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Rank change is against last month\u2019s edition.\n The 25 First Trust ETFs that took in money most over Jun 2025 to May 2026, of 171 that took in money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure In +$6.7bn \u00b7 same \n 2 RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF +$4.2bn \u00b7 same \n 3 AIRR First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF +$3.7bn \u00b7 same \n 4 CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF +$1.8bn \u00b7 same \n 5 FTCB First Trust Core Investment Grade ETF +$1.4bn \u00b7 same \n 6 SDVY First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF +$1.2bn \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 7 LMBS First Trust Low Duration Opportunities ETF +$1.2bn \u00b7 same \n 8 FBT First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund +$1.1bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 9 WCMI First Trust WCM International Equity ETF +$1.1bn \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 10 FTXR First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF +$977m \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 11 FXN First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund +$922m \u00b7 \u25b2 4 \n 12 RDVI FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF +$913m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 13 FDL First Trust Morningstar ETF +$860m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 14 FTHI First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF +$844m \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 15 FTXN First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF +$788m \u00b7 new \n 16 FTXL First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF +$763m \u00b7 \u25bc 5 \n 17 MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF +$498m \u00b7 \u25bc 11 \n 18 FPE First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF +$487m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 19 FGD First Trust Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund +$481m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 20 FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund +$385m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 21 IGLD FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF +$379m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 22 TDVI FT Vest Technology Dividend Target Income ETF +$326m \u00b7 new \n 23 SDVD FT Vest SMID Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF +$322m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 24 FJAN FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - January +$312m \u00b7 same \n 25 FSEP FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - September +$303m \u00b7 new \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 First Trust \u00b7 outflows All ETFs \u00b7 inflows Every flows ranking The 12 months 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 First Trust ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/issuer/first-trust/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 First Trust ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/issuer/first-trust/inflows/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 8, 2026). The First Trust ETFs that took in the most. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/issuer/first-trust/inflows/ Markdown [The First Trust ETFs that took in the most (ETFIQ, Oct 8, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/issuer/first-trust/inflows/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, The First Trust ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/issuer/first-trust/inflows/"}