# Meet the Default Sorting Algorithms

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meet-the-default-sorting-algorithms/662188>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [October 8, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meet-the-default-sorting-algorithms/662188 "2023-10-08T19:47:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/meet-the-default-sorting-algorithms/662188/1 "2023-10-08T19:47:56Z")

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I was digging into the Chromium source the other day was part of learning about what sort algorithm it uses for Array.sort(), and that took me down a rabbit hole where I was curious what sorting algorithm is used by other programming languages!

I wrote about it in my newsletter here:

> **[Meet the Default Sorting Algorithms! 👋](https://www.kirupa.chat/p/meet-the-default-sorting-algorithms)**
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> Meet the default sorting algorithms used by popular programming languages!

You can find it on Twitter as well:  
[https://twitter.com/kirupa/status/1710872544004481131](https://twitter.com/kirupa/status/1710872544004481131)

🙂