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Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 AIS VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supe +65.0% not measured 42.2% 0.75% \n 2 IGPT Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF +57.4% not measured 76.2% 0.57% \n 3 ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF +46.1% not measured 52.0% 0.47% \n 4 AIFD TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF +36.4% not measured 74.1% 0.75% \n 5 THNQ ROBO Global Artificial Intelligence ETF +36.0% not measured 44.3% 0.68% \n 6 XAIX Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Bi +32.7% +17.6 pts vs ACWI 70.1% 0.35% \n 7 FAI First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelli +31.1% +15.2 pts vs VOO 77.0% 0.65% \n 8 WTAI WisdomTree Artificial Intelligence and I +28.9% not measured 65.0% 0.45% \n 9 CHAT Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF +28.7% +12.8 pts vs VOO 55.5% 0.75% \n 10 PBOT Pictet AI & Automation ETF +28.0% +12.9 pts vs ACWI 60.7% 0.70% \n 11 AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Techn +23.3% not measured 64.7% 0.68% \n 12 BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active +22.2% \u221223.9 pts vs ARTY 54.4% 0.55% \n 13 JHAI Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intell +20.5% +4.6 pts vs VOO 68.3% 0.59% \n 14 ALAI Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF +19.2% +3.4 pts vs VOO 60.0% 0.58% \n 15 AGIX KraneShares Public-Private AI & Technolo +18.0% +2.2 pts vs VOO 54.3% 1.00% \n \n Method\n The 25 of 36 ETFs in the artificial intelligence theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 20, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from 18.0% to 65.0%. A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every AI ETF and what it holds The largest AI ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The AI ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-ai Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. 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