Exclusive: How do Tesla, Nvidia, GameStop, Trump Media stocks rank among the 20 most searched stocks on Benzinga Pro in 2024?

Each trading day is headlined by hundreds of headlines and releases on Benzinga Pro , your source for traders looking to see the latest news on the market as a whole and on individual stocks.

Here are Benzinga Pro’s most searched stocks for 2024. Data for November is not tracked.

1. NVIDIA Corporation NVDA

2. Tesla Inc. Tesla

• Current price: $403.84
• 52-week range: $138.80 to $488.54
• Annual return in 2024: +62.5%
• September/October/December Ranking: 3^RD/1^Yingshi/No.1
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 3^RD

3. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust spy

• Current price: $586.08
• 52-week range: $466.44 to $609.07
• Annual return in 2024: +24.0%
• September/October/December Ranking: 2^ND/4^th/No. 4
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 2^ND

4. Ultra-microcomputer SMCI

• Current price: $30.48
• 52-week range: $17.25 to $122.90
• Annual return in 2024: +6.8%
• September/October/December Ranking: 7^th/5^th/second
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 5^th

5. Apple AAPL

• Current price: $250.42
• 52-week range: $164.08 to $260.09
• Annual return in 2024: +34.9%
• September/October/December ranking: 4^th/8^th/Not in the top 20
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 4^th

6. Advanced Micro Devices AMD

• Current price: $120.79
• 52-week range: $117.91 to $227.30
• 2024 return: -12.8%
• September/October/December ranking: Not in top 20/7^th/13^th
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 6^th

7. Palantir Technologies PLTR

• Current price: $75.63
• 52-week range: $15.67 to $77.98
• Annual return in 2024: +356.2%
• September/October/December Ranking: 12^th/14^th/6^th
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 10^th

8. Invesco QQ Trust QQ

• Current price: $511.23
• 52-week range: $395.35 to $539.15
• Annual return in 2024: +27.0%
• September/October/December Ranking: 6^th/15^th/20th
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 9^th

9. Amazon.com Amazon

• Current price: $219.39
• 52-week range: $144.05 to $233.00
• Annual return in 2024: +46.3%
• Ranking in September/October/December: Not in the top 20/11/Not in the top 20
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 12^th

10. GameStop Corporation Society of General Mechanical Engineers

• Current price: $31.34
• 52-week range: $9.95 to $64.83
• Annual return in 2024: +88.0%
• September/October/December ranking: Not in the top 20/Not in the top 20/Not in the top 20
• Ranking for first half of 2024: 7^th

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Honorable mentions: The following are 11 stocks^th to 20^th The most searched stocks for 2024 on Benzinga Pro and their rankings for the first half of 2024.

11. Meta platform Mehta: 11^th

12. Mara Holdings Mara: 8^th

13. Trump Media Technology Group DJT: Not in the top 20

14.Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation:14^th

15.SoundHound Artificial Intelligence suen: 13^th

16.Coinbase Global coin: 17^th

17. Boeing Company Bachelor:18^th

18. Micron Technology mu: Not in the top 20

19. MicroStrategy Inc. Magnetic transmission technology: Not in the top 20

20.Intel Corporation international trade center: Not in the top 20

Why it’s important: Nvidia becomes Benzinga Pro’s most searched stock of 2024, with the stock regularly ranking in the top three every month. In 2024, Nvidia gained more than 170% and was one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index. In 2024, Nvidia also briefly became the world’s most valuable company several times.

Tesla ranks second in search volume, which isn’t surprising considering the company’s loyal fan base and the fact that the stock has been in the top three for the most months, including multiple months in the first.

The largest ETF, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, ranks third this year after ranking second in the first half of 2024 and being overtaken by Tesla at the end of the year. This ETF has been at the top of Benzinga Pro searches for years.

Super Micro Computer Inc. ranks No. 4 this year as it was one of the most closely watched stock surge stories, later triggering short-seller reports and concerns about fraud and accounting irregularities.

Apple ranks fifth, but if trends continue, the stock could drop down the rankings in 2025. Apple dropped out of the top 20 in December, which is quite unusual for the world’s most valuable company.

Palantir’s Benzinga Pro searches rose from 10 in the second half of 2024^th Ranked seventh from the first half to the end of the year. A sharp rise in the company’s stock price may have contributed.

Another hot storyline for 2024 is growling kitten, Also known as Keith Gillon social media, which sent GameStop’s stock price soaring in the months to 2024. Although the stock wasn’t as popular in the second half of 2024, GameStop ended 2024 still in the top 10.^th The most searched stocks and shares gained 88%.

soaring prices Bitcoin Bitcoin/USD In 2024, interest in some cryptocurrency-related stocks surged in the second half of 2024 and throughout the year as a whole. Bitcoin hit all-time highs after the 2024 election and reached the $100,000 milestone in December 2024.

Trump Media & Technology, a media company co-founded by the president-elect Donald Trumpranked 13^th In the year. The stock soared and interest was strong as the 2024 election approached, but fell after his victory and interest was minimal.

Overall, 9 of the 10 most searched stocks in the first 6 months of 2024 remain the most searched stocks for the year, with Amazon.com entering the top 10 and MARA falling to 12th^th place.

Among the 20 most searched stocks throughout the year, 16 were among the 20 most searched stocks in the first half of the year.

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