{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs","section":"learn","title":"How old are ETFs? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF is 3.2 years old, and 19% of ETFs began trading in the last year. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs#article","headline":"How old are ETFs?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF is 3.2 years old, and 19% of ETFs began trading in the last year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"How old are ETFs?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does age matter?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A young fund has little history, small assets and often no full year of returns."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How many ETFs are under a year old?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"970 as of Nov 4, 2026."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I see a fund\u2019s start date?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"On its page, as the first day it traded."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How old are ETFs?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"How old are ETFs?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF is 3.2 years old, and 19% of ETFs began trading in the last year. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1654,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / How old are ETFs? \n \n How old are ETFs?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF is 3.2 years old, and 19% of ETFs began trading in the last year.\n \n In plain words\n A fund\u2019s age is the time since its first trading day. A young fund has a short record, and a full year of returns or a full market cycle takes time.\n The median ETF is 3.2 years old; 970 funds, 19% of the total, have traded for less than a year. Launches come in waves, with 153 in the busiest full month since Jan 1, 2025. ETFIQ prints how long each fund has traded and leaves out a measure when the record is too short.\n Questions\n Why does age matter? A young fund has little history, small assets and often no full year of returns.\n How many ETFs are under a year old? 970 as of Nov 4, 2026.\n Where do I see a fund\u2019s start date? On its page, as the first day it traded.\n Where to next\n New ETFs by month Screener: filter every ETF All funds A to Z What is an ETF? How many new ETFs launch each month? Why do ETFs close? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, How old are ETFs?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, How old are ETFs?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). How old are ETFs?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs Markdown [How old are ETFs? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs)","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":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, How old are ETFs?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/how-old-are-etfs"}