Exchange-traded funds have been around for more than three decades, but if new fund launches are any clue, growth in the category is still strong. A record 1,490 exchange-traded products opened from the start of 2025 through April 2026 — bumping up the total of listed ETFs in the U.S. today to more than 5,100.
And investors are piling in. More than 15 of the newly minted ETFs each have more than $1 billion in assets already. “For a new fund to get even close to $1 billion in assets in its first year is rare,” says Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at TMX VettaFi, a data research firm that focuses on ETFs. Another 25 new ETFs are well on their way to that mark, with more than $600 million in assets each.
