diff --git a/src/aggregators/connections.rs b/src/aggregators/connections.rs
index d4297c9..3a6203b 100644
--- a/src/aggregators/connections.rs
+++ b/src/aggregators/connections.rs
@@ -156,24 +156,34 @@ impl Aggregator for ConnectionsAggregator {
         );
         println!("Total connection failures: {}", self.connection_failures);
         println!("Connections by host:");
-        for (host, count) in &self.connections_by_host {
+        let mut entries: Vec<_> = self.connections_by_host.iter().collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(a.1));
+        for (host, count) in entries {
             println!("  {count:>6}  {host}");
         }
         println!("Connections by database:");
-        for (db, count) in &self.connections_by_database {
+        let mut entries: Vec<_> = self.connections_by_database.iter().collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(a.1));
+        for (db, count) in entries {
             println!("  {count:>6}  {db}");
         }
         println!("Connections by user:");
-        for (user, count) in &self.connections_by_user {
+        let mut entries: Vec<_> = self.connections_by_user.iter().collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(a.1));
+        for (user, count) in entries {
             println!("  {count:>6}  {user}");
         }
         println!("Connections by application name:");
-        for (appname, count) in &self.connections_by_appname {
+        let mut entries: Vec<_> = self.connections_by_appname.iter().collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(a.1));
+        for (appname, count) in entries {
             println!("  {count:>6}  {appname}");
         }
         println!("Connections by time bucket:");
-        for (appname, count) in &self.connection_attempts_by_time_bucket {
-            println!("  {count:>6}  {appname}");
+        let mut entries: Vec<_> = self.connection_attempts_by_time_bucket.iter().collect();
+        entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(a.1));
+        for (bucket, count) in entries {
+            println!("  {count:>6}  {bucket}");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/connections.rs b/tests/connections.rs
index 14ea345..cf3fd9f 100644
--- a/tests/connections.rs
+++ b/tests/connections.rs
@@ -13,3 +13,56 @@ fn simple_connection_aggregate() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn connections_output_sorted_by_count() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let output = Command::new(cargo::cargo_bin!("pgweasel"))
+        .args(["conn", "./tests/files/connections.log"])
+        .output()?;
+
+    assert!(output.status.success());
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?;
+
+    let count_sorted_sections = [
+        "Connections by host:",
+        "Connections by database:",
+        "Connections by user:",
+        "Connections by application name:",
+        "Connections by time bucket:",
+    ];
+
+    for section in count_sorted_sections {
+        let section_start = stdout
+            .find(section)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("Section '{section}' not found"));
+        let after_header = &stdout[section_start + section.len()..];
+        let section_end = after_header
+            .find("\nConnections by ")
+            .unwrap_or(after_header.len());
+        let section_text = &after_header[..section_end];
+
+        let counts: Vec<u16> = section_text
+            .lines()
+            .filter_map(|line| {
+                let trimmed = line.trim();
+                if trimmed.is_empty() {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                trimmed.split_whitespace().next()?.parse::<u16>().ok()
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        assert!(
+            counts.len() > 1,
+            "Section '{section}' should have more than one entry for sorting to matter"
+        );
+        for i in 1..counts.len() {
+            assert!(
+                counts[i - 1] >= counts[i],
+                "Section '{section}' not sorted descending: {counts:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/testdata/connections.log b/tests/files/connections.log
similarity index 100%
rename from testdata/connections.log
rename to tests/files/connections.log