W. John McGuire

Partner

+1.202.373.6799

john.mcguire@morganlewis.com

VIA EDGAR

April 23, 2021

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549

Re: AdvisorShares Trust (File Nos. 333-157876 and 811-22110)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of AdvisorShares Trust (the “Trust”), we are filing, pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this letter certifying that the forms of Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from those contained in the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 177, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission via EDGAR Accession No. 0001829126-21-002662 on April 19, 2021.

Please contact me at 202.373.6799 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

/s/ W. John McGuire

W. John McGuire

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius llp
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