EXCLUSIVE: Top 12 Most-Searched Tickers in October on Benzinga Pro – SpaceX Soars, Micron Rises, Nvidia Falls, CoreWeave and Microsoft Join List

Each trading day, Benzinga Pro features hundreds of headlines and press releases, allowing traders to access the latest market news and individual stock information.

Below is a look at the most-searched tickers for October, along with how interest compares to recent months.

• Micron Technology stock is showing upward movement. What’s pushing MU stock higher?

Current prices and year-to-date performance are based on Nov. 2 closing prices and do not include dividends.

1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY)

• Current Price: $752.10
• 52-Week Range: $629.28 to $781.62
• Year-to-Date Return: +10.1%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 1st/2nd/1st
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 1st
• 2025 Search Rank: 1st

2. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

• Current Price: $833.59
• 52-Week Range: $192.59 to $1,255
• Year-to-Date Return: +164.3%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 3rd/5th/4th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 2nd
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

3. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (NASDAQ:SPCX)

• Current Price: $136.37
• 52-Week Range: $104.83 to $225.64
• Year-to-Date Return: -15.3%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 5th/3rd/11th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

4. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)

• Current Price: $403.82
• 52-Week Range: $297.38 to $498.83
• Year-to-Date Return: -7.8%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 2nd/6th/6th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 4th
• 2025 Search Rank: 2nd

5. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

• Current Price: $606.73
• 52-Week Range: $520.26 to $779.82
• Year-to-Date Return: -6.7%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 6th/Not in Top 12/3rd
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 12th
• 2025 Search Rank: 11th

6. Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ)

• Current Price: $681.09
• 52-Week Range: $555.60 to $762.86
• Year-to-Date Return: +11.1%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 10th/10th/9th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 7th
• 2025 Search Rank: 8th

7. NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA)

• Current Price: $202.06
• 52-Week Range: $164.27 to $243.37
• Year-to-Date Return: +7%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 7th/1st/5th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 3rd
• 2025 Search Rank: 3rd

8. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)

• Current Price: $338.32
• 52-Week Range: $243.42 to $351.73
• Year-to-Date Return: +24.8%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 4th/9th/2nd
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 6th
• 2025 Search Rank: 7th

9. CoreWeave Inc (NASDAQ:CRWV)

• Current Price: $50.15
• 52-Week Range: $49.46 to $138.25
• Year-to-Date Return: -36.8%
• July/August/September Search Rank: Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: 9th

10. Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT)

• Current Price: $507.12
• 52-Week Range: $349.20 to $551.15
• Year-to-Date Return: +7.2%
• July/August/September Search Rank: 12th/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: 11th
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

11. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN)

• Current Price: $245.63
• 52-Week Range: $196 to $287.16
• Year-to-Date Return: +8.5%
• July/August/September Search Rank: Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: 10th

12. Robinhood Markets Inc (NASDAQ:HOOD)

• Current Price: $83.84
• 52-Week Range: $63.52 to $144.47
• Year-to-Date Return: -27.2%
• July/August/September Search Rank: Not in Top 12/Not in Top 12/12th
• First Half 2026 Search Rank: Not in Top 12
• 2025 Search Rank: Not in Top 12

Search Interest Changes

October saw major changes to the leaderboard of the most-searched stocks on Benzinga Pro.

Three newcomers joined the top 12 after being off the list for a while.

CoreWeave, Microsoft and Amazon.com were the month’s newcomers. Microsoft ranked in the top 12 back in July. CoreWeave and Amazon have not been in the top 12 for even longer. CoreWeave and Amazon both made the top 12 list at the end of 2025, suggesting they were more popular last year than this year.

The increased interest in these three stocks could signal the importance of the AI and data center trades.

Dropping out of the list in September were Oracle, Dell Technologies and Bloom Energy, which ranked 7th, 8th and 10th respectively.

The movers up the list for October were Micron, SpaceX, Tesla and the Invesco QQQ Trust. Among them, SpaceX had the biggest monthly gain in search interest, moving up eight places.

There were several stocks that moved down the list in September: Meta Platforms, Nvidia and Apple. Of the stocks seeing less interest in October, Apple was the biggest descent, going from second place in September to eighth place in October.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust remained strong in first place for a second straight month. The popular ETF typically ranks first or second each month.

Robinhood Markets ranked 12th for a second straight month.

With only two months left in the year, it will be interesting to see how many of the popular names stay on the list and which tickers made the top 12 in each of the 12 months of the year.

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