Data as of Oct 20, 2026.

Thematic ETF map

On Oct 20, 2026, 96 of 316 thematic ETFs with a full year had beaten the S&P 500 over that year. Each tile below is one of 415 funds in its theme, with the fund's gap to the index.

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themes
415
thematic ETFs
96 of 316
beat the S&P 500 over 1 year

Funds by theme

Each theme is a row of tiles, the largest fund first. Choose a window to see every fund's gap to the S&P 500 over it; the page opens on 1 year.

Window

Technology

Semiconductor11 funds, $118.7bn in net assets: 9 of 9 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • SMH1 year +42.0 pts
  • SOXX1 year +55.4 pts
  • SOXQ1 year +48.7 pts
  • PSI1 year +52.3 pts
  • XSD1 year +19.2 pts
  • FTXL1 year +69.3 pts
  • EUV1 year ·
  • SHOC1 year +35.1 pts
  • SMHX1 year +23.2 pts
  • CHPS1 year +63.2 pts
  • SMHC1 year ·

AI36 funds, $36.6bn in net assets: 16 of 25 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • BAI1 year +6.4 pts
  • AIQ1 year +7.5 pts
  • ARTY1 year +30.3 pts
  • CHAT1 year +12.9 pts
  • IGPT1 year +41.6 pts
  • AIS1 year +49.2 pts
  • IVES1 year +0.4 pts
  • ROBT1 year −12.1 pts
  • AGIX1 year +2.2 pts
  • WTAI1 year +13.1 pts
  • ALAI1 year +3.4 pts
  • THNQ1 year +20.3 pts
  • KOID1 year −8.5 pts
  • FAI1 year +15.3 pts
  • XAIX1 year +16.9 pts
  • AIFD1 year +20.6 pts
  • AIEQ1 year −6.1 pts
  • LRNZ1 year ·
  • WISE1 year −42.7 pts
  • DRGN1 year −27.4 pts
  • DRAI1 year −6.1 pts
  • JHAI1 year +4.7 pts
  • NEWZ1 year −11.7 pts
  • WDRN1 year ·
  • PBOT1 year +12.2 pts
  • AGIQ1 year +1.3 pts
  • XA1 year ·
  • AINT1 year ·
  • EPAI1 year ·
  • KAIT1 year ·
  • AIUP1 year ·
  • LQAI1 year −1.1 pts
  • AIX1 year ·
  • HIAI1 year ·
  • HLTH1 year ·
  • TGRZ1 year ·

Cybersecurity7 funds, $24.2bn in net assets: 7 of 7 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • CIBR1 year +16.2 pts
  • HACK1 year +20.8 pts
  • BUG1 year +13.8 pts
  • IHAK1 year +14.9 pts
  • WCBR1 year +23.7 pts
  • PSWD1 year +9.1 pts
  • SPAM1 year +14.1 pts

Cloud computing8 funds, $18.9bn in net assets: 4 of 7 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • IGV1 year −21.9 pts
  • SKYY1 year +5.7 pts
  • XSW1 year −11.9 pts
  • CLOU1 year +7.8 pts
  • WCLD1 year +9.3 pts
  • FCLD1 year +32.5 pts
  • CLOD1 year −14.4 pts
  • XIGV1 year ·

Memory and storage5 funds, $18.7bn in net assets: none has a figure over 1 year yet
  • DRAM1 year ·
  • DISK1 year ·
  • HBMX1 year ·
  • KMEM1 year ·
  • PRAM1 year ·

Internet13 funds, $13.3bn in net assets: 0 of 13 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • FDN1 year −14.0 pts
  • KWEB1 year −51.8 pts
  • ARKW1 year −24.0 pts
  • PNQI1 year −21.5 pts
  • EMQQ1 year −43.5 pts
  • IBUY1 year −19.8 pts
  • OGIG1 year −28.0 pts
  • SOCL1 year −39.6 pts
  • ONLN1 year −17.4 pts
  • INQQ1 year −33.2 pts
  • FDNI1 year −45.2 pts
  • FMQQ1 year −31.8 pts
  • ISHP1 year −28.0 pts

