diff --git a/search/intermediate_result.cpp b/search/intermediate_result.cpp
index 4af140add5..e48dedb208 100644
--- a/search/intermediate_result.cpp
+++ b/search/intermediate_result.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,24 @@ bool PreRankerResult::LessDistance(PreRankerResult const & r1, PreRankerResult c
   return r1.m_info.m_rank > r2.m_info.m_rank;
 }
 
+bool PreRankerResult::CategoriesComparator::operator()(PreRankerResult const & lhs,
+                                                       PreRankerResult const & rhs) const
+{
+  if (m_positionIsInsideViewport)
+    return lhs.GetDistance() < rhs.GetDistance();
+
+  if (m_detailedScale)
+  {
+    bool const lhsInside = m_viewport.IsPointInside(lhs.GetInfo().m_center);
+    bool const rhsInside = m_viewport.IsPointInside(rhs.GetInfo().m_center);
+    if (lhsInside && !rhsInside)
+      return true;
+    if (rhsInside && !lhsInside)
+      return false;
+  }
+  return lhs.GetPopularity() > rhs.GetPopularity();
+}
+
 // RankerResult ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 RankerResult::RankerResult(FeatureType & f, m2::PointD const & center, m2::PointD const & pivot,
                            string const & displayName, string const & fileName)
diff --git a/search/intermediate_result.hpp b/search/intermediate_result.hpp
index 16368a5f4b..86fcfb78e0 100644
--- a/search/intermediate_result.hpp
+++ b/search/intermediate_result.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ public:
   static bool LessRankAndPopularity(PreRankerResult const & r1, PreRankerResult const & r2);
   static bool LessDistance(PreRankerResult const & r1, PreRankerResult const & r2);
 
+  struct CategoriesComparator
+  {
+    bool operator()(PreRankerResult const & lhs, PreRankerResult const & rhs) const;
+
+    m2::RectD m_viewport;
+    bool m_positionIsInsideViewport = false;
+    bool m_detailedScale = false;
+  };
+
   FeatureID const & GetId() const { return m_id; }
   double GetDistance() const { return m_info.m_distanceToPivot; }
   uint8_t GetRank() const { return m_info.m_rank; }
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ public:
   template <typename TInfo>
   inline void SetRankingInfo(TInfo && info)
   {
-    m_info = forward<TInfo>(info);
+    m_info = std::forward<TInfo>(info);
   }
 
   FeatureID const & GetID() const { return m_id; }
diff --git a/search/pre_ranker.cpp b/search/pre_ranker.cpp
index 4db663baaf..f914574f7b 100644
--- a/search/pre_ranker.cpp
+++ b/search/pre_ranker.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "indexer/rank_table.hpp"
 #include "indexer/scales.hpp"
 
+#include "geometry/mercator.hpp"
 #include "geometry/nearby_points_sweeper.hpp"
 
 #include "base/random.hpp"
@@ -190,14 +191,29 @@ void PreRanker::Filter(bool viewportSearch)
 
   set<PreRankerResult, LessFeatureID> filtered;
 
-  filtered.insert(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + min(m_results.size(), BatchSize()));
+  auto const numResults = min(m_results.size(), BatchSize());
+  filtered.insert(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + numResults);
 
   if (!viewportSearch)
   {
-    size_t n = min(m_results.size(), BatchSize());
-    nth_element(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + n, m_results.end(),
-                &PreRankerResult::LessRankAndPopularity);
-    filtered.insert(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + n);
+    if (!m_params.m_categorialRequest)
+    {
+      nth_element(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + numResults, m_results.end(),
+                  &PreRankerResult::LessRankAndPopularity);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      double const kPedestrianRadiusMeters = 2500.0;
+      PreRankerResult::CategoriesComparator comparator;
+      comparator.m_positionIsInsideViewport = m_params.m_viewport.IsPointInside(m_params.m_position);
+      comparator.m_detailedScale = MercatorBounds::DistanceOnEarth(
+                                       m_params.m_viewport.LeftTop(),
+                                       m_params.m_viewport.RightBottom()) < 2 * kPedestrianRadiusMeters;
+      comparator.m_viewport = m_params.m_viewport;
+      nth_element(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + numResults, m_results.end(), comparator);
+    }
+
+    filtered.insert(m_results.begin(), m_results.begin() + numResults);
   }
 
   m_results.assign(filtered.begin(), filtered.end());
diff --git a/search/pre_ranker.hpp b/search/pre_ranker.hpp
index 307e433fa0..5648286807 100644
--- a/search/pre_ranker.hpp
+++ b/search/pre_ranker.hpp
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ class PreRanker
 public:
   struct Params
   {
-    m2::RectD m_viewport;
-
     // Minimal distance between search results in mercators, needed for
     // filtering of viewport search results.
     double m_minDistanceOnMapBetweenResults = 0.0;
@@ -39,7 +37,11 @@ public:
     // fast filtering of features outside of the rectangle, while
     // |m_accuratePivotCenter| should be used when it's needed to
     // compute the distance from a feature to the pivot.
-    m2::PointD m_accuratePivotCenter = m2::PointD(0, 0);
+    m2::PointD m_accuratePivotCenter;
+
+    m2::PointD m_position;
+    m2::RectD m_viewport;
+
     int m_scale = 0;
 
     size_t m_batchSize = 100;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ public:
     size_t m_limit = 0;
 
     bool m_viewportSearch = false;
+    bool m_categorialRequest = false;
   };
 
   PreRanker(DataSource const & dataSource, Ranker & ranker);
diff --git a/search/processor.cpp b/search/processor.cpp
index 0529278007..f5ea907089 100644
--- a/search/processor.cpp
+++ b/search/processor.cpp
@@ -560,15 +560,15 @@ void Processor::InitPreRanker(Geocoder::Params const & geocoderParams,
   PreRanker::Params params;
 
   if (viewportSearch)
-  {
-    params.m_viewport = GetViewport();
-    params.m_minDistanceOnMapBetweenResults =
-        searchParams.m_minDistanceOnMapBetweenResults;
-  }
+    params.m_minDistanceOnMapBetweenResults = searchParams.m_minDistanceOnMapBetweenResults;
+
+  params.m_viewport = GetViewport();
   params.m_accuratePivotCenter = GetPivotPoint(viewportSearch);
+  params.m_position = GetPosition();
   params.m_scale = geocoderParams.GetScale();
   params.m_limit = max(kPreResultsCount, searchParams.m_maxNumResults);
   params.m_viewportSearch = viewportSearch;
+  params.m_categorialRequest = geocoderParams.IsCategorialRequest();
 
   m_preRanker.Init(params);
 }
diff --git a/search/ranking_info.cpp b/search/ranking_info.cpp
index b87cb72616..590a9aaf9d 100644
--- a/search/ranking_info.cpp
+++ b/search/ranking_info.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace
 double const kDistanceToPivot = -1.0000000;
 double const kRank = 1.0000000;
 // todo: (@t.yan) Adjust.
-double const kPopularity = 1.0000000;
+double const kPopularity = 0.0500000;
 double const kFalseCats = -0.0839847;
 double const kErrorsMade = 0.0066984;
 double const kAllTokensUsed = 0.0000000;