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The 10 most popular stocks of 2022 revealed

Tamika Seeto
·Finance Reporter
Updated ·2-min read
Popular stocks. Australian money in wallet.
A new report has revealed the most popular stocks traded in 2022, with lithium and resources dominating the list. (Source: Getty)

Aussies invested in lithium and resources stocks in 2022, as well as meme and tech stocks.

Superhero’s annual Year in Trades review has revealed the most popular stocks on its platform for 2022 from its 220,000 customers.

“Despite ongoing volatility throughout the year, our customers continued to invest, with trading volumes consistently up, month on month,” Superhero CEO and co-founder John Winters said.

“Locally, there was a clear interest in resources – particularly lithium – with the top two traded Australian shares both being lithium stocks.”

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The report highlighted the generational differences in investing, with ETFs more popular among younger investors, and Baby Boomers preferring shares.

The most traded stock for Gen Zs and Millennials was Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ), while Gen X investors looked to Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Baby Boomers preferred Fortescue Metal Group (ASX:FMG).

Most-traded Aussie stocks

The top five most traded Aussie companies between January 1 and November 30 were:

  1. Core Lithium (ASX:CXO)

  2. Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS)

  3. Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG)

  4. Brainchip Holdings (ASX:BRN)

  5. BHP (ASX:BHP)

Core Lithium stole the top spot this year, with last year’s winner, Zip (ASX:Z1P), dropping off the list.

Core Lithium was popular across Australia and was the most traded stock in all states and territories except Tasmania.

Most traded US stocks

Looking to Wall Street, the top five most traded US shares for the same period were:

  1. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

  2. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

  3. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

  4. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)

  5. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

“On Wall Street, tech remained a huge focus for Superhero investors,” Winters said.

“Interestingly, following on from 2021, where three EV (electric vehicle) companies made the top five most traded US share list, only Tesla managed to hold its place on 2022’s list.”

Superhero also noted the re-emergence of meme stocks, particularly in the US market. It reported a 345 per cent spike in trades of Bed Bath and Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY), week on week in August, as well as interest in companies like Revlon, AMC (NYSE:AMC) and Gamestop (NYSE:GME).

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