{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a silver ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ finds 2 silver ETFs that own the metal itself, against 6 for gold, among 68 commodity ETFs. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf#article","headline":"What is a silver ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ finds 2 silver ETFs that own the metal itself, against 6 for gold, among 68 commodity ETFs.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf","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":"What is a silver ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a silver miners ETF a silver ETF?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It owns company shares, not the metal."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does silver swing more than gold?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It is a smaller market with industrial demand."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How many silver funds own the metal?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"2 as of Nov 4, 2026."}}]},{"@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":"What is a silver ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a silver ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ finds 2 silver ETFs that own the metal itself, against 6 for gold, among 68 commodity ETFs. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf","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":1688,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a silver ETF? \n \n What is a silver ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ finds 2 silver ETFs that own the metal itself, against 6 for gold, among 68 commodity ETFs.\n \n In plain words\n A physical silver ETF owns silver bars in a vault, and its price follows silver less the fee. Silver has industrial uses as well as an investment role, so it can swing more than gold.\n ETFIQ finds 2 physical silver funds, against 6 for gold. Check what a silver fund owns before comparing: bars follow the spot price, futures add roll cost, and a miners fund owns company shares, not silver. ETFIQ keeps them apart.\n Questions\n Is a silver miners ETF a silver ETF? No. It owns company shares, not the metal.\n Why does silver swing more than gold? It is a smaller market with industrial demand.\n How many silver funds own the metal? 2 as of Nov 4, 2026.\n Where to next\n Commodities Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is a commodity ETF? What is a broad commodity ETF? What is a gold ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a silver ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf 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, What is a silver ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a silver ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf Markdown [What is a silver ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf)","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, What is a silver ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-silver-etf"}