US tech shares dominated the top 10 shares traded on the Robinhood UK platform again in August as investors continued to position their portfolios in the world’s fastest-growing and largest AI and crypto stocks.
“Another month, another big showing for AI, crypto and tech in general among the most popular stocks in August 2025 on Robinhood UK,” said Dan Lane, Lead Analyst at Robinhood UK.
Top 10 stocks traded on the Robinhood UK platform in August:
- Palantir (PLTR)
- MARA (MARA)
- Tesla (TSLA)
- Robinhood (HOOD)
- NVIDIA (NVDA)
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Nebius (NBIS)
- SoFi Technologies (SOFI)
- Apple (AAPL)
- UnitedHealth (UNH)
Interest in AI shares remains intact among Robinhood’s clients, despite questions about whether the pace of growth can continue.
“A few worries that AI won’t be the big profit accelerator sector fans were hoping for shook markets towards the end of August. But, renewed hopes of a September interest rate cut helped keep spirits high nonetheless,” Lane explained.
“Palantir’s stock had a busy month, hitting all-time highs thanks to impressing the market with Q2 results, before calming down on the back of valuation concerns. A price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of over 100 clearly widened a few eyes and, with a recent report from MIT questioning the extent of corporate America’s revenue uplift due to AI, the stock trended downwards heading into the back end of August.
“Staying in AI, AMD had a choppy month, with the stock gyrating on a stream of news items including an announcement that the company, along with NVIDIA, plans to give 15% of revenue generated from Chinese chip sales to the US government. Data centre sales have been hampered by the revoking of AMD’s export license so, with this deal in the works, the firm will be hoping trade disruption is close to an end. It was a similar story for NVIDIA, with restrictions meaning zero sales of its H20 processors to China-based customers in its latest quarter. That said, the world’s most valuable company did beat earnings and revenue estimates and guided for sales growth this quarter to stay above 50%.
“Dutch AI infrastructure firm, Nebius, rose up the most popular stock list as its shares continued their post-Liberation Day rise. Bumper Q2 earnings and a guidance upgrade helped lift the stock in August, with broader AI nerves stepping in to stall the party somewhat from the middle of the month.”
Tesla shares are benefiting from investor interest in the autonomous vehicles story and how robotaxis could provide the next phase of growth for the company as EV sales growth falters.
“Tesla’s still among the most popular buys, with the stock making a charge in August on the back of announced plans to expand the company’s robotaxi service and word that a new full self-driving model is being developed,” Lane said.
“On the crypto front, MARA (the artist formerly known as Marathon Digital) makes the most popular list after Bitcoin’s summer rally breathed further life into appetite for miners and exchanges. That didn’t translate into another positive month for MARA stock though, with July marking recent highs.
“Fintech firm SoFi makes the list after investors lifted the stock on the back of beating Q2 earnings estimates and raising revenue guidance. An expanding user base and hike in profits prompted buying throughout August.”