The largest gold miners ETFs
Every fund here is sold on gold miners. What each one holds, and how much of it the S&P 500 already holds for you, is the column beside the size.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Net assets ↓ | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Total return, 1Y | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDX | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | $26.1bn | 11.2% | +18.9% | 0.51% | Issuer holdings, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 2 | GDXJ | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | $8.2bn | 0.0% | +17.1% | 0.52% | Issuer holdings, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 3 | RING | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF | $2.3bn | 17.0% | +22.8% | 0.39% | Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 4 | SGDM | Sprott Gold Miners ETF | $638m | 7.6% | +23.9% | 0.46% | Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 5 | SGDJ | Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF | $323m | 0.0% | +29.1% | 0.50% | Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 6 | GDMN | WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Mine | $210m | 12.4% | +8.8% | 0.45% | SEC filing, May 31, 2026 |
| 7 | GBUG | Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF | $170m | 3.3% | +24.2% | 0.90% | Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 8 | GOEX | Global X Gold Explorers ETF | $118m | 0.0% | +23.0% | 0.65% | Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 |
| 9 | AUMI | Themes Gold Miners ETF | $25m | 0.0% | +17.0% | 0.35% | SEC filing, Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10 | AUAU | Global X Gold Miners ETF | $6m | 12.9% | too new | 0.35% | Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 |
Method
The 10 ETFs in the gold miners theme, of which 10 publish net assets, ranked on the most recent figure for each.
The rest of the method
Across the funds listed here the weight held in S&P 500 companies runs from 0.0% to 17.0%. Size is not a measure of anything a fund did. It is where the money is. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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ETFIQ, The largest gold miners ETFs, ranked by net assets, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-gold
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