Global X - Social Media ETF
$44.68+0.22 (+0.49%)
- 0.65%
- $87M
- −22.2%
- 0.49%
- 0M sh
- $44.52
- low $41.35high $60.05
The ETF.net SOCL Grade
C
Score 41 out of 100
- 21 of 31
Score 41 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B55 out of 100Rank 12 of 31Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F21 out of 100Rank 27 of 31Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D29 out of 100Rank 26 of 31Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D33 out of 100Rank 27 of 31Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 6 of 31
Our read on SOCL
CSocial media as one ticker: about 50 platform companies worldwide, tracked to a Solactive index. Running since 2011, which makes it a veteran of the thematic shelf.
The fund seeks investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Solactive Social Media Total Return Index, before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Pure play, not a sprinkle. The index targets social and communications platforms directly, roughly 50 of them, rather than burying a few inside a broad tech basket.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Global mandate, so the basket reaches past US names to platforms listed abroad, where much of the world's scrolling actually happens.globalxetfs.com
- The 0.65% fee sits right at the median for its innovation-theme peer group. Narrow focus, no novelty surcharge.
- Live since 2011 and rules-based: the fund follows the Solactive Social Media index through platform cycles instead of a manager's hunch about the next feed.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded and modest in size, so spreads can widen. Limit orders matter more here than in a mega-cap fund.
- About 50 stocks in one theme means ad-market swings and single-company headlines land harder than they would in a broad index.
- Broader innovation peers charge less for wider nets: KOMP at 0.20% and XT at 0.46%. The tight focus is the thing you're paying up for.
SOCL Holdings
- Stocks
- 49
- 70%
- META
Sectors
- Communication95.7%
- Technology3.1%
- Consumer Staples0.7%
- Industrials0.4%
- Consumer Discretionary0.1%
Geography
- United States44.88%
- China29.86%
- South Korea13.20%
- Sweden4.81%
- Japan4.59%
- Singapore1.05%
- Germany1.00%
- United Kingdom0.46%
- 0.16%
Developed 22% · Emerging 78%
SOCL Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
SOCL$7,780
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | SOCL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −19.3% |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | −4.1% |
| 1 year | −22.2% |
| 3 years | +7.2% |
| 5 years | −5.9% |
| 10 years | +6.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | SOCL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −19.3% | |
| 2025 | +31.0% | |
| 2024 | +5.1% | |
| 2023 | +31.1% | |
| 2022 | −42.2% | |
| 2021 | −12.8% | |
| 2020 | +78.3% |
SOCL in the news
SOCL Dividends
- 0.49%
- $0.22
- $0.09 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
SOCL Risk
- 20.9%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.20
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −62.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.21
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SOCL Cost
0.65%
SOCL0.65%
- The middle half of Disruptive Innovation funds
- Median 0.65%
11 of the 31 Disruptive Innovation funds charge less.
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