diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselGroup.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselGroup.cs
index 7ea6e7c82b..a1f44763d6 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselGroup.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselGroup.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
 
         protected List<CarouselItem> InternalChildren = new List<CarouselItem>();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Used to assign a monotonically increasing ID to children as they are added. This member is
+        /// incremented whenever a child is added.
+        /// </summary>
+        private ulong currentChildID;
+
         public override List<DrawableCarouselItem> Drawables
         {
             get
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
         public virtual void AddChild(CarouselItem i)
         {
             i.State.ValueChanged += v => ChildItemStateChanged(i, v);
+            i.ChildID = ++currentChildID;
             InternalChildren.Add(i);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselItem.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselItem.cs
index 2efc928984..0de32c12f1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselItem.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselItem.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
             }
         }
 
+        private int creationOrder;
+
         protected CarouselItem()
         {
             drawableRepresentation = new Lazy<DrawableCarouselItem>(CreateDrawableRepresentation);
@@ -44,13 +46,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
 
         private readonly Lazy<DrawableCarouselItem> drawableRepresentation;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Used as a default sort method for <see cref="CarouselItem"/>s of differing types.
+        /// </summary>
+        internal ulong ChildID;
+
         protected abstract DrawableCarouselItem CreateDrawableRepresentation();
 
         public virtual void Filter(FilterCriteria criteria)
         {
         }
 
-        public virtual int CompareTo(FilterCriteria criteria, CarouselItem other) => GetHashCode().CompareTo(other.GetHashCode());
+        public virtual int CompareTo(FilterCriteria criteria, CarouselItem other) => ChildID.CompareTo(other.ChildID);
     }
 
     public enum CarouselItemState