The U.S. ETF industry just had its best first quarter ever, according to the latest data from the folks at an ETF-focused research firm.

Last week, Debbie Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI, revealed that the U.S. ETF and ETP industry brought in a record $298 billion in net inflows in Q1 2025, accounging for 64.3 percent of worldwide Q1 ETF and ETP inflows of $463.51 billion, also a new industry record. (For the U.S., that's 18.1 percent above the prior Q1 high in 2021. For the world, that's 16.6 percent above the prior Q1 high in 2024.) (These findings are part of ETFGI's March 2025 "US ETFs industry landscape insights" report and ETFGI's March 2025 "global ETFs industry landscapes" report.) That's up by $65.82 billion year-over-year in the U.S. (from Q1 2024) and up by $65.9 billion Y/Y worldwide.

In March 2025, U.S. ETFs and ETPs brought in $96.24 billion in net inflows. They accounted for 60.6 percent of worldwide ETF and ETP inflows of $158.81 billion. March 2025 extended the U.S. inflows streak to 35 months running while extending the worldwide streak to 70 months.

U.S. ETFs and ETPs held a combined $10.4 trillion in AUM on March 31, 2025, up by $50 billion quarter-over-quarter from December 31, 2024 and up by $1.53 trillion Y/Y from March 31, 2024. As of March 31, 2025, the U.S. accounted for 68.5 percent of worldwide ETF and ETP AUm of $15.19 trillion (which was up by $340 billion Q/Q and up by $2.48 billion Y/Y).

As of March 31, 2025, the U.S. ETF industry included 4,140 ETFs and ETPs, up by 210 (4.2 percent) Q/Q and up by 683 (19.8 percent) Y/Y. The U.S. now accounts for 29.9 percent of the 13,832 ETFs and ETPs worldwide.

384 ETF and ETP providers operated in the U.S. as of March 31, 2025, up by 20 (5.5 percent) Q/Q and up by 68 (21.5 percent) Y/Y. 45.1 percent of the 852 ETF and ETP providers worldwide now operate in the U.S. 

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