{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-digital-infra","section":"rankings","title":"The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"NXTG leads the digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most at +36.7% (total return, 1Y, one year), as of Nov 4, 2026.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most","numberOfItems":8,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"NXTG","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nxtg"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"KNCT","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/knct"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SNSR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/snsr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"IDGT","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/idgt"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"DTCR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/dtcr"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"UFOX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ufox"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"WUGI","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/wugi"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"name":"SRVR","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/srvr"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most","description":"NXTG leads the digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most at +36.7% (total return, 1Y, one year), as of Nov 4, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-digital-infra","dateModified":"2026-11-04","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The digital infrastructure ETFs that retur...","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-digital-infra"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most","description":"NXTG leads the digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most at +36.7% (total return, 1Y, one year), as of Nov 4, 2026.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-digital-infra","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":3219,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The digital infrastructure ETFs that retur... \n \n As of Nov 4, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most\n See 8 funds ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year. Updated Nov 4, 2026. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, so the gap from top to bottom reflects what they own, not the theme.\n The digital infrastructure ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs its benchmark 1Y Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 NXTG First Trust Indxx NextG ETF +36.7% +21.7 pts vs ACWI 37.6% 0.70% \n 2 KNCT Invesco Next Gen Connectivity ETF +34.8% not measured 65.3% 0.40% \n 3 SNSR Global X Internet of Things ETF +26.6% not measured 30.8% 0.68% \n 4 IDGT iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and +23.5% not measured 31.6% 0.37% \n 5 DTCR Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastru +20.7% not measured 69.5% 0.50% \n 6 UFOX Defiance Space and Connective Tech ETF +15.3% not measured 52.2% 0.30% \n 7 WUGI AXS Esoterica NextG Economy ETF \u22121.4% \u221216.2 pts vs VOO 75.0% 0.84% \n 8 SRVR Pacer Data & Infrastructure Real Estate \u22122.5% \u221217.3 pts vs VOO 62.5% 0.49% \n \n Method\n The 8 of 9 ETFs in the digital infrastructure and data centers theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Nov 4, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -2.5% to 36.7%. A year says what happened, not what happens next. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every digital infrastructure ETF and what it holds The largest digital infrastructure ETFs Sources\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers\u2019 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 Links are sources, not endorsements.\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. 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