Robotics9 funds, $7.6bn in net assets: 1 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • BOTZ1 year −24.7 pts
  • ROBO1 year −3.7 pts
  • ARKQ1 year −20.0 pts
  • FBOT1 year −2.0 pts
  • JEDI1 year −37.8 pts
  • IBOT1 year +5.5 pts
  • DRNZ1 year ·
  • RTOO1 year ·
  • CROB1 year ·

Quantum computing4 funds, $5.6bn in net assets: 1 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • QTUM1 year +11.2 pts
  • WQTM1 year −19.0 pts
  • QTUP1 year ·
  • CQTM1 year ·

Digital infrastructure9 funds, $4.7bn in net assets: 6 of 8 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • DTCR1 year +1.8 pts
  • UFOX1 year +7.1 pts
  • NXTG1 year +23.6 pts
  • IDGT1 year +8.0 pts
  • SRVR1 year −23.6 pts
  • SNSR1 year +3.5 pts
  • KNCT1 year +26.6 pts
  • RACK1 year ·
  • WUGI1 year −4.8 pts

AI infrastructure11 funds, $1.2bn in net assets: 2 of 3 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • AIPO1 year −11.6 pts
  • TCAI1 year +10.8 pts
  • CHPX1 year +46.7 pts
  • IVEP1 year ·
  • AIHY1 year ·
  • CAPA1 year ·
  • COOL1 year ·
  • CGPT1 year ·
  • AINF1 year ·
  • KSMH1 year ·
  • PHOX1 year ·

Photonics and optics3 funds, $523m in net assets: none has a figure over 1 year yet
  • LAZR1 year ·
  • LYTE1 year ·
  • FOTO1 year ·

Metaverse and immersive tech3 funds, $276m in net assets: 0 of 3 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • METV1 year −11.5 pts
  • FMET1 year −13.9 pts
  • ARVR1 year −2.8 pts

Humanoid robotics3 funds, $151m in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • HUMN1 year −23.7 pts
  • BOTT1 year −26.1 pts
  • CBOT1 year ·

AI lab6 funds, $40m in net assets: none has a figure over 1 year yet
  • ANTW1 year ·
  • OAIW1 year ·
  • DEPW1 year ·
  • XAIW1 year ·
  • AIMG1 year ·
  • MTAW1 year ·

Cooling1 fund, $12m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • HVAC1 year −16.2 pts

Energy and resources

Gold miners10 funds, $38.3bn in net assets: 0 of 9 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • GDX1 year −7.9 pts
  • GDXJ1 year −11.9 pts
  • RING1 year −4.7 pts
  • SGDM1 year −3.6 pts
  • SGDJ1 year −4.0 pts
  • GDMN1 year −25.5 pts
  • GBUG1 year −4.3 pts
  • GOEX1 year −8.2 pts
  • AUMI1 year −10.5 pts
  • AUAU1 year ·

Electrification12 funds, $13.7bn in net assets: 0 of 8 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • GRID1 year −6.8 pts
  • VOLT1 year −3.3 pts
  • ZAP1 year −13.3 pts
  • POWR1 year −10.3 pts
  • TRFM1 year −3.0 pts
  • ELFY1 year −13.0 pts
  • TPZ1 year −16.0 pts
  • POW1 year ·
  • FPWR1 year −7.1 pts
  • JOUL1 year ·
  • PWRZ1 year ·
  • KWH1 year ·

Nuclear and uranium10 funds, $11.5bn in net assets: 0 of 8 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • URA1 year −46.7 pts
  • NLR1 year −52.6 pts
  • URNM1 year −40.5 pts
  • NUKZ1 year −33.3 pts
  • URNJ1 year −53.5 pts
  • RCTR1 year −28.1 pts
  • URAN1 year −49.1 pts
  • SMRF1 year ·
  • UX1 year −13.4 pts
  • TNUK1 year ·

Silver miners4 funds, $8.5bn in net assets: 1 of 4 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • SIL1 year −6.6 pts
  • SILJ1 year −14.8 pts
  • SLVP1 year −0.7 pts
  • AGMI1 year +4.4 pts

Copper6 funds, $8.2bn in net assets: 6 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • COPX1 year +14.6 pts
  • ICOP1 year +17.6 pts
  • COPP1 year +20.5 pts
  • COPJ1 year +8.7 pts
  • EMET1 year +3.2 pts
  • COPA1 year +18.8 pts

