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Below is a look at the most-searched tickers for August, along with how interest compares to recent months.
Current prices and year-to-date performance are based on Sept. 1 closing prices and do not include dividends.
1. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
- Current Price: $217.44
- 52-Week Range: $164.07 to $236.54
- Year-to-Date Return: +15.1%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 3rd/6th/7th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 3rd
- 2025 Search Rank: 3rd
2. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY)
- Current Price: $761.78
- 52-Week Range: $629.28 to $779.37
- Year-to-Date Return: +11.5%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 2nd/2nd/1st
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 1st
- 2025 Search Rank: 1st
3. Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX)
- Current Price: $142.23
- 52-Week Range: $104.83 to $225.64
- Year-to-Date Return: -11.6%
- May/June/July Search Rank: Not in Top 12/3rd/5th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
- 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
- Current Price: $1,536.87
- 52-Week Range: $50.07 to $2,354.39
- Year-to-Date Return: +458.4%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 5th/8th/9th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 5th
- 2025 Search Rank: 12th
5. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)
- Current Price: $933.44
- 52-Week Range: $114.26 to $1,255.00
- Year-to-Date Return: +195.9%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 1st/1st/3rd
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 2nd
- 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
- Current Price: $356.09
- 52-Week Range: $297.38 to $498.82
- Year-to-Date Return: -18.7%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 4th/4th/2nd
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 4th
- 2025 Search Rank: 2nd
7. Nebius Group NV (NASDAQ:NBIS)
- Current Price: $199.54
- 52-Week Range: $63.26 to $299.86
- Year-to-Date Return: +121.8%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 9th/Not in Top 12/11th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
- 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
8. Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR)
- Current Price: $179.92
- 52-Week Range: $106.38 to $207.52
- Year-to-Date Return: +7.2%
- May/June/July Search Rank: Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 9th
- 2025 Search Rank: 4th
- Current Price: $325.13
- 52-Week Range: $225.95 to $344.57
- Year-to-Date Return: +20.0%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 7th/9th/4th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 6th
- 2025 Search Rank: 7th
10. Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ)
- Current Price: $707.64
- 52-Week Range: $555.60 to $748.63
- Year-to-Date Return: +15.2%
- May/June/July Search Rank: Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/10th
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 7th
- 2025 Search Rank: 8th
11. Marvell Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MRVL)
- Current Price: $210.39
- 52-Week Range: $61.44 to $329.88
- Year-to-Date Return: +130.1%
- May/June/July Search Rank: Not in Top 12/5th/Not in Top 12
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
- 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
12. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD)
- Current Price: $459.61
- 52-Week Range: $149.22 to $594.73
- Year-to-Date Return: +105.7%
- May/June/July Search Rank: 6th/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
- First Half 2026 Search Rank: 8th
- 2025 Search Rank: 6th
Search Interest Changes
Newcomers to the Top 12 list for the month of August were Palantir Technologies, Marvell Technologies and Advanced Micro Devices.
All three of these names have appeared in the top 12 in the past, including several months this year.
For Palantir this was the first return to the list in more than three months and comes with the stock being the ninth most searched ticker in the first half of 2026.
Marvell was last on the list back in June ranking in 5th place and Advanced Micro Devices was last on the list in May ranking in 6th place.
The month of August was full of big changes to the leaderboard.
Nvidia ranked first for the month, which is its highest monthly placement in several months, and comes after the stock fell down the leaderboard in June and July.
SpaceX continued its strong place on the leaderboard, ranking third, its highest monthly place since its IPO in June. The stock has ranked in the top five each of the three months its been public, showing strong demand from Benzinga readers for news about the space company.
Nebius was another top mover in August, ranking in seventh place. This follows a ninth-place rank in May and an 11th-place rank in July. The stock continues to see strong demand from readers as a top name in the AI and data center trade.
Fallers this month include the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, Micron, Tesla and Apple. For Tesla, the month of August represented the first time the stock was out of the top four in months.
Dropping out of the top 12 in August were Meta Platforms (6th), Microsoft Corporation (12th) and the Defiance Daily Target 2x Short MU ETF (8th).
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