`:
 
     twarc2 search --end-time 2014-07-24 '"eric garner"' tweets.jsonl 
 
+### Sort Order
+
+By default, Twitter returns the results ordered by their published date with the newest tweets being first.
+To alter this behavior, it is possible to specify the `--sort-order` parameter.
+Currently, it supports `recency` (the default) or `relevancy`.
+In the latter case, tweets are ordered based on what Twitter determines to be the best results for your query.
+
 ## Searches
 
 Searches works like the [search](#search) command, but instead of taking a single query, it reads from a file containing many queries. You can use the same limit and time options just like a single search command, but it will be applied to every query.
diff --git a/test_twarc2.py b/test_twarc2.py
index 19db9600..429c0b5c 100644
--- a/test_twarc2.py
+++ b/test_twarc2.py
@@ -99,12 +99,13 @@ def test_sample():
     assert count == 11
 
 
-def test_search_recent():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sort_order", ["recency", "relevancy"])
+def test_search_recent(sort_order):
 
     found_tweets = 0
     pages = 0
 
-    for response_page in T.search_recent("#auspol"):
+    for response_page in T.search_recent("#auspol", sort_order=sort_order):
         pages += 1
         tweets = response_page["data"]
         found_tweets += len(tweets)
diff --git a/twarc/client2.py b/twarc/client2.py
index b9ca272f..47cb0539 100644
--- a/twarc/client2.py
+++ b/twarc/client2.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ def _prepare_params(self, **kwargs):
             )
 
         # Any other parameters passed as is,
-        # these include backfill_minutes, next_token, pagination_token
+        # these include backfill_minutes, next_token, pagination_token, sort_order
         params = {**params, **{k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}}
 
         return params
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def _search(
         media_fields,
         poll_fields,
         place_fields,
+        sort_order,
         next_token=None,
         granularity=None,
         sleep_between=0,
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ def _search(
             start_time=start_time,
             end_time=end_time,
             next_token=next_token,
+            sort_order=sort_order
         )
 
         if granularity:
@@ -657,6 +659,7 @@ def search_recent(
         poll_fields=None,
         place_fields=None,
         next_token=None,
+        sort_order=None,
     ):
         """
         Search Twitter for the given query in the last seven days,
@@ -677,6 +680,8 @@ def search_recent(
                 Return all tweets before this time (UTC datetime).
             max_results (int):
                 The maximum number of results per request. Max is 100.
+            sort_order (str):
+                Order tweets based on relevancy or recency.
 
         Returns:
             generator[dict]: a generator, dict for each paginated response.
@@ -696,6 +701,7 @@ def search_recent(
             poll_fields=poll_fields,
             place_fields=place_fields,
             next_token=next_token,
+            sort_order=sort_order,
         )
 
     @requires_app_auth
@@ -714,6 +720,7 @@ def search_all(
         poll_fields=None,
         place_fields=None,
         next_token=None,
+        sort_order=None,
     ):
         """
         Search Twitter for the given query in the full archive,
@@ -735,6 +742,8 @@ def search_all(
                 Return all tweets before this time (UTC datetime).
             max_results (int):
                 The maximum number of results per request. Max is 500.
+            sort_order (str):
+                Order tweets based on relevancy or recency.
 
         Returns:
             generator[dict]: a generator, dict for each paginated response.
@@ -762,6 +771,7 @@ def search_all(
             place_fields=place_fields,
             next_token=next_token,
             sleep_between=1.05,
+            sort_order=sort_order,
         )
 
     @requires_app_auth
@@ -813,6 +823,7 @@ def counts_recent(
             poll_fields=None,
             place_fields=None,
             granularity=granularity,
+            sort_order=None,
         )
 
