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Index funds passed half of long term fund assets and hold 19 per cent of the US market
| Measure, year end 2025 | Value |
|---|---|
| Index mutual funds and index exchange traded funds | 19.1 trillion dollars |
| Index share of long term fund assets | 52%, from 19% in 2010 |
| Index domestic equity share of US market value | 19%, from 11% in 2015 |
| Active domestic equity share of US market value | 11% |
| All other investors | 69% |
| Index mutual funds | 7.7 trillion across 523 funds |
| US exchange traded funds | 13.4 trillion across 4,495 funds |
| ETF share of global ETF assets | about 70% of 19.2 trillion |
The 52 per cent figure excludes money market funds and commodity exchange traded funds, and no index share of total investment company assets including money market funds is published. The 19 per cent of market value held by index domestic equity vehicles is the figure that matters for any claim about index funds owning the market: the other 69 per cent is held by investors who are neither index funds nor active funds.
Index mutual funds and exchange traded funds held 52 per cent of American long term fund assets at the end of 2025, up from 19 per cent in 2010. Index domestic equity funds held 19 per cent of total US stock market value.
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