diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v0/followers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v0/followers_controller.rb
index 083a7512b..1e471260f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v0/followers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v0/followers_controller.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 module Api
   module V0
     class FollowersController < ApiController
+      include JsonApiSortParam
+
       before_action :authenticate_with_api_key_or_current_user!
       before_action -> { limit_per_page(default: 80, max: 1000) }
 
       USERS_ATTRIBUTES_FOR_SERIALIZATION = %i[
-        id follower_id follower_type
+        id follower_id follower_type created_at
       ].freeze
       private_constant :USERS_ATTRIBUTES_FOR_SERIALIZATION
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ module Api
         @follows = Follow.followable_user(@user.id)
           .includes(:follower)
           .select(USERS_ATTRIBUTES_FOR_SERIALIZATION)
-          .order(created_at: :desc)
+          .order(order_criteria)
           .page(params[:page])
           .per(@follows_limit)
       end
@@ -24,6 +26,14 @@ module Api
         per_page = (params[:per_page] || default).to_i
         @follows_limit = [per_page, max].min
       end
+
+      def order_criteria
+        parse_sort_param(
+          params[:sort],
+          allowed_fields: [:created_at],
+          default_sort: { created_at: :desc },
+        )
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c234ddb33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module JsonApiSortParam
+  # Handles JSON API style sort params
+  #
+  # @param param_string [String] The unmodified request param
+  # @param allowed_fields [Array<Symbol>] Fields that can be sorted by. This
+  #   array determines the sort order of the resulting hash.
+  # @param default_sort [{Symbol => Symbol}] The default sort order. Used when
+  #   the param string is nil/empty or when parsing it results in an empty hash.
+  def parse_sort_param(param_string, allowed_fields:, default_sort:)
+    fields = param_string.to_s.split(",")
+    unfiltered_hash = fields_to_hash(fields)
+    sort = sort_and_filter(unfiltered_hash, allowed_fields)
+    sort.presence || default_sort
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def fields_to_hash(fields)
+    fields.each_with_object({}) do |field, result|
+      if field.start_with?("-")
+        result[field[1..]] = :desc
+      else
+        result[field] = :asc
+      end
+    end.symbolize_keys
+  end
+
+  def sort_and_filter(fields_hash, allowed_fields)
+    field_order = allowed_fields.each_with_index.to_h
+    fields_hash.slice(*allowed_fields).sort_by { |k, _v| field_order[k] }.to_h
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/api/v0/followers/users.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v0/followers/users.json.jbuilder
index 2ea797350..16ce2c9e9 100644
--- a/app/views/api/v0/followers/users.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/v0/followers/users.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 json.array! @follows do |follow|
-  json.type_of "user_follower"
-  json.id      follow.id
+  json.type_of    "user_follower"
+  json.id         follow.id
+  json.created_at utc_iso_timestamp(follow.created_at)
 
