# ETF statistics, by the numbers

> How many buffer ETFs sit at their cap, how many income ETFs beat their benchmark, how much of the typical thematic ETF is already the index.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Recomputed every trading night. Figures as of Oct 20, 2026 .

## ETF statistics

See category-level ETF figures, counted from every fund ETFIQ covers. 4,900 ETFs: 1,739 stock, 830 bond, 739 leveraged and inverse, 524 buffer, 415 thematic, 376 option-income, 86 alternatives, 69 commodity, 56 spot crypto, 49 allocation, 13 crypto futures or strategy and 4 other. Updated Oct 20, 2026. Free to cite with attribution and the date.

| Buffer ETFs on one outcome period of their own, Oct 20, 2026 8 issuers; 93 more hold a ladder of them or reset monthly, 524 in all | 431 |
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| Buffer ETFs at their cap 22% of the 431 on one outcome period | 95 |
| Buffer ETFs resetting within 45 days new terms are struck the next day | 48 |
| Option-income ETFs covered, Oct 20, 2026 61 issuers | 376 |
| Broad option income ETFs ahead of their benchmark over one year the 160 with a full year of figures; total return with distributions reinvested | 52 of 160 |
| Median gap to the benchmark, broad option income ETFs one year, the 160 with a full year | −0.8 pts |
| Median cash paid, broad option income ETFs one year, as a percent of the starting price, the 160 with a full year | 11.8% |
| Thematic ETFs covered, Oct 20, 2026 54 themes | 415 |
| Leveraged and inverse ETFs covered, Oct 20, 2026 485 on a single company | 739 |
| Leveraged ETFs that finished short of their stated multiple three months | 504 of 656 |
| Median distance from the stated multiple, leveraged ETFs three months | −4.5 pts |
| Underlyings sold at the same multiple by more than one issuer each fund page carries the whole group side by side | 136 |
| Weight of the typical thematic ETF in S&P 500 companies by its latest holdings filing | 32.0% |
| Spot crypto ETFs covered, Oct 20, 2026 12 coins, 2 too thinly quoted to measure | 56 |
| Spot crypto ETFs within a point of the coin they hold the fund’s return against the coin’s over the same days | 36 of 54 |
| Median distance from the coin, spot crypto ETFs a year, or the whole record for a younger fund | −0.2 pts |
| Median sponsor fee, spot crypto ETFs read from each trust’s own 10-K, S-1 or 424B3 | 0.25% |
| Spread between the cheapest and dearest spot bitcoin ETF 13 funds holding the same asset | 0.14% to 1.50% |
| Spot crypto ETFs that say in their filings that they stake only a proof of stake chain pays anything | 26 of 35 |
| Alternatives ETFs covered, Oct 20, 2026 9 strategies, 67 with a full year of weekly returns | 86 |
| Alternatives ETFs that rose when the S&P 500 fell their average week when the index fell, over 52 weeks | 17 of 67 |
| Median correlation with the S&P 500, alternatives ETFs weekly returns over 52 weeks | +0.61 |
| Median down-week capture, alternatives ETFs a fund’s average in the index’s down weeks as a share of the index’s | 39.8% |
| Alternatives ETFs ahead of T-bills total return against BIL’s over the same 52 weeks | 49 of 67 |
| Funds carrying a category score 7 categories, one score each | 1,633 |
| Funds in Stocks, Bonds, Commodities and Allocation Every fund in the four broad categories, also listed on one page at /core/ | 2,691 |

### What changed today

95 of 431 buffer ETFs on one outcome period sit at their cap today, 3 of them new since 2026-10-19. 64 buffer ETFs have their buffer absorbing losses right now. 18 buffer ETFs reset within 30 days; 7 reset in the last week and carry fresh caps. Over the last year, 52 of the 160 broad option income ETFs with a full year finished ahead of their benchmark once cash was counted and reinvested.

### Using these figures

Name ETFIQ as the source and state the date, for example: ETFIQ, data as of Oct 20, 2026, etfiq.com. The files are at Open data ; the method is on Standards . Counts are of the funds ETFIQ covers. That is not the whole ETF market.

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
Cite: ETFIQ, ETF statistics, data as of Oct 20, 2026. https://etfiq.com/statistics/
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