diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1604ab3a..77959c415 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - **Breaking:** Changed `mix pleroma.user toggle_confirmed` to `mix pleroma.user confirm`
 - Search: When using Postgres 11+, Pleroma will use the `websearch_to_tsvector` function to parse search queries.
 - Emoji: Support the full Unicode 13.1 set of Emoji for reactions, plus regional indicators.
+- Admin API: Reports now ordered by newest
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view.ex
index 535556370..da949e306 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view.ex
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ def render("index.json", %{reports: reports}) do
       reports:
         reports[:items]
         |> Enum.map(&Report.extract_report_info/1)
-        |> Enum.map(&render(__MODULE__, "show.json", &1))
-        |> Enum.reverse(),
+        |> Enum.map(&render(__MODULE__, "show.json", &1)),
       total: reports[:total]
     }
   end
diff --git a/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view_test.exs b/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view_test.exs
index ff3453208..3914751b5 100644
--- a/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view_test.exs
+++ b/test/pleroma/web/admin_api/views/report_view_test.exs
@@ -143,4 +143,29 @@ test "doesn't error out when the user doesn't exists" do
 
     assert %{} = ReportView.render("show.json", Report.extract_report_info(activity))
   end
+
+  test "reports are ordered newest first" do
+    user = insert(:user)
+    other_user = insert(:user)
+
+    {:ok, report1} =
+      CommonAPI.report(user, %{
+        account_id: other_user.id,
+        comment: "first report"
+      })
+
+    {:ok, report2} =
+      CommonAPI.report(user, %{
+        account_id: other_user.id,
+        comment: "second report"
+      })
+
+    %{reports: rendered} =
+      ReportView.render("index.json",
+        reports: Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.Utils.get_reports(%{}, 1, 50)
+      )
+
+    assert report2.id == rendered |> Enum.at(0) |> Map.get(:id)
+    assert report1.id == rendered |> Enum.at(1) |> Map.get(:id)
+  end
 end