Miners and metals6 funds, $6.6bn in net assets: 2 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • XME1 year −22.0 pts
  • PICK1 year +12.1 pts
  • GOAU1 year −13.6 pts
  • SLX1 year +21.4 pts
  • METL1 year −15.7 pts
  • NIKL1 year −40.2 pts

Water6 funds, $5.1bn in net assets: 0 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • PHO1 year −20.2 pts
  • FIW1 year −21.5 pts
  • CGW1 year −15.8 pts
  • PIO1 year −18.2 pts
  • TBLU1 year −19.2 pts
  • AQWA1 year −21.5 pts

Clean energy16 funds, $4.8bn in net assets: 0 of 16 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ICLN1 year −16.4 pts
  • TAN1 year −27.4 pts
  • QCLN1 year −20.3 pts
  • PBW1 year −40.5 pts
  • FAN1 year −5.1 pts
  • CNRG1 year −34.5 pts
  • ACES1 year −43.4 pts
  • SMOG1 year −14.3 pts
  • PBD1 year −19.2 pts
  • FRNW1 year −19.5 pts
  • HYDR1 year −25.2 pts
  • CCSO1 year −20.1 pts
  • KGRN1 year −43.6 pts
  • CTEC1 year −23.6 pts
  • RNRG1 year −21.2 pts
  • VCLN1 year −13.3 pts

Rare earth7 funds, $2.2bn in net assets: 1 of 4 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • REMX1 year −39.9 pts
  • SETM1 year −21.4 pts
  • REXC1 year ·
  • EART1 year −10.8 pts
  • FMTL1 year ·
  • ISTM1 year +4.0 pts
  • WDIG1 year ·

Agriculture6 funds, $1.8bn in net assets: 1 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • MOO1 year −2.5 pts
  • PDBA1 year −6.7 pts
  • VEGI1 year +0.1 pts
  • TILL1 year +2.8 pts
  • KROP1 year −5.1 pts
  • FTAG1 year −4.8 pts

Lithium5 funds, $1.6bn in net assets: 0 of 5 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • LIT1 year −3.5 pts
  • BATT1 year −12.1 pts
  • LITP1 year −33.8 pts
  • ILIT1 year −30.9 pts
  • ION1 year −12.4 pts

Energy security and critical technology5 funds, $925m in net assets: 0 of 4 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • IETC1 year −10.3 pts
  • CRTC1 year −1.9 pts
  • NSI1 year −2.5 pts
  • DRES1 year −0.5 pts
  • TSES1 year ·

Energy transition and decarbonisation9 funds, $847m in net assets: 5 of 9 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • USNZ1 year −0.7 pts
  • ETHO1 year +9.7 pts
  • IQSZ1 year +4.4 pts
  • EVX1 year −13.0 pts
  • NBET1 year +16.7 pts
  • PCLN1 year −0.1 pts
  • PWER1 year +17.7 pts
  • NVIR1 year +9.8 pts
  • ETEC1 year −22.3 pts

Electric vehicle8 funds, $595m in net assets: 0 of 6 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • DRIV1 year −10.3 pts
  • IDRV1 year −29.4 pts
  • KARS1 year −30.2 pts
  • FDRV1 year −26.4 pts
  • HAIL1 year −26.7 pts
  • EVMT1 year −3.8 pts
  • CABZ1 year ·
  • WATS1 year ·

Timber and forestry2 funds, $281m in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • WOOD1 year −19.3 pts
  • CUT1 year −15.1 pts

Coal1 fund, $66m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • COAL1 year −12.1 pts

Health

Biotech10 funds, $26.4bn in net assets: 8 of 8 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • IBB1 year +19.0 pts
  • XBI1 year +23.9 pts
  • FBT1 year +27.7 pts
  • PBPH1 year ·
  • BBH1 year +23.7 pts
  • PBE1 year +22.0 pts
  • IBBQ1 year +20.1 pts
  • BBP1 year +28.4 pts
  • BBC1 year +22.1 pts
  • TDNA1 year ·

Therapeutics and medical devices5 funds, $3.7bn in net assets: 1 of 5 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • IHI1 year −25.9 pts
  • CANC1 year +20.7 pts
  • PSIL1 year −8.8 pts
  • IBRN1 year −6.5 pts
  • MDEV1 year −11.4 pts

