US ETFs in numbers
As of 13 October 2026, 5,707 ETFs are listed in the US, by Nasdaq Trader's symbol directory. TickerInside has the holdings of 5,423 of them (95.0%) and the objective of 282 more, too new to have filed their holdings.
What kinds of ETFs are listed in the US?
Each ETF is counted once, in the group of its category. The largest group is US stocks, with 1,198 ETFs (21.0% of the list), then bonds (1,057) and option strategies (918). The median expense ratio is the middle value among the ETFs of each group that state one.
30.0% of US-listed ETFs use options or leverage: 918 follow an option strategy and 795 are leveraged or inverse.
| Group | ETFs | Of the list | Share bar | Median expense ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US stocks | 1,198 | 21.0% | 0.45% | |
| Bonds | 1,057 | 18.5% | 0.28% | |
| Option strategies | 918 | 16.1% | 0.79% | |
| Leveraged and inverse | 795 | 13.9% | 0.96% | |
| Sector stocks | 687 | 12.0% | 0.51% | |
| International stocks | 249 | 4.4% | 0.47% | |
| Country and region stocks | 185 | 3.2% | 0.59% | |
| Global stocks | 142 | 2.5% | 0.59% | |
| Emerging market stocks | 120 | 2.1% | 0.49% | |
| Multi-asset | 99 | 1.7% | 0.62% | |
| Crypto assets | 95 | 1.7% | 0.34% | |
| Commodities | 72 | 1.3% | 0.67% | |
| Alternatives | 54 | 0.9% | 0.80% | |
| Other | 34 | 0.6% | 0.45% | |
| Not classified yet | 2 | 0.0% | n/a |
Which categories have the most ETFs?
The 15 largest of the 103 categories, by number of ETFs. A category is set by what the fund holds, read from its own file or filing, by the rules on the categories page. All 103 are on the categories page, with what each requires.
| Category | Group | ETFs | Count bar | Median expense ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defined Outcome | Option strategies | 513 | 0.79% | |
| US Large Blend | US stocks | 444 | 0.40% | |
| Leveraged Single Stock | Leveraged and inverse | 367 | 0.78% | |
| Option Income | Option strategies | 261 | 0.77% | |
| Leveraged Equity | Leveraged and inverse | 216 | 0.99% | |
| US Large Growth | US stocks | 215 | 0.52% | |
| US Large Value | US stocks | 168 | 0.38% | |
| Technology | Sector stocks | 166 | 0.59% | |
| International Large Blend | International stocks | 142 | 0.41% | |
| Emerging Markets | Emerging market stocks | 120 | 0.49% | |
| Core Bonds | Bonds | 105 | 0.32% | |
| Intermediate Municipal Bonds | Bonds | 100 | 0.28% | |
| Thematic | Sector stocks | 100 | 0.63% | |
| High Yield Bonds | Bonds | 96 | 0.40% | |
| Target Maturity Bonds | Bonds | 89 | 0.10% |
What do US ETFs cost?
Of the 5,498 listed ETFs that state an expense ratio, half charge 0.52% a year or more. 448 charge 0.10% or less, 22 of them nothing at all. The expense ratio is the yearly fee the fund takes from its assets, as its prospectus or its SEC filing states it.
| Expense ratio, a year | ETFs | Of those stating one | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.05% or less | 156 | 2.8% | |
| Over 0.05% to 0.10% | 292 | 5.3% | |
| Over 0.10% to 0.20% | 513 | 9.3% | |
| Over 0.20% to 0.50% | 1,765 | 32.1% | |
| Over 0.50% to 1.00% | 2,251 | 40.9% | |
| Over 1.00% | 521 | 9.5% |
The lowest expense ratio stated in each group
| Group | Lowest | ETFs at it | For example |
|---|---|---|---|
| US stocks | 0.00% | 7 | BKLC, EDGQ, EDGX |
| Bonds | 0.00% | 3 | BKAG, FAAA, FCLO |
| Option strategies | 0.14% | 1 | XBOX |
| Leveraged and inverse | 0.14% | 1 | BILZ |
| Sector stocks | 0.00% | 2 | GGTL, GOLS |
| International stocks | 0.00% | 1 | TACN |
| Country and region stocks | 0.06% | 1 | VGK |
| Global stocks | 0.06% | 1 | VT |
| Emerging market stocks | 0.06% | 2 | SCHE, VWO |
| Multi-asset | 0.06% | 1 | UCBG |
| Crypto assets | 0.00% | 8 | BHYP, BRRR, ETHW |
| Commodities | 0.09% | 1 | IAUM |
| Alternatives | 0.10% | 1 | CTAP |
| Other | 0.00% | 1 | DIME |
Which are the newest US ETFs?
