Do filters in gmail have an order to them?

Do filters in gmail have an order to them?

 

As Ray said, No. From what I have' seen the oldest filter gets applied first. I try to keep filters to as few as possible by combining as many as possible into one. For instance my newsletter filter looks like this:

If from matches

Then skip inbox and label newsletters.

I handle all private messages from vBulletin boards as: If subject matches "New Private Message at" then star it and never send to spam.

You just have to be a little creative when setting up your filters to get everything humming along.