Silver ETFs in hard asset flight

Physical silver. Driven by industrial demand for silver, and the same forces as gold.

4ETFs in this category

$30.1bnmoney in them

8.3%of hard asset flight’s money

SLVlargest unleveraged ETF, 87.6%

How they did, to Nov 2, 2026

	1 month	YTD	12 months
Category median	−16.8%	−29.3%	+3.5%
Its story	−6.9%	−7.5%	+3.4%
Broad US ETFs	−2.5%	+11.5%	+11.8%

1 month

YTD

12 months

Category median

−16.8%

−29.3%

+3.5%

Its story

−6.9%

−7.5%

+3.4%

Broad US ETFs

−2.5%

+11.5%

+11.8%

Every ETF here, largest first

#	ETF	Name	Assets	Share	12 months	Fee
1	SLV	iShares Silver Trust	$26.4bn	87.6%	+3.5%	0.50%
2	SIVR	abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF	$3.6bn	12.0%	+3.8%	0.30%
3	KSLV	Kurv Silver Enhanced Income ETF	$107m	0.4%	−2.9%	0.99%
4	YSAG	Y'all Street Physical Silver ETF	$3m	0.0%	–	0.39%

Other categories in hard asset flight

Gold 12 ETFs Gold and silver miners 17 ETFs Broad commodities 28 ETFs Platinum, palladium and baskets 3 ETFs Everything else 1 ETFs Leveraged and inverse 21 ETFs

Common questions

Which ETFs are silver ETFs?4 US ETFs sit in this category of hard asset flight. Physical silver. Driven by industrial demand for silver, and the same forces as gold.

What is the largest silver ETF?SLV, iShares Silver Trust, with $26.4bn, 87.6% of the category's money.

How have silver ETFs performed?The median unleveraged ETF here returned +3.5% over the last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026, against +11.8% for broad US ETFs. Past performance, not a forecast.