282 listed ETFs are too new to have filed their holdings, so their file gives the objective of their prospectus. Their newest prospectus filings are dated 2025-10-27 to 2026-10-09; the 12 most recent:
| ETF | Name | Category | Prospectus filed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACMG | American Century Mid Cap Growth Insights ETF | US Mid-Cap Growth | 2026-10-09 (497K) |
| XXSP | Subversive S&P 500 Redacted ETF | US Large Blend | 2026-10-07 (497K) |
| XXQQ | Subversive Growth 100 Redacted ETF | US Large Growth | 2026-10-07 (497K) |
| VGTX | XFUNDS Technology Income ETF | Multisector Bonds | 2026-10-07 (497K) |
| WTAL | WisdomTree Global Alpha Fund | Global Large Blend | 2026-10-06 (497K) |
| WSLS | WisdomTree Efficient Long/Short U.S. SmallCap Equity Fund | Other Alternatives | 2026-10-06 (497K) |
| SMTJ | Synera Funds Takumi+ ETF | US Large Blend | 2026-10-06 (497) |
| SLVI | NEOS Silver High Income ETF | Multisector Bonds | 2026-10-02 (497K) |
| CPU | Amplify Top 10 Semiconductors ETF | Technology | 2026-10-02 (497K) |
| WSPC | WisdomTree Space Economy Fund | US Large Blend | 2026-09-30 (497K) |
| ICMO | Symmetry Panoramic International Country Momentum ETF | International Large Blend | 2026-09-30 (497K) |
| EVNT | AltShares Event-Driven ETF | Other Alternatives | 2026-09-30 (497K) |
Each ETF's file gives the objective its prospectus states, its adviser and the filing it comes from, until its first holdings filing replaces it.
Who issues US ETFs?
85 issuers have ten listed ETFs or more, 4,599 of the 5,707 (80.6%). The largest is iShares with 481, then First Trust (328) and Invesco (247). An ETF's issuer is the brand its name opens on.
| Issuer | ETFs | Count bar |
|---|---|---|
| iShares | 481 | |
| First Trust | 328 | |
| Invesco | 247 | |
| Corgi | 204 | |
| State Street SPDR | 183 | |
| Innovator | 179 | |
| ProShares | 160 | |
| Direxion | 135 | |
| Global X | 118 | |
| Leverage Shares | 116 | |
| Vanguard | 116 | |
| WisdomTree | 96 | |
| GraniteShares | 91 | |
| Defiance | 90 | |
| VanEck | 90 |
Every issuer with a page: 21Shares (13), AAM (10), abrdn (11), AdvisorShares (14), AllianceBernstein (23), AllianzIM (60), Alpha Architect (13), ALPS (22), American Century (18), Amplify (47), Aptus (18), ARK Invest (13), Avantis (32), Bitwise (14), BNY Mellon (22), BondBloxx (20), Calamos (46), Cambria (20), Capital Group (25), Columbia (23), Corgi (204), Defiance (90), Dimensional (34), Direxion (135), DoubleLine (10), Eaton Vance (11), F/m Investments (13), Federated Hermes (12), Fidelity (85), First Trust (328), Franklin Templeton (68), Global X (118), Goldman Sachs (47), GraniteShares (91), Grayscale (17), Harbor (37), Hartford (20), Horizon (21), Innovator (179), Invesco (247), iShares (481), Janus Henderson (19), John Hancock (20), JPMorgan (78), KraneShares (36), Kurv (16), Leverage Shares (116), LifeX (12), Matthews (12), MFS (13), NEOS (20), Neuberger Berman (15), New York Life (22), Nomura (10), Northern Trust (49), Nuveen (28), Pacer (74), PGIM (70), PIMCO (23), Principal (17), ProShares (160), REX Shares (14), Roundhill (56), Schwab (33), SEI (11), Simplify (44), Sprott (18), State Street SPDR (183), Strive (11), T-REX (47), T. Rowe Price (38), TCW (13), Tema (13), Themes ETFs (11), Touchstone (10), Tradr (83), TrueShares (22), VanEck (90), Vanguard (116), VictoryShares (25), Virtus (26), VistaShares (13), WisdomTree (96), Xtrackers (43), YieldMax (61).
