diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java
index a235146efc..42cc940bbb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/PluginManager.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.swing.text.NumberFormatter;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -2236,6 +2237,11 @@ public abstract class PluginManager extends AbstractModelObject implements OnMas
 
     }
 
+    @Restricted(DoNotUse.class)
+    public String unscientific(double d) {
+        return String.format("%.4f", d);
+    }
+
     @Override
     @Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
     public Object getTarget() {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
index 58a3c2f2bc..d082605374 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/UpdateSite.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -383,6 +384,16 @@ public class UpdateSite {
             if(p.getInstalled()==null)
                 r.add(p);
         }
+        r.sort(new Comparator<Plugin>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(Plugin plugin, Plugin t1) {
+                final int pop = plugin.popularity.compareTo(t1.popularity);
+                if (pop != 0) {
+                    return -pop; // highest popularity first
+                }
+                return plugin.getDisplayName().compareTo(plugin.getDisplayName());
+            }
+        });
         return r;
     }
 
@@ -1028,6 +1039,14 @@ public class UpdateSite {
         @Exported
         public final Date releaseTimestamp;
 
+        /**
+         * Popularity of this plugin.
+         *
+         * @since TODO
+         */
+        @Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
+        public final Double popularity;
+
         @DataBoundConstructor
         public Plugin(String sourceId, JSONObject o) {
             super(sourceId, o, UpdateSite.this.url);
@@ -1046,6 +1065,16 @@ public class UpdateSite {
                     LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Failed to parse releaseTimestamp for " + title + " from " + sourceId, ex);
                 }
             }
+            final String popularityFromJson = get(o, "popularity");
+            Double popularity = 0.0;
+            if (popularityFromJson != null) {
+                try {
+                    popularity = Double.parseDouble(popularityFromJson);
+                } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.FINE, "Failed to parse popularity: '" + popularityFromJson + "' for plugin " + this.title);
+                }
+            }
+            this.popularity = popularity;
             this.releaseTimestamp = date;
             this.categories = o.has("labels") ? internInPlace((String[])o.getJSONArray("labels").toArray(EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY)) : null;
             JSONArray ja = o.getJSONArray("dependencies");
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/PluginManager/table.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/PluginManager/table.jelly
index e69bdfefba..83c7c0ff96 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/PluginManager/table.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/PluginManager/table.jelly
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
                   <j:set var="installedOk"
                          value="${installJob.status.success and installJob.plugin.version==p.version}" />
                   <tr class="${installJob!=null ? 'already-upgraded' : ''} plugin" name="${p.displayName}">
-                    <td class="pane" align="center">
+                    <td class="pane" align="center" data="${isUpdates ? null : it.unscientific(p.popularity)}">
                       <input type="checkbox" name="plugin.${p.name}.${p.sourceId}"
                              checked="${installedOk ? 'checked' : null}"
                              disabled="${installedOk ? 'disabled' : null}"