I just got a subscriptions email containing (with squiggles stripped out):

Pidżama Porno (1 open, 0 applied)
http://ngs.musicbrainz.org/artist/2645702c-97a3-45dd-b408-707362116101/edits

Neko Jump (0 open, 2 applied)
http://ngs.musicbrainz.org/artist/7497f1d7-911f-4f3d-a624-b36e0000ea5d/edits

Orgy (0 open, 1 applied)
http://ngs.musicbrainz.org/artist/5bb2a9c8-3505-4c45-9717-19f0f8f35425/edits

Tommy february⁶ (0 open, 4 applied)
http://ngs.musicbrainz.org/artist/ec53333e-2067-44ba-8222-79a40cbef550/edits

which is clearly not sorted.

Same thing happens for editors.