Genomics4 funds, $2.4bn in net assets: 3 of 3 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ARKG1 year +29.0 pts
  • IDNA1 year +54.5 pts
  • GNOM1 year +38.2 pts
  • GNMX1 year ·

Healthcare innovation8 funds, $156m in net assets: 4 of 8 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • OZEM1 year −7.0 pts
  • HELX1 year +9.3 pts
  • HEAL1 year −21.9 pts
  • BMED1 year +9.6 pts
  • EKG1 year +15.4 pts
  • THNR1 year −8.0 pts
  • WDNA1 year +20.2 pts
  • LGHT1 year −5.7 pts

Longevity and aging2 funds, $90m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • AGNG1 year −4.0 pts
  • YUNG1 year ·

Industrials and defense

Defense22 funds, $36.7bn in net assets: 0 of 14 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ITA1 year −17.2 pts
  • PPA1 year −15.3 pts
  • SHLD1 year −23.8 pts
  • XAR1 year −23.6 pts
  • IDEF1 year −20.1 pts
  • EUAD1 year −23.4 pts
  • MISL1 year −20.0 pts
  • KDEF1 year −32.1 pts
  • NATO1 year −19.7 pts
  • WDEF1 year −23.8 pts
  • GCAD1 year −6.4 pts
  • WAR1 year ·
  • WDAF1 year −25.3 pts
  • FOWF1 year −5.1 pts
  • ARMY1 year ·
  • TSSD1 year ·
  • WDGF1 year −20.1 pts
  • XDEF1 year ·
  • AMMO1 year ·
  • DUTY1 year ·
  • WR1 year ·
  • AV1 year ·

Infrastructure18 funds, $34.2bn in net assets: 0 of 14 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • PAVE1 year −5.0 pts
  • IGF1 year −9.5 pts
  • IFRA1 year −8.4 pts
  • NFRA1 year −10.7 pts
  • BKGI1 year −7.1 pts
  • GII1 year −9.8 pts
  • TOLZ1 year −6.7 pts
  • BLDX1 year ·
  • BILT1 year −6.7 pts
  • NFRX1 year ·
  • CSIO1 year ·
  • RIFR1 year −8.3 pts
  • RBLD1 year −4.8 pts
  • GLIX1 year −8.9 pts
  • IPAV1 year −11.6 pts
  • EFRA1 year −10.9 pts
  • UPGR1 year −34.4 pts
  • NGIF1 year ·

Reshoring and manufacturing8 funds, $8.9bn in net assets: 2 of 5 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • AIRR1 year −14.8 pts
  • WELD1 year ·
  • PEXL1 year +6.7 pts
  • MADE1 year −1.2 pts
  • NRSH1 year +7.3 pts
  • SUPP1 year −9.4 pts
  • KMCA1 year ·
  • PIEL1 year ·

Space10 funds, $2.4bn in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • NASA1 year ·
  • ARKX1 year −17.9 pts
  • UFO1 year −13.8 pts
  • MARS1 year ·
  • ORBX1 year ·
  • WARP1 year ·
  • GALX1 year ·
  • FSPC1 year ·
  • WSPC1 year ·
  • DIPR1 year ·

Shipping and logistics6 funds, $1.0bn in net assets: 3 of 4 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • JETS1 year −12.2 pts
  • BOAT1 year +64.8 pts
  • SEA1 year +37.4 pts
  • SHPP1 year +5.1 pts
  • DOCK1 year ·
  • HULL1 year ·

3D printing1 fund, $59m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • PRNT1 year −13.2 pts

Nanotechnology1 fund, $12m in net assets: 1 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • TINY1 year +16.4 pts

Consumer

Cannabis5 funds, $951m in net assets: 0 of 5 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • MSOS1 year −35.0 pts
  • MJ1 year −52.2 pts
  • CNBS1 year −38.4 pts
  • YOLO1 year −40.4 pts
  • WEED1 year −25.9 pts

Gaming and esports8 funds, $465m in net assets: 0 of 7 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ESPO1 year −27.1 pts
  • HERO1 year −28.9 pts
  • GGME1 year −16.2 pts
  • BETZ1 year −37.8 pts
  • GAMR1 year −15.6 pts
  • NERD1 year −29.5 pts
  • BNGE1 year −35.1 pts
  • ODDZ1 year ·

