diff --git a/.changeset/sort-json-viewer-keys.md b/.changeset/sort-json-viewer-keys.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97bc6b32d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sort-json-viewer-keys.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hyperdx/app': patch
+---
+
+fix: Sort JSON viewer keys alphabetically so wide Map columns are scannable
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/HyperJson.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/HyperJson.tsx
index f7098eb939..e936f6f3a4 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/HyperJson.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/HyperJson.tsx
@@ -357,11 +357,26 @@ function TreeNode({
   const keyPath = React.useMemo(() => _keyPath ?? [], [_keyPath]);
 
   const originalLength = React.useMemo(() => Object.keys(data).length, [data]);
+
+  // ClickHouse hands back `Map(...)` keys in physical storage order, which reads
+  // as random for wide maps like `ProfileEvents`. Sorting here (rather than
+  // upstream) covers every nesting level for free, since TreeNode recurses, and
+  // it puts the sort ahead of the MAX_TREE_NODE_ITEMS slice below so the
+  // truncated view shows a predictable prefix instead of an arbitrary subset.
+  const entries = React.useMemo(() => {
+    const raw = Object.entries(data);
+    // Arrays are index-keyed — reordering them would change the data.
+    if (isArray(data)) {
+      return raw;
+    }
+    return raw.sort(([a], [b]) =>
+      a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { numeric: true }),
+    );
+  }, [data]);
+
   const visibleLines = React.useMemo(() => {
-    return isExpanded
-      ? Object.entries(data)
-      : Object.entries(data).slice(0, MAX_TREE_NODE_ITEMS);
-  }, [data, isExpanded]);
+    return isExpanded ? entries : entries.slice(0, MAX_TREE_NODE_ITEMS);
+  }, [entries, isExpanded]);
   const nestedLevel = keyPath?.length || 0;
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/__tests__/HyperJson.test.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/__tests__/HyperJson.test.tsx
index 1f7dbf67b2..8710d9d83e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/__tests__/HyperJson.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/__tests__/HyperJson.test.tsx
@@ -36,3 +36,68 @@ describe('HyperJson wrap markers', () => {
     expect(key).toHaveTextContent(longKey);
   });
 });
+
+// ClickHouse returns `Map(...)` keys in physical storage order, which reads as
+// random for wide maps like `ProfileEvents`. Sort at render time so the tree is
+// scannable — and so the MAX_TREE_NODE_ITEMS cap slices a predictable prefix
+// rather than an arbitrary subset.
+describe('HyperJson key ordering', () => {
+  const renderedKeys = (container: HTMLElement) =>
+    Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.keyContainer > .key')).map(el =>
+      el.textContent?.trim(),
+    );
+
+  const renderedValues = (container: HTMLElement) =>
+    Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('.valueContainer')).map(el =>
+      el.textContent?.trim(),
+    );
+
+  it('sorts top-level keys alphabetically, case-insensitively', () => {
+    const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+      <HyperJson data={{ zebra: 1, alpha: 2, Mango: 3 }} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(renderedKeys(container)).toEqual(['alpha', 'Mango', 'zebra']);
+  });
+
+  it('sorts nested object keys alphabetically', () => {
+    const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+      <HyperJson
+        data={{ ProfileEvents: { Seek: 59, FileOpen: 2, Query: 1 } }}
+        normallyExpanded
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(renderedKeys(container)).toEqual([
+      'ProfileEvents',
+      'FileOpen',
+      'Query',
+      'Seek',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('orders numeric suffixes naturally rather than lexicographically', () => {
+    const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+      <HyperJson data={{ key10: 1, key2: 2, key1: 3 }} />,
+    );
+
+    expect(renderedKeys(container)).toEqual(['key1', 'key2', 'key10']);
+  });
+
+  // Arrays are index-keyed, so sorting their "keys" would reorder the data.
+  // Uses >10 elements so a lexicographic sort (0, 1, 10, 11, 2, ...) would show
+  // up, not just a hypothetical reversal.
+  it('preserves array element order', () => {
+    const list = Array.from({ length: 12 }, (_, i) => `item-${i}`);
+    const { container } = renderWithMantine(
+      <HyperJson data={{ list }} normallyExpanded />,
+    );
+
+    expect(renderedKeys(container)).toEqual([
+      'list',
+      ...list.map((_, i) => String(i)),
+    ]);
+    // First value cell belongs to `list` itself ("[] 12 items").
+    expect(renderedValues(container).slice(1)).toEqual(list);
+  });
+});