diff --git a/benches/sorting.rs b/benches/sorting.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..429d0430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/sorting.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//! Benchmarking separate functions of Gutenberg
+
+#![feature(test)]
+extern crate test;
+extern crate gutenberg;
+extern crate tempdir;
+
+use std::env;
+
+use tempdir::TempDir;
+use gutenberg::{Site, sort_pages, SortBy};
+
+fn setup_site(name: &str) -> Site {
+    let mut path = env::current_dir().unwrap().to_path_buf();
+    path.push("benches");
+    path.push(name);
+    let mut site = Site::new(&path, "config.toml").unwrap();
+    site.load().unwrap();
+    site
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_sort_pages_medium_blog(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
+    let mut site = setup_site("huge-blog");
+    let section = site.sections.values().next().unwrap().clone();
+    b.iter(|| sort_pages(section.pages.clone(), SortBy::None));
+}
diff --git a/benches/unit.rs b/benches/unit.rs
index 67db371b..ac0f000b 100644
--- a/benches/unit.rs
+++ b/benches/unit.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern crate tempdir;
 use std::env;
 
 use tempdir::TempDir;
-use gutenberg::Site;
+use gutenberg::{Site, sort_pages};
 
 
 fn setup_site(name: &str) -> Site {
@@ -58,3 +58,16 @@ fn bench_render_small_section_with_pages_and_no_pagination(b: &mut test::Bencher
     section.meta.template = None;
     b.iter(|| site.render_section(&section, true).unwrap());
 }
+
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_sort_sections_pages_medium_blog(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
+    let mut site = setup_site("medium-blog");
+    b.iter(|| site.sort_sections_pages(None));
+}
+
+#[bench]
+fn bench_sort_sections_pages_medium_kb(b: &mut test::Bencher) {
+    let mut site = setup_site("medium-kb");
+    b.iter(|| site.sort_sections_pages(None));
+}
diff --git a/src/content/sorting.rs b/src/content/sorting.rs
index 5238d440..bfdc741c 100644
--- a/src/content/sorting.rs
+++ b/src/content/sorting.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
 use content::Page;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn sort_pages(pages: Vec<Page>, sort_by: SortBy) -> (Vec<Page>, Vec<Page>) {
                     cannot_be_sorted.push(page);
                 }
             }
-            can_be_sorted.sort_by(|a, b| b.meta.date().unwrap().cmp(&a.meta.date().unwrap()));
+            can_be_sorted.par_sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.meta.date().unwrap().cmp(&a.meta.date().unwrap()));
 
             (can_be_sorted, cannot_be_sorted)
         },
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ pub fn sort_pages(pages: Vec<Page>, sort_by: SortBy) -> (Vec<Page>, Vec<Page>) {
                 }
             }
             if sort_by == SortBy::Order {
-                can_be_sorted.sort_by(|a, b| b.meta.order().cmp(&a.meta.order()));
+                can_be_sorted.par_sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.meta.order().cmp(&a.meta.order()));
             } else {
-                can_be_sorted.sort_by(|a, b| a.meta.order().cmp(&b.meta.order()));
+                can_be_sorted.par_sort_unstable_by(|a, b| a.meta.order().cmp(&b.meta.order()));
             }
 
             (can_be_sorted, cannot_be_sorted)