   json.partial! "api/v0/shared/follows", user: follow.follower
 end
diff --git a/docs/api_v0.yml b/docs/api_v0.yml
index 0e4b96929..f1fc2327f 100644
--- a/docs/api_v0.yml
+++ b/docs/api_v0.yml
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ components:
       type: object
       required:
         - type_of
+        - created_at
         - id
         - name
         - path
@@ -695,6 +696,10 @@ components:
       properties:
         type_of:
           type: string
+        created_at:
+          description: Date the user became a follower
+          type: string
+          format: date-time
         id:
           description: Follow id
           type: integer
@@ -1552,12 +1557,14 @@ components:
       value:
         - type_of: user_follower
           id: 12
+          created_at: "2021-04-02T04:21:46Z"
           name: Mrs. Neda Morissette
           path: "/nedamrsmorissette"
           username: nedamrsmorissette
           profile_image: https://res.cloudinary.com/...
         - type_of: user_follower
           id: 11
+          created_at: "2021-04-02T04:21:46Z"
           name: Yoko Hintz
           path: "/yokohintz"
           username: yokohintz
@@ -1567,6 +1574,7 @@ components:
       value:
         - type_of: listing
           id: 1157
+          created_at: "2021-04-07 08:29:42 UTC"
           title: TestBash Detroit
           slug: testbash-detroit-50gb
           body_markdown: "Do you want to learn about automation? Maybe you're interested in
@@ -2166,7 +2174,7 @@ paths:
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/perPageParam30to1000'
       responses:
         "200":
-          description: A list of articles sorted by descending publish date 
+          description: A list of articles sorted by descending publish date
           content:
             application/json:
               schema:
@@ -2709,6 +2717,17 @@ paths:
       parameters:
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageParam'
         - $ref: '#/components/parameters/perPageParam80to1000'
+        - in: query
+          name: sort
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            default: 'created_at'
+            pattern: '^-?\w+(,-?\w+)*$'
+          required: false
+          description: |
+            Specifies the sort order for the `created_at` param of the follow
+            relationship. To sort by newest followers first (descending order)
+            specify `?sort=-created_at`.
       responses:
         "200":
           description: A list of followers
diff --git a/spec/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1470540b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/concerns/json_api_sort_param_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe JsonApiSortParam do
+  let!(:controller) { Class.new { include JsonApiSortParam }.new }
+
+  it "returns a default sort order if there are no sorting params" do
+    params = controller.parse_sort_param(
+      "",
+      allowed_fields: [:created_at],
+      default_sort: { created_at: :desc },
+    )
+    expect(params).to eq({ created_at: :desc })
+  end
+
+  it "filters out non-allowed params", :aggregate_failures do
+    params = controller.parse_sort_param(
+      "-created_at,updated_at",
+      allowed_fields: [:updated_at],
+      default_sort: { created_at: :desc },
+    )
+    expect(params).not_to have_key(:created_at)
+    expect(params).to have_key(:updated_at)
+  end
+
+  it "generates a sort params hash" do
+    params = controller.parse_sort_param(
+      "created_at,-updated_at",
+      allowed_fields: %i[created_at updated_at],
+      default_sort: { created_at: :desc },
+    )
+    expect(params).to eq({ created_at: :asc, updated_at: :desc })
+  end
+
+  it "sorts the params in the correct order" do
+    params = controller.parse_sort_param(
+      "-updated_at,created_at",
+      allowed_fields: %i[created_at updated_at],
+      default_sort: { created_at: :desc },
+    )
+    expect(params.to_a).to eq([%i[created_at asc], %i[updated_at desc]])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v0/followers_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v0/followers_spec.rb
index 8c9285ee9..75c27b0f5 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v0/followers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v0/followers_spec.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V0::FollowersController", type: :request do
         expect(response_follower["path"]).to eq(follower.path)
         expect(response_follower["username"]).to eq(follower.username)
         expect(response_follower["profile_image"]).to eq(Images::Profile.call(follower.profile_image_url, length: 60))
+        expect(response_follower["created_at"]).to be_an_instance_of(String)
       end
 
       it "supports pagination" do
@@ -58,12 +59,21 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V0::FollowersController", type: :request do
         expect(response.parsed_body.length).to eq(0)
       end
 
-      it "order results for reverse following date" do
+      it "orders results by descending following date by default" do
         follower2.follow(user)
 
-        follows = user.followings.order(id: :desc).last(2).map(&:id)
-
         get api_followers_users_path, headers: headers
+
+        follows = user.followings.order(id: :desc).last(2).map(&:id)
+        result = response.parsed_body.map { |f| f["id"] }
+        expect(result).to eq(follows)
+      end
+
+      it "orders results by ascending following date if the 'sort' param is specified" do
+        follower2.follow(user)
+
+        follows = user.followings.order(id: :asc).last(2).map(&:id)
+        get api_followers_users_path, headers: headers, params: { sort: "created_at" }
         result = response.parsed_body.map { |f| f["id"] }
         expect(result).to eq(follows)
       end