{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-largest-gold","section":"rankings","title":"The largest gold miners ETFs | ETFIQ","description":"The largest gold miners ETFs, ranked by net assets, as of Oct 9, 2026. 10 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures. 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Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Net assets Weight in S&P 500 companies Total return, 1Y Fee Source \n 1 GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF $26.1bn 11.2% +18.9% 0.51% Issuer holdings, Oct 8, 2026 \n 2 GDXJ VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $8.2bn 0.0% +17.1% 0.52% Issuer holdings, Oct 8, 2026 \n 3 RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF $2.3bn 17.0% +22.8% 0.39% Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 \n 4 SGDM Sprott Gold Miners ETF $638m 7.6% +23.9% 0.46% Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 \n 5 SGDJ Sprott Junior Gold Miners ETF $323m 0.0% +29.1% 0.50% Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 \n 6 GDMN WisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Mine $210m 12.4% +8.8% 0.45% SEC filing, May 31, 2026 \n 7 GBUG Sprott Active Gold & Silver Miners ETF $170m 3.3% +24.2% 0.90% Issuer page, Oct 8, 2026 \n 8 GOEX Global X Gold Explorers ETF $118m 0.0% +23.0% 0.65% Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 \n 9 AUMI Themes Gold Miners ETF $25m 0.0% +17.0% 0.35% SEC filing, Jun 30, 2026 \n 10 AUAU Global X Gold Miners ETF $6m 12.9% too new 0.35% Issuer daily, Oct 8, 2026 \n \n Method\n The 10 ETFs in the gold miners theme, of which 10 publish net assets, ranked on the most recent figure for each. 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.\n Where to next\n Every gold miners ETF and what it holds The thematic ETFs least like the S&P 500 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 and no order on this site is an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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