diff --git a/public/app/containers/Explore/Explore.tsx b/public/app/containers/Explore/Explore.tsx
index e4de96dbdf2..31fd082c94c 100644
--- a/public/app/containers/Explore/Explore.tsx
+++ b/public/app/containers/Explore/Explore.tsx
@@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ export class Explore extends React.Component<any, IExploreState> {
     const ts = Date.now();
     queries.forEach(q => {
       const { query } = q;
-      history = [...history, { query, ts }];
+      history = [{ query, ts }, ...history];
     });
     if (history.length > MAX_HISTORY_ITEMS) {
-      history = history.slice(history.length - MAX_HISTORY_ITEMS);
+      history = history.slice(0, MAX_HISTORY_ITEMS);
     }
     // Combine all queries of a datasource type into one history
     const historyKey = `grafana.explore.history.${datasourceId}`;
diff --git a/public/app/containers/Explore/PromQueryField.tsx b/public/app/containers/Explore/PromQueryField.tsx
index 274f604a7fb..a527589e7b2 100644
--- a/public/app/containers/Explore/PromQueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/containers/Explore/PromQueryField.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function addHistoryMetadata(item: Suggestion, history: any[]): Suggestion
   const cutoffTs = Date.now() - HISTORY_COUNT_CUTOFF;
   const historyForItem = history.filter(h => h.ts > cutoffTs && h.query === item.label);
   const count = historyForItem.length;
-  const recent = historyForItem.pop();
+  const recent = historyForItem[0];
   let hint = `Queried ${count} times in the last 24h.`;
   if (recent) {
     const lastQueried = moment(recent.ts).fromNow();
@@ -189,11 +189,10 @@ class PromQueryField extends React.Component<PromQueryFieldProps, PromQueryField
     if (history && history.length > 0) {
       const historyItems = _.chain(history)
         .uniqBy('query')
-        .takeRight(HISTORY_ITEM_COUNT)
+        .take(HISTORY_ITEM_COUNT)
         .map(h => h.query)
         .map(wrapLabel)
         .map(item => addHistoryMetadata(item, history))
-        .reverse()
         .value();
 
       suggestions.push({