diff --git a/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.hbs b/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.hbs
index e58bdc186e..a3fa29f944 100644
--- a/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.hbs
+++ b/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.hbs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     {{/if}}
 
     <div class="flex items-center space-x-1.5">
-      {{#each @courseParticipations as |courseParticipation|}}
+      {{#each this.languagesToDisplay as |courseParticipation|}}
         {{#if courseParticipation.isCompleted}}
           <LanguageLogo @language={{courseParticipation.language}} @variant="teal" class="h-4" />
         {{else}}
diff --git a/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.js b/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.js
index 740c7bcf3a..0df100ae6f 100644
--- a/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.js
+++ b/app/components/user-page/course-progress-list-item/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import arrayToSentence from 'array-to-sentence';
 import { action } from '@ember/object';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 
+const MAX_LANGUAGES_TO_DISPLAY = 5;
+
 export default class CourseProgressListItemComponent extends Component {
   @service router;
 
@@ -34,6 +36,21 @@ export default class CourseProgressListItemComponent extends Component {
     }
   }
 
+  get languagesToDisplay() {
+    const completedParticipations = this.completedCourseParticipations.sort(
+      (a, b) => new Date(b.completedAt).getTime() - new Date(a.completedAt).getTime(),
+    );
+    const incompleteParticipations = this.args.courseParticipations
+      .filter((p) => !p.isCompleted)
+      .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.lastSubmissionAt).getTime() - new Date(a.lastSubmissionAt).getTime());
+
+    if (completedParticipations.length >= MAX_LANGUAGES_TO_DISPLAY) {
+      return completedParticipations.slice(0, MAX_LANGUAGES_TO_DISPLAY);
+    }
+
+    return [...completedParticipations, ...incompleteParticipations.slice(0, MAX_LANGUAGES_TO_DISPLAY - completedParticipations.length)];
+  }
+
   @action
   navigateToCourse() {
     this.router.transitionTo('course-overview', this.course.slug);
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/view-user-profile-test.js b/tests/acceptance/view-user-profile-test.js
index 3c9e1b988e..1b1e5ef4c9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/view-user-profile-test.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/view-user-profile-test.js
@@ -250,35 +250,4 @@ module('Acceptance | view-user-profile', function (hooks) {
     assert.strictEqual(userPage.courseProgressListItems.length, 1, 'only one course progress list item should be shown');
     assert.strictEqual(userPage.courseProgressListItems[0].name, 'Build your own grep', 'the course progress list item should be for grep');
   });
-
-  test('it does not show private courses in user profile', async function (assert) {
-    testScenario(this.server);
-
-    let currentUser = this.server.schema.users.first();
-    let go = this.server.schema.languages.findBy({ slug: 'go' });
-    let redis = this.server.schema.courses.findBy({ slug: 'redis' });
-    let grep = this.server.schema.courses.findBy({ slug: 'grep' });
-    redis.update({ visibility: 'private' });
-
-    this.server.create('course-participation', {
-      course: grep,
-      language: go,
-      user: currentUser,
-      completedStageSlugs: grep.stages.models.sortBy('position').slice(0, 5).mapBy('slug'),
-      lastSubmissionAt: new Date('2020-10-10'),
-    });
-
-    this.server.create('course-participation', {
-      course: redis,
-      language: go,
-      user: currentUser,
-      completedAt: new Date('2020-01-01'),
-    });
-
-    await userPage.visit({ username: 'rohitpaulk' });
-
-    assert.strictEqual(userPage.courseProgressListItems.length, 1, 'only one course progress list item should be shown');
-    assert.strictEqual(userPage.courseProgressListItems[0].name, 'Build your own grep', 'the course progress list item should be for grep');
-    assert.notOk(userPage.courseProgressListItems.mapBy('name').includes('Build your own Redis'), 'private course should not be included');
-  });
 });