## [# Fastest Growing ETFs of 2022](/sections/features/fastest-growing-etfs-2022) # Fastest Growing ETFs of 2022 These funds bucked the downtrend in the markets, managing to still grow their assets under management. [![sumit](/sites/default/files/styles/author_image_icon/public/2023-03/Sumit_0.png?itok=SO-7S5SH "sumit")](/authors/sumit-roy) [By Sumit Roy ](/authors/sumit-roy) Jun 21, 2022 Edited by: Lisa Barr [ + Follow ](/etf/login) Share Email LinkedIn Facebook X (Twitter) googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-article_page_302x26'); }); Loading Here at ETF.com, we talk a lot about asset flows into and out of ETFs. Each day, each week and each month, we put together lists of the ETFs that garner the largest inflows and the largest outflows of assets—an indication of where investors are putting their money to work. Most of the time, the same batch of ETFs finds itself on these lists. These funds are usually super liquid, extraordinarily cheap and have billions of dollars in assets. For example, year to date, the $241 billion [**Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)**](/VOO) and the $277 billion [**iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)**](/ivv) have had the largest inflows, totaling $24 billion and $16.2 billion, respectively. No matter how you slice it, those are sizable inflows. That said, VOO and IVV aren’t necessarily the ETFs growing the fastest. On an absolute basis they are, but not on a percentage basis. Year-to-date inflows for the two ETFs represent an increase of 8% and 5%, respectively, over their total assets at the start of the year. Those are solid gains for such large ETFs, but nowhere close to the top of the heap. On a percentage basis, there are loads of ETFs that have grown much faster in 2022—ETFs that almost never make our flows lists because they are starting from a much smaller asset base. In this article, we’ll take a look at these fast-growing funds, which, in many cases, are flying under the radar of the ETF investing public at large. ## **Measuring Growth** Admittedly, it’s much easier for a small fund to register a big percentage increase in its assets. A fund with only $1 million in assets under management simply has to grow to $2 million for its assets to double. Is that noteworthy? Not really. How about a $1 million fund growing to $50 million? Now that could be noteworthy for some; others might not pay attention until a fund grows even larger, into the hundred-million or even the billion-dollar range. That’s why we’ve put together two lists: one that showcases the fastest-growing ETFs of the year no matter their starting level of assets, and another that includes ETFs that had $100 million or more in assets at the start of 2022. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-in_article_unit'); }); ## **Most ETFs Shed Assets** Before we get into the list, it’s important to note that most ETFs have shed assets this year. Inflows have been impressive in the face of all the head winds hitting the economy and markets—in the year-to-date period through June 10, investors added close to $300 billion to U.S.-listed ETFs, despite a bear market in stocks and bonds. Even so, price declines have overwhelmed the inflows, so total assets in ETFs have declined from $7.2 trillion at the start of the year to $6.5 trillion currently (changes in AUM reflect price movements and flows). In that environment, the number of ETFs that have grown their assets is quite small. Only about a quarter of funds have seen an increase in their AUM since the start of the year. **Fastest Growing ETFs of 2022 (Starting AUM >$0)** TickerFundFund Assets Now ($M)Assets 12/31/21 ($M)% Increase[**FTXG**](https://www.ETF.com/FTXG)[**First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF**](https://www.etf.com/FTXG)**791****6****12166%**[**MFUL**](https://www.ETF.com/MFUL)[**Mindful Conservative ETF**](https://www.etf.com/mful)**87****1****6950%**[**PPI**](https://www.ETF.com/PPI)[**AXS