The 2026 Index is a high-octane mix of trillion-dollar titans and speculative growth plays. The list shows the group’s maturation and a shift from short-term moon shots to sophisticated plays on the next era of technology.
Leading the pack are space race favorites AST SpaceMobile and Rocket Lab, suggesting retail investors are betting on the commercialization of low-earth orbit as the next frontier for massive returns.
The list also features Mag 7 members Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla, providing a surprisingly stable foundation of AI and cloud infrastructure. They are joined by Palantir and semiconductor giant Micron, two stocks with cult-like followings among retail investors.
The WallStreetBets community also voted Reddit into the index, effectively betting on the value of its own digital home. Bitcoin miner-turned-AI-host IREN rounds out the list along with the speculative growth play Nebius.
While institutional investors often dismiss the WallStreetBets subreddit as a den of degenerate gamblers, the collective buying power of millions of users remains a force to be reckoned with.
The market will be watching to see if this People's Index can outperform the S&P 500 or if it will fall victim to its own volatility.
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