Hybrid Sorting Algorithms Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025 Comments Improve Suggest changes 3 Likes Like Report Hybrid sorting algorithms combine two or more standard sorting techniques to optimize performance. For example, Insertion sort works well for small inputs and Quick Sort for large and IntroSort (A Hybrid Sorting Algorithm) uses these properties for using Quick Sort while the input is large and switch to insertion sort when the size becomes small. Hybrid algorithms are used more in real world (or standard library functions) of languages because of their flexibility to adjust according to input data.Here are a few common hybrid sorting algorithms:Timsort It uses Merge Sort and Insertion SortIt breaks the array into small runs and each run is sorted using Insertion Sort. Multiple runs are merged using Merge Sort.It is a stable sorting It is used in Python sort() and sorted()Also used in Java' s Collections.sort library method.IntroSortIt combines QuickSort, HeapSort, and Insertion Sort.It begins with QuickSort, switches to HeapSort if recursion depth becomes too large (to avoid worst-case performance of QuickSort). For small arrays, Insertion Sort is used to finish the sorting.It is not a stable sortingIt is used in C++'s standard library for std::sort() Apart from above two algorithms, Dual-Pivot QuickSort is also used in libraries more frequently. For example, Java's Arrays.sort uses it for sorting arrays Create Quiz Comment K kartik Follow 3 Improve K kartik Follow 3 Improve Article Tags : DSA Explore DSA FundamentalsLogic Building Problems 2 min read Analysis of Algorithms 1 min read Data StructuresArray Data Structure 3 min read String in Data Structure 2 min read Hashing in Data Structure 2 min read Linked List Data Structure 3 min read Stack Data Structure 2 min read Queue Data Structure 2 min read Tree Data Structure 2 min read Graph Data Structure 3 min read Trie Data Structure 15+ min read AlgorithmsSearching Algorithms 2 min read Sorting Algorithms 3 min read Introduction to Recursion 15 min read Greedy Algorithms 3 min read Graph Algorithms 3 min read Dynamic Programming or DP 3 min read Bitwise Algorithms 4 min read AdvancedSegment Tree 2 min read Binary Indexed Tree or Fenwick Tree 15 min read Square Root (Sqrt) Decomposition Algorithm 15+ min read Binary Lifting 15+ min read Geometry 2 min read Interview PreparationInterview Corner 3 min read GfG160 3 min read Practice ProblemGeeksforGeeks Practice - Leading Online Coding Platform 1 min read Problem of The Day - Develop the Habit of Coding 5 min read Like