# Biggest thematic ETF inflows, 12 months to May 2026

> Week to Oct 8, 2026: XBI took in the most of 48 thematic ETFs tracked daily, $312m, to Oct 7, 2026. Ranked over 1 week, 1 month and 12 months to May 2026.

Data as of Oct 8, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Flows as of Oct 8, 2026 , the trading day.

Flows ranking · thematic ETFs · money in

## 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.

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

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

The outflows list

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

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