Which stocks did the most US ETFs hold, year by year?
The stock the most of today's US stock ETFs held in their SEC reports was Intel (INTC), 192 of them, for the fourth quarter of 2019, and Nvidia (NVDA), 727, for the second quarter of 2026.
| Quarter | Held by the most ETFs | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | INTC 192 | MSFT 191, VZ 189 |
| Q4 2020 | MSFT 253 | AAPL 237, NVDA 229 |
| Q4 2021 | MSFT 294 | AAPL 268, CSCO 264 |
| Q4 2022 | MSFT 335 | AAPL 316, CSCO 295 |
| Q4 2023 | MSFT 435 | NVDA 397, AAPL 373 |
| Q4 2024 | MSFT 499 | NVDA 478, AAPL 449 |
| Q4 2025 | MSFT 641 | NVDA 639, META 581 |
| Q2 2026 | NVDA 727 | MSFT 690, AVGO 651 |
Today's US stock ETFs in their SEC reports (Form N-PORT), each counted once a quarter; each stock's page gives its own count, quarter by quarter. How these are counted.
Where do the holdings come from, and how old are they?
Where the holdings of each listed ETF come from, and how old they are. The 688 stock ETFs read from their issuers' files are read every weekday night. An ETF read from SEC Form N-PORT is dated at the quarter end of its latest filing: from 2026-01-31 to 2026-08-31 tonight, half of them 2026-06-30 or later.
| Source | ETFs | Of the list | Share bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock ETFs read from their issuers' own files | 688 | 12.1% | |
| Other stock ETFs, from SEC Form N-PORT | 1,944 | 34.1% | |
| Bond and other fixed income ETFs, from SEC Form N-PORT | 922 | 16.2% | |
| Leveraged, inverse and option-based ETFs, from SEC Form N-PORT | 1,363 | 23.9% | |
| Multi-asset ETFs, from SEC Form N-PORT | 235 | 4.1% | |
| Commodity and crypto trusts, from their own SEC filings | 131 | 2.3% | |
| ETFs too new for a filing, from their sponsors' files | 140 | 2.5% | |
| ETFs too new for any holdings, from their prospectus | 282 | 4.9% |
The issuers read every weekday night: iShares (287), Invesco (153), State Street SPDR (92), Global X (89), Vanguard (67). How each source is read is on how the numbers are produced.
2 listed ETFs have no file yet, and the 53 exchange-traded notes of the directory are left out: a note is a bank's debt, not a fund, and holds nothing.
Go further
Every listed ETF with a page is in the ETF index. To see what two ETFs share, use the overlap tool or the most duplicated pairs; to see the companies under a portfolio, the portfolio X-ray; to see how much of each company ETFs own, ETF ownership; to see how much money went into and out of ETFs on the latest close, the daily ETF flows.
Read these figures as data
The list and its counts are in universe.json, each fund's category, expense ratio and filings in funds.json, both rebuilt every night, with no key. To filter the funds by these fields, see the screener API; an assistant connected to the TickerInside MCP server reads the same figures with list_etfs.
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TickerInside, US ETFs in numbers, 2026-10-13, https://tickerinside.com/us-etfs/, CC BY 4.0
Every figure on this page is read from universe.json and funds.json as this night's build wrote them. The list of US-listed ETFs is Nasdaq Trader's symbol directory of 2026-10-13. Measurements, not investment advice.
