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The thematic ETFs that took in the most

Week to Oct 8, 2026: XBI took in the most of 48 thematic ETFs tracked daily, $312m, to Oct 7, 2026.

Coverage

Weekly and monthly lists: 48 funds with daily figures, 29.4% of the group’s net assets. Twelve-month list: 299 funds with SEC filings for every month to May 2026, 91.5% of the group’s net assets

Rank change

Against the last edition of this list: the previous trading day for 1W and 1M, the previous month for 12M. "new" means not in the top 25 last time

How these lists are built

Measure

Net flow: money in less money out, in dollars, over the window, leaving any round trip aside; share of net assets at the start of the window beside it

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1 week, daily figures 1 month, daily figures 12 months to May 2026, SEC filings

1 week · Oct 2 to Oct 8, 2026

From daily figures · 10 funds

Any round trip in the window is left aside. A fund whose count ended before the window did carries the day it reaches after its name.

#	Fund	Name	Net flow	Share of assets	Rank change
1	XBI	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF to Oct 7	+$312m	3.1%	▲ 1
2	IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF	+$176m	1.2%	▼ 1
3	XAR	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF to Oct 7	+$104m	1.9%	▲ 1
4	IHI	iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF	+$42.1m	1.2%	▼ 1
5	PICK	iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF	+$18.3m	0.8%	▲ 1
6	IDNA	iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF	+$12.5m	4.1%	▼ 1
7	IHAK	iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF	+$6.9m	0.6%	▲ 1
8	IDEF	iShares Defense Industrials and Tech Active ETF	+$6.3m	0.2%	▲ 2
9	XME	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF to Oct 7	+$5.6m	0.1%	▼ 2
10	FITE	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Future Security ETF to Oct 7	+$3.4m	2.2%	▼ 1

Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts × prior-day NAV.CSV

1 month · Sep 9 to Oct 8, 2026

From daily figures · 17 funds

#	Fund	Name	Net flow	Share of assets	Rank change
1	XAR	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF to Oct 7, round trip of −$28.1m left aside	+$492m	8.2%	same
2	IHI	iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF	+$335m	10.3%	same
3	ICLN	iShares Global Clean Energy ETF	+$256m	12.2%	same
4	XSD	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF to Oct 7, round trip of +$3.7m left aside	+$243m	9.3%	same
5	IDRV	iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF	+$133m	88.4%	▲ 1
6	IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	+$124m	1.2%	▲ 1
7	RING	iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF	+$110m	4.4%	▲ 1
8	ARTY	iShares Future AI & Tech ETF	+$57.7m	1.4%	▲ 1
9	IDNA	iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF	+$39.0m	15.1%	▲ 1
10	IHAK	iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF	+$23.4m	2.2%	▲ 1
11	PICK	iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF	+$19.1m	0.7%	▲ 1
12	SLVP	iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF	+$7.3m	0.7%	▲ 2
13	VEGI	iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF	+$7.0m	4.0%	same
14	IDGT	iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF	+$5.8m	1.1%	▲ 1
15	FITE	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Future Security ETF to Oct 7	+$5.6m	3.9%	▲ 1
16	ICOP	iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF	+$5.6m	1.1%	▲ 1
17	WOOD	iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF	+$4.2m	1.6%	▲ 1

Same basis as the week. Never mixed with the filings list below.CSV

12 months · Jun 2025 to May 2026

From SEC filings · 194 funds · the last month every filer has reported

Filings run about 60 days behind, so this list ends at the latest month every fund in the group has filed, printed in the heading and the title. Rank change is against last month’s edition.

#	Fund	Name	Net flow	Share of assets	Rank change
1	BAI	iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF	+$9.2bn	·	same
2	SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	+$7.5bn	·	same
3	GRID	First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure In	+$6.7bn	·	▲ 1
4	SHLD	Global X Defense Tech ETF	+$5.2bn	·	▼ 1
5	SOXX	iShares Semiconductor ETF	+$4.3bn	·	▲ 6
6	AIQ	Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF	+$4.1bn	·	same
7	IDEF	iShares Defense Industrials and Tech Active ETF	+$3.9bn	·	same
8	ITA	iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF	+$3.8bn	·	▼ 3
9	IGV	iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF	+$3.7bn	·	▲ 13
10	AIRR	First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF	+$3.7bn	·	▼ 2
11	COPX	Global X Copper Miners ETF	+$3.6bn	·	▼ 2
12	NLR	VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF	+$3.1bn	·	▼ 2
13	QTUM	Defiance Quantum ETF	+$2.3bn	·	▲ 2
14	PAVE	Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF	+$2.3bn	·	▼ 2
15	URA	Global X Uranium ETF	+$1.9bn	·	▲ 1
16	CIBR	First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF	+$1.8bn	·	▼ 2
17	REMX	VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF	+$1.8bn	·	▲ 1
18	KWEB	KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF	+$1.7bn	·	▲ 1
19	XME	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF	+$1.6bn	·	▼ 6
20	XAR	State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF	+$1.5bn	·	▼ 3
21	DTCR	Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF	+$1.3bn	·	▲ 4
22	ARTY	iShares Future AI & Tech ETF	+$1.2bn	·	new
23	PPA	Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF	+$1.2bn	·	▼ 3
24	SIL	Global X Silver Miners ETF	+$1.2bn	·	▼ 3
25	FBT	First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund	+$1.1bn	·	▼ 1

SEC Form N-PORT, item B.6, monthly, every fund with a filing for every month of the window.CSV

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Where these figures came from

SEC Form N-PORT data sets: monthly sales and redemptions, item B.6↗SEC Form N-CEN data sets: each fund’s creation unit, item E.3.a↗

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