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Twelve-month list: 299 funds with SEC filings for every month to May 2026, 91.5% of the group\u2019s net assets \n 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 \n\n The outflows list \n 1 week, daily figures 1 month, daily figures 12 months to May 2026, SEC filings 1 week \u00b7 Oct 2 to Oct 8, 2026\n From daily figures \u00b7 10 funds\n 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.\n The 10 thematic ETFs that took in money most over Oct 2 to Oct 8, 2026, of 10 that took in money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 XBI State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF to Oct 7 +$312m 3.1% \u25b2 1 \n 2 IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF +$176m 1.2% \u25bc 1 \n 3 XAR State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF to Oct 7 +$104m 1.9% \u25b2 1 \n 4 IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF +$42.1m 1.2% \u25bc 1 \n 5 PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF +$18.3m 0.8% \u25b2 1 \n 6 IDNA iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF +$12.5m 4.1% \u25bc 1 \n 7 IHAK iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF +$6.9m 0.6% \u25b2 1 \n 8 IDEF iShares Defense Industrials and Tech Active ETF +$6.3m 0.2% \u25b2 2 \n 9 XME State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF to Oct 7 +$5.6m 0.1% \u25bc 2 \n 10 FITE State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Future Security ETF to Oct 7 +$3.4m 2.2% \u25bc 1 \n Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts \u00d7 prior-day NAV.\n \n 1 month \u00b7 Sep 9 to Oct 8, 2026\n From daily figures \u00b7 17 funds\n The 17 thematic ETFs that took in money most over Sep 9 to Oct 8, 2026, of 17 that took in money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 XAR State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF to Oct 7 round trip of \u2212$28.1m left aside +$492m 8.2% same \n 2 IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF +$335m 10.3% same \n 3 ICLN iShares Global Clean Energy ETF +$256m 12.2% same \n 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 \n 5 IDRV iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF +$133m 88.4% \u25b2 1 \n 6 IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF +$124m 1.2% \u25b2 1 \n 7 RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF +$110m 4.4% \u25b2 1 \n 8 ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF +$57.7m 1.4% \u25b2 1 \n 9 IDNA iShares Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF +$39.0m 15.1% \u25b2 1 \n 10 IHAK iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF +$23.4m 2.2% \u25b2 1 \n 11 PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF +$19.1m 0.7% \u25b2 1 \n 12 SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF +$7.3m 0.7% \u25b2 2 \n 13 VEGI iShares MSCI Agriculture Producers ETF +$7.0m 4.0% same \n 14 IDGT iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF +$5.8m 1.1% \u25b2 1 \n 15 FITE State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Future Security ETF to Oct 7 +$5.6m 3.9% \u25b2 1 \n 16 ICOP iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF +$5.6m 1.1% \u25b2 1 \n 17 WOOD iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF +$4.2m 1.6% \u25b2 1 \n Same basis as the week. Never mixed with the filings list below.\n \n 12 months \u00b7 Jun 2025 to May 2026\n From SEC filings \u00b7 194 funds \u00b7 the last month every filer has reported\n 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\u2019s edition.\n The 25 thematic ETFs that took in money most over Jun 2025 to May 2026, of 194 that took in money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF +$9.2bn \u00b7 same \n 2 SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF +$7.5bn \u00b7 same \n 3 GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure In +$6.7bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 4 SHLD Global X Defense Tech ETF +$5.2bn \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 5 SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF +$4.3bn \u00b7 \u25b2 6 \n 6 AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF +$4.1bn \u00b7 same \n 7 IDEF iShares Defense Industrials and Tech Active ETF +$3.9bn \u00b7 same \n 8 ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF +$3.8bn \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 9 IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF +$3.7bn \u00b7 \u25b2 13 \n 10 AIRR First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF +$3.7bn \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 11 COPX Global X Copper Miners ETF +$3.6bn \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 12 NLR VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF +$3.1bn \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 13 QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF +$2.3bn \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 14 PAVE Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF +$2.3bn \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 15 URA Global X Uranium ETF +$1.9bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 16 CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF +$1.8bn \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 17 REMX VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF +$1.8bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 18 KWEB KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF +$1.7bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 19 XME State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF +$1.6bn \u00b7 \u25bc 6 \n 20 XAR State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF +$1.5bn \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 21 DTCR Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF +$1.3bn \u00b7 \u25b2 4 \n 22 ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF +$1.2bn \u00b7 new \n 23 PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF +$1.2bn \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 24 SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF +$1.2bn \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 25 FBT First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund +$1.1bn \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n SEC Form N-PORT, item B.6, monthly, every fund with a filing for every month of the window.\n \n Other flow rankings\n Themes \u00b7 outflows All ETFs \u00b7 inflows Every flows ranking The 1 week list in the flows tool Where these figures came from\n SEC Form N-PORT data sets: monthly sales and redemptions, item B.6 SEC Form N-CEN data sets: each fund\u2019s creation unit, item E.3.a ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.\n ETFIQ is an independent publisher and makes no recommendations; a rank is a sort of one published figure, not an opinion.\n\n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The thematic ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/themes/inflows/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The thematic ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/themes/inflows/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 8, 2026). The thematic ETFs that took in the most. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/themes/inflows/ Markdown [The thematic ETFs that took in the most (ETFIQ, Oct 8, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/themes/inflows/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. 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