Travel and leisure3 funds, $382m in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • PEJ1 year −1.9 pts
  • AWAY1 year −35.1 pts
  • WNDR1 year ·

Millennial consumer1 fund, $89m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • MILN1 year −25.2 pts

Streaming4 funds, $57m in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • GOLS1 year ·
  • MUSQ1 year −27.4 pts
  • ODDS1 year −41.0 pts
  • DICE1 year ·

Pets1 fund, $33m in net assets: 0 of 1 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • PAWZ1 year −23.5 pts

Beauty1 fund, $1m in net assets: none has a figure over 1 year yet
  • GLAM1 year ·

Finance and crypto

Blockchain and crypto14 funds, $3.0bn in net assets: 0 of 13 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • BLOK1 year −38.2 pts
  • BITQ1 year −41.5 pts
  • WGMI1 year −63.0 pts
  • DAPP1 year −53.6 pts
  • STCE1 year −63.7 pts
  • BKCH1 year −64.5 pts
  • FDIG1 year −50.0 pts
  • CRPT1 year −50.9 pts
  • IBLC1 year −51.2 pts
  • BCDF1 year −10.3 pts
  • OWNB1 year −62.6 pts
  • SATO1 year −58.0 pts
  • BCOR1 year −41.6 pts
  • BLCK1 year ·

Fintech and digital payments6 funds, $1.1bn in net assets: 0 of 4 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ARKF1 year −33.8 pts
  • FINX1 year −43.2 pts
  • IPAY1 year −28.1 pts
  • BPAY1 year −31.1 pts
  • LATR1 year ·
  • KYC1 year ·

Stablecoins and tokenisation5 funds, $200m in net assets: 0 of 2 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • LEGR1 year −0.4 pts
  • NODE1 year −43.0 pts
  • TCAN1 year ·
  • STBQ1 year ·
  • TKNQ1 year ·

Broad innovation

Innovation30 funds, $13.7bn in net assets: 12 of 27 beat the S&P 500 over 1 year
  • ARKK1 year −23.1 pts
  • XT1 year +5.5 pts
  • QQQJ1 year +7.6 pts
  • ILDR1 year −2.5 pts
  • FDTX1 year +15.3 pts
  • FRWD1 year ·
  • TMAT1 year −15.6 pts
  • GTEK1 year +19.3 pts
  • FITE1 year +3.8 pts
  • LFSC1 year +19.1 pts
  • AOTG1 year −2.8 pts
  • FDCF1 year −10.8 pts
  • DTEC1 year −16.8 pts
  • HTEC1 year +19.7 pts
  • TEKY1 year −5.8 pts
  • THMZ1 year −10.2 pts
  • LENS1 year +7.2 pts
  • FMED1 year +3.9 pts
  • CARZ1 year +16.6 pts
  • FDFF1 year −14.4 pts
  • GDOC1 year −4.5 pts
  • TNXT1 year ·
  • BULD1 year +5.9 pts
  • DTRE1 year −13.4 pts
  • INVN1 year +14.9 pts
  • GXDW1 year −29.6 pts
  • BUYZ1 year −29.7 pts
  • ABOT1 year −2.2 pts
  • XDAT1 year −20.3 pts
  • ARIA1 year ·

How to read it

A tile is one fund. The figure is its total return, distributions reinvested, less the S&P 500's total return over the same days, in percentage points. A positive figure means the fund finished ahead of the index, a negative one behind it, and a figure within half a point either way is about even. A dot means the fund has no figure over that window yet.

The windows: 3 months Jul 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026; 6 months Apr 21, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026; 1 year Oct 20, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026; 3 years Oct 20, 2023 to Oct 20, 2026; since launch May 6, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026. Each is ETFIQ's calculation from daily prices; a fund younger than a window has none. A theme is a label, not a portfolio: the tiles in one row can sit far apart.

Every thematic ETF: all funds in one table, sorted and filtered

Thematic ETF methodology: how overlap, active share and the gap are computed

Vocabulary: the words on a thematic ETF card

Compare two thematic ETFs: head to head

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