     @requires_app_auth
@@ -867,6 +878,7 @@ def counts_all(
             next_token=next_token,
             granularity=granularity,
             sleep_between=1.05,
+            sort_order=None,
         )
 
     def tweet_lookup(
diff --git a/twarc/command2.py b/twarc/command2.py
index 66c2c0d3..22628b66 100644
--- a/twarc/command2.py
+++ b/twarc/command2.py
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ def _search(
     media_fields,
     poll_fields,
     place_fields,
+    sort_order,
 ):
     """
     Common function to Search for tweets.
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ def _search(
             media_fields=media_fields,
             poll_fields=poll_fields,
             place_fields=place_fields,
+            sort_order=sort_order,
         ):
             _write(result, outfile)
             tweet_ids = [t["id"] for t in result.get("data", [])]
@@ -617,6 +619,11 @@ def command_line_verbose_options(f):
 
 
 @twarc2.command("search")
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @command_line_search_options
 @command_line_search_archive_options
 @command_line_expansions_shortcuts
@@ -1290,6 +1297,11 @@ def mentions(T, user_id, outfile, hide_progress, **kwargs):
 @command_line_expansions_options
 @command_line_progressbar_option
 @click.option("--limit", default=0, help="Maximum number of tweets to return")
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @click.argument("user_id", type=str)
 @click.argument("outfile", type=click.File("w"), default="-")
 @click.pass_obj
@@ -1307,6 +1319,7 @@ def timeline(
     exclude_retweets,
     exclude_replies,
     hide_progress,
+    sort_order,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """
@@ -1363,6 +1376,7 @@ def timeline(
         end_time=end_time,
         exclude_retweets=exclude_retweets,
         exclude_replies=exclude_replies,
+        sort_order=sort_order,
         **kwargs,
     )
 
@@ -1394,6 +1408,11 @@ def timeline(
     default=0,
     help="Maximum number of tweets to return per-timeline",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @command_line_search_options
 @command_line_timelines_options
 @command_line_expansions_shortcuts
@@ -1408,6 +1427,7 @@ def timelines(
     limit,
     timeline_limit,
     use_search,
+    sort_order,
     hide_progress,
     **kwargs,
 ):
@@ -1489,6 +1509,7 @@ def timelines(
                 tweets = _timeline_tweets(
                     T,
                     use_search=use_search,
+                    sort_order=sort_order,
                     user_id=user,
                     **kwargs,
                 )
@@ -1516,6 +1537,7 @@ def _timeline_tweets(
     end_time,
     exclude_retweets,
     exclude_replies,
+    sort_order,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     if use_search:
@@ -1530,6 +1552,7 @@ def _timeline_tweets(
             until_id=until_id,
             start_time=start_time,
             end_time=end_time,
+            sort_order=sort_order,
             **kwargs,
         )
     else:
@@ -1549,6 +1572,11 @@ def _timeline_tweets(
 @twarc2.command("searches")
 @command_line_search_options
 @command_line_search_archive_options
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @click.option(
     "--counts-only",
     is_flag=True,
@@ -1591,6 +1619,7 @@ def searches(
     granularity,
     combine_queries,
     hide_progress,
+    sort_order,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     """
@@ -1641,6 +1670,7 @@ def searches(
         kwargs.pop("media_fields", None)
         kwargs.pop("poll_fields", None)
         kwargs.pop("place_fields", None)
+        kwargs.pop("sort_order", None)
         kwargs = {
             **kwargs,
             **{
@@ -1665,6 +1695,7 @@ def searches(
                 "start_time": start_time,
                 "end_time": end_time,
                 "max_results": max_results,
+                "sort_order": sort_order,
             },
         }
 
@@ -1768,6 +1799,11 @@ def searches(
 
 
 @twarc2.command("conversation")
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @command_line_search_options
 @command_line_search_archive_options
 @command_line_expansions_shortcuts
@@ -1804,6 +1840,11 @@ def conversation(
     default=0,
     help="Maximum number of tweets to return per-conversation",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--sort-order",
+    type=click.Choice(["recency", "relevancy"]),
+    help='Filter tweets based on their date ("recency") (default) or based on their relevance as indicated by Twitter ("relevancy")'
+)
 @command_line_search_options
 @command_line_search_archive_options
 @command_line_expansions_shortcuts