Astoria Inflation Sensitive ETF**](https://www.etf.com/ppi)**71****1****5588%**[**MOHR**](https://www.ETF.com/MOHR)[**Mohr Growth ETF**](https://www.etf.com/mohr)**111****2****4370%**[**RISR**](https://www.ETF.com/RISR)[**FolioBeyond Rising Rates ETF**](https://www.etf.com/risr)**136****3****4305%**[**RULE**](https://www.ETF.com/RULE)[**Adaptive Core ETF**](https://www.etf.com/rule)**65****2****3334%**[TMFX](https://TMFX)[**Motley Fool Next Index ETF**](https://www.etf.com/tmfx)**29****1****2769%**[**TMFE**](https://www.ETF.com/TMFE)[**Motley Fool Capital Efficiency Index ETF**](https://www.etf.com/tmfe)**19****1****1829%**[**IBTK**](https://www.ETF.com/IBTK)[**iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Treasury ETF**](https://www.etf.com/ibtk)**79****5****1578%**[**OILU**](https://www.ETF.com/OILU)[**MicroSectors Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 3X Leveraged ETN**](https://www.etf.com/oilu)**48****3****1375%**[**FPAG**](https://www.ETF.com/FPAG)[**FPA Global Equity ETF**](https://www.etf.com/fpag)**17****1****1259%**[**WEBS**](https://www.ETF.com/WEBS)[**Direxion Daily Dow Jones Internet Bear 3x Shares ETF**](https://www.etf.com/webs)**62****5****1237%**[**XDEC**](https://www.ETF.com/XDEC)[**FT Cboe Vest Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF-December**](https://www.etf.com/xdec)**59****5****1165%**[**DFNM**](https://www.ETF.com/DFNM)[**Dimensional National Municipal Bond ETF**](https://www.etf.com/dfnm)**325****33****893%**[**SCC**](https://www.ETF.com/SCC)[**ProShares UltraShort Consumer Services**](https://www.etf.com/scc)**6****1****862%**[**ISVL**](https://www.ETF.com/ISVL)[**iShares International Developed Small Cap Value Factor ETF**](https://www.etf.com/isvl)**139****14****862%**[**RAYE**](https://www.ETF.com/RAYE)[**Rayliant Quantamental Emerging Market Equity ETF**](https://www.etf.com/raye)**23****3****813%**[**EQRR**](https://www.ETF.com/EQRR)[**ProShares Equities For Rising Rates ETF**](https://www.etf.com/eqrr)**93****11****774%**[**WEAT**](https://www.ETF.com/WEAT)[**Teucrium Wheat Fund**](https://www.etf.com/weat)**644****76****751%**[**LBAY**](https://www.ETF.com/LBAY)[**Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF**](https://www.etf.com/lbay)**51****6****729%***Note: Data measures the year-to-date period through June 17* ## **Heady Growth From A Small Base** Perhaps unsurprisingly, the first list includes smaller ETFs that grew their assets from a tiny asset base. That includes the [**First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG)**](/FTXG), which grew its AUM from $6 million to $791 million; the [**Mindful Conservative ETF (MFUL)**](/mful), which grew from $1 million to $87 million; and the [**AXS Astoria Inflation Sensitive ETF (PPI)**](/ppi), which grew by $1 million to $71 million. Most of the other funds on the all-encompassing list also started with less than $10 million in AUM at the start of the year. However, two notable funds that started with larger bases of assets are the [**Dimensional National Municipal Bond ETF (DFNM)**](/dfnm) and the [**Teucrium Wheat Fund (WEAT)**](/weat). DFNM’s AUM nearly grew by 10 times, from $33 million to $325 million, while WEAT’s assets exploded from $76 million to $644 million. **Fastest Growing ETFs of 2022 (Starting AUM >$100M)** TickerFundFund Assets Now ($M)Assets 12/31/21 ($M)% Increase[**DFCF**](https://www.ETF.com/DFCF)[**Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF**](https://www.etf.com/dfcf)**838****175****379%**[**COWZ**](https://www.ETF.com/COWZ)[**Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF**](https://www.etf.com/cowz)**5,797****1,270****356%**[**TFLO**](https://www.ETF.com/TFLO)[**iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF**](https://www.etf.com/tflo)**1,430****342****318%**[**GCOW**](https://www.ETF.com/GCOW)[**Pacer Global Cash Cows Dividend