# I want to have my favorite Subscriptions always at the top of the list
**URL:** https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506
**Category:** Feature request
**Created:** [December 27, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506 "2020-12-27T06:49:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@breakfastpride](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/breakfastpride)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/1 "2020-12-27T06:49:40Z")
**App version** : x.y.z (state whether from Google Play/F-Droid/Custom built APK)
2.1.1 from F-Droid
**Problem you may be having, or feature you want** :
I want to be able to favorite certain subscriptions so they always show up at the top of my subscription list.
If I sort the list alphabetically I have to scroll too much. If I sort it by the # of episodes played or downloaded that works better but over-emphasizes certain podcasts that publish bite-sized episodes. And then makes it hard to find my more infrequent podcasts. A podcast that publishes infrequently but which I always want to listen to will never show up at the top if sorted by # of downloads or plays, but I still would want to favorite it.
I subscribe to 50 podcasts, but at any given time there are only a handful of podcasts that are my favorites and that I listen to every new episode. I want to be able to “favorite” them and have them at the top of the list and the rest of the list be alphabetical.
**Suggested solution** :
Let the user favorite certain subscriptions. Like have an outline of a star on the subscription’s main page and if you long press it becomes solid and now that’s officially a favorite and will appear at the top of the list of subscriptions. Another long press on the star would unfavorite it.
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### Author:  [@tonytamsf](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/tonytamsf)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/2 "2021-01-08T07:52:35Z")
I like this idea, I also have about 5 podcast that are must listen to and having them favorite and their episodes always on top would be nice when I have my queue sort by favorite podcasts would be cool
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/3 "2021-01-08T08:54:55Z")
I think this can be solved with the folder support that is currently being developed. You can then keep your favorite subscriptions in the main list and put everything else into a folder.
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### Author:  [@aude](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/aude)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/4 "2021-01-08T10:40:11Z")
Could use this too! For the time being my workaround is - perhaps also an idea for the OP, and sorry for stating the obvious:
Rename podcasts with a leading number (BASIC line number style so you can insert - yes, I am that old…) and sort by name, e.g.:
010. Must hear #1
030. Everyday
100. Once a Week
200. Just watching
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/5 "2021-01-08T13:37:32Z")
Another workaround similar to the one by @aude would be to rename your favorites and just add an asterisk (\*) in front. Those are sorted before normal letters
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### Author:  [@mandarg](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/mandarg)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/i-want-to-have-my-favorite-subscriptions-always-at-the-top-of-the-list/506/6 "2021-01-12T23:41:17Z")
I’m trying this out now, because currently any podcasts I follow with CJK characters in the title are sorted to the end of the list otherwise due to the default sort, and I’d like to favorite the frequently-listened ones to move them to the top.
I really like it because it’s less obtrusive than a number in front, and even conveys the meaning of being “starred”.