How are these AI courses ranked?

By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.

Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?

Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.

Are there free AI courses?

Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.

Where does the course data come from?

From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.

Can a platform pay to rank higher?

No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.

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#1Coursera· Course
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
DeepLearning.AI
4.9 (123.8K) out of 5 from 123,837 ratings1.6M learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#2Coursera· Course
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter Tuning, Regularization and Optimization
DeepLearning.AI
4.9 (63.6K) out of 5 from 63,550 ratings641.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#3Udemy· Course
ChatGPT: Complete ChatGPT Course For Work 2026 (Ethically)!
Steve Ballinger, MBA
4.6 (131K) out of 5 from 130,987 ratings19 hours
All levelsEthics and safety
PaidView course ↗
#4Udemy· Course
LangChain & LangGraph AI Engineer: Agents, Agentic RAG & MCP
Eden Marco
4.7 (55.4K) out of 5 from 55,411 ratings21 hours
IntermediateLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#5Udemy· Course
AI Engineer Agentic Track: The Complete Agent & MCP Course
Ed Donner, Ligency
4.7 (51.7K) out of 5 from 51,722 ratings21 hours
IntermediateLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#6Udemy· Course
The Complete Prompt Engineering for AI Bootcamp (2026)
Mike Taylor, James Phoenix
4.5 (170.7K) out of 5 from 170,707 ratings21 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#7Udemy· Course
The Data Science Course: Complete Data Science Bootcamp 2026
365 Careers
4.5 (162.6K) out of 5 from 162,586 ratings33 hours
All levelsData science
PaidView course ↗
#8Udemy· Course
Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp
Jose Portilla, Pierian Training
4.5 (161.3K) out of 5 from 161,332 ratings25 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#9Coursera· Course
Machine Learning with Python: Build Real-World ML Models
IBM
4.7 (18.5K) out of 5 from 18,507 ratings727.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#10Coursera· Course
Generative AI with Large Language Models
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (3.7K) out of 5 from 3,661 ratings452.9K learners20 hours
IntermediateLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#11Coursera· Course
Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (19.7K) out of 5 from 19,747 ratings407.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#12Udemy· Course
Data Science A-Z: Hands-On Exercises & ChatGPT Prize [2026]
Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.7 (34.9K) out of 5 from 34,919 ratings21 hours
All levelsData science
PaidView course ↗
#13Udemy· Course
R Programming A-Z™: R For Data Science With Real Exercises!
Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.6 (57.2K) out of 5 from 57,230 ratings11 hours
All levelsData science
PaidView course ↗
#14Udemy· Course
Artificial Intelligence: Reinforcement Learning in Python
Lazy Programmer Team, Lazy Programmer Inc.
4.9 (10.8K) out of 5 from 10,824 ratings15 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#15Udemy· Course
Deep Learning A-Z [2026]: DL, AI in Python & AWS + LLM Prize
Kirill Eremenko, Hadelin de Ponteves, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.6 (50K) out of 5 from 50,026 ratings23 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#16Udemy· Course
Machine Learning, Data Science & AI Engineering with Python
Frank Kane, Frank Kane, Sundog Education Team
4.6 (37K) out of 5 from 37,034 ratings20 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#17Coursera· Course
Introduction to Data Science in Python
University of Michigan
4.5 (27.3K) out of 5 from 27,304 ratings870.6K learners30 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#18Udemy· Course
Python A-Z™: Python For Data Science With Real Exercises!
Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Ligency
4.6 (30.7K) out of 5 from 30,711 ratings11 hours
All levelsData science
PaidView course ↗
#19Udemy· Course
ChatGPT & Generative AI - The Complete Guide
Academind by Maximilian Schwarzmüller, Maximilian Schwarzmüller, Manuel Lorenz
4.6 (30.6K) out of 5 from 30,578 ratings22 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#20Coursera· Course
Machine Learning in Production
DeepLearning.AI
4.8 (3.4K) out of 5 from 3,372 ratings162.8K learners10 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#21Udemy· Course
The AI Engineer Course 2026: Complete AI Engineer Bootcamp
365 Careers
4.6 (27K) out of 5 from 26,998 ratings30 hours
All levelsAI engineering
PaidView course ↗
#22Udemy· Course
Programação PYTHON: Do Zero a Inteligência Artificial 2026
Andre Iacono | 440000+ Students | Author · Deep Learning AI Specialist |
4.7 (14.7K) out of 5 from 14,738 ratings34 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#23Udemy· Course
[2026] Tensorflow 2: Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence
Lazy Programmer Inc., Lazy Programmer Team
4.7 (14.3K) out of 5 from 14,292 ratings26 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#24Coursera· Course
Applied Data Science Capstone
IBM
4.7 (7.5K) out of 5 from 7,450 ratings210.6K learners10 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#25Coursera· Course
Applied Machine Learning in Python
University of Michigan
4.6 (8.8K) out of 5 from 8,816 ratings333.6K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#26Udemy· Course
NLP - Natural Language Processing with Python
Jose Portilla, Pierian Training
4.6 (20.1K) out of 5 from 20,065 ratings12 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#27Udemy· Course
Curso Completo de IA Generativa: ChatGPT, Midjourney y más!
Santiago Hernández
4.7 (11.9K) out of 5 from 11,919 ratings23 hours
All levelsAI for creatives
PaidView course ↗
#28Udemy· Course
Deep Learning: Convolutional Neural Networks in Python
Lazy Programmer Inc., Lazy Programmer Team
4.8 (7.5K) out of 5 from 7,450 ratings14 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#29Udemy· Course
Generative AI with PyTorch: From GANs to LLMs, Multimodal AI
Javier Ideami
4.5 (34.6K) out of 5 from 34,557 ratings15 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#30Coursera· Course
Convolutional Neural Networks in TensorFlow
DeepLearning.AI
4.7 (8.2K) out of 5 from 8,225 ratings161.5K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗

How we rank AI courses

How are these AI courses ranked?: By what learners rate each course, weighted by how many people rated it, and by how many people took it. A 5.0 from 3 people does not outrank a 4.8 from 50,000. Courses with no ratings rank by reach.
Which AI course should a complete beginner start with?: Pick the Beginner level, then a topic like AI basics or Use AI at work. The top of that list is beginner courses with high ratings from many learners, and many are free to start.
Are there free AI courses?: Yes. Use the Price filter: Free courses cost nothing, and Free to start courses let you audit or try the first part before you pay for a certificate.
Where does the course data come from?: From each platform's own catalogue pages and public course lists: titles, levels, ratings, learner counts, length and price as the platform shows them. Prices can change; the platform's page has the current price.
Can a platform pay to rank higher?: No. The order comes only from ratings and reach. Some links may earn us a commission. Commissions play no part in the order.