ETF**](https://www.etf.com/gcow)**550****136****303%**[**FXN**](https://www.ETF.com/FXN)[**First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund**](https://www.etf.com/fxn)**1,713****428****300%**[**SGOV**](https://www.ETF.com/SGOV)[**iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF**](https://www.etf.com/sgov)**3,231****815****296%**[**JAAA**](https://www.ETF.com/JAAA)[**Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF**](https://www.etf.com/jaaa)**1,422****378****276%**[**SCO**](https://www.ETF.com/SCO)[**ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil**](https://www.etf.com/sco)**420****114****268%**[**USFR**](https://www.ETF.com/USFR)[**WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund**](https://www.etf.com/usfr)**6,393****1,844****247%**[**EELV**](https://www.ETF.com/EELV)[**Invesco S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility ETF**](https://www.etf.com/eelv)**1,225****364****236%**[**IEZ**](https://www.ETF.com/IEZ)[**iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF**](https://www.etf.com/iez)**327****101****225%**[**FXZ**](https://www.ETF.com/FXZ)[**First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund**](https://www.etf.com/fxz)**1,676****519****223%**[**SPDN**](https://www.ETF.com/SPDN)[**Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 1x Shares**](https://www.etf.com/spdn)**411****129****220%**[**JEMA**](https://www.ETF.com/JEMA)[**JPMorgan ActiveBuilders Emerging Markets Equity ETF**](https://www.etf.com/jema)**1,029****334****208%**[**IEO**](https://www.ETF.com/IEO)[**iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF**](https://www.etf.com/ieo)**984****324****203%**[**DBE**](https://www.ETF.com/DBE)[**Invesco DB Energy Fund**](https://www.etf.com/dbe)**326****108****203%**[**PSQ**](https://www.ETF.com/PSQ)[**ProShares Short QQQ**](https://www.etf.com/psq)**1,418****478****197%**[**DNOV**](https://www.ETF.com/DNOV)[**FT Cboe Vest Deep Buffer ETF- November**](https://www.etf.com/dnov)**380****131****190%**[**PFIX**](https://www.ETF.com/PFIX)[**Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF**](https://www.etf.com/pfix)**320****116****176%**[**NRGU**](https://www.ETF.com/NRGU)[**MicroSectors US Big Oil Index 3X Leveraged ETN**](https://www.etf.com/nrgu)**1,671****608****175%***Note: Data measures the year-to-date period through June 17* **Larger Starting Point** Thus far, the ETFs we’ve looked at began the year with only a few million dollars in assets. The largest among those was WEAT, which started 2022 with $76 million in AUM. Next up are the ETFs that began the year with a larger asset base—$100 million or more. Naturally, the growth of assets for these funds is smaller on a percentage basis, but still extremely impressive. Floating rate bond ETFs, which provide steady income without the interest rate risk of traditional bonds, have been in vogue, as have ETFs that target highly profitable companies with strong cash flows—an appealing characteristic in a rising rate environment. The [**Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF (DFCF)**](https://www.etf.com/DFCF) grew its AUM from $175 million to $838 million; the [**Pacer US Cash Cows 100 ETF (COWZ)**](https://www.etf.com/cowz) grew its assets from $1.3 billion to $5.8 billion; and the [**iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF (TFLO)**](https://www.etf.com/tflo) grew its AUM from $342 million to $1.4 billion. For a full list of this year’s fastest growing ETFs, see the tables above. *Follow Sumit on Twitter* [*@sumitroy2*](https://twitter.com/sumitroy2) [ + Follow ](/etf/login) [ Sumit Roy Senior ETF Analyst ](/authors/sumit-roy) Sumit Roy is the senior ETF analyst for etf.com and author of (Don't) Invest Like a Pro. He creates a variety of content for the platform, including… [View Bio](/authors/sumit-roy) Related Topics [Equity](http://www.etf.com/topics/equity) [Fixed Income](http://www.etf.com/topics/fixed-income) [Active Management](http://www.etf.com/topics/active-management) [Agriculture](http://www.etf.com/topics/agriculture)