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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#31Udemy· 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 ↗
#32Udemy· Course
Generative AI for Leaders & Business Professionals
Yash Thakker
4.5 (48.9K) out of 5 from 48,876 ratings12 hours
BeginnerAI for business
PaidView course ↗
#33Coursera· 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 ↗
#34Udemy· 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 ↗
#35Coursera· Course
Essential Tools for Data Scientists: Git, Jupyter & More
IBM
4.5 (30.4K) out of 5 from 30,397 ratings617K learners20 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#36Coursera· Course
Data Science Math Skills
Duke University
4.5 (13K) out of 5 from 13,025 ratings550K learners10 hours
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#37Udemy· 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 ↗
#38Udemy· 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 ↗
#39Coursera· 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 ↗
#40Coursera· 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 ↗
#41Udemy· Course
ChatGPT 6 Astra, Copilot, Midjourney, & DallE - The AI Bible
Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, Stemplicity Inc.
4.6 (22.3K) out of 5 from 22,253 ratings13 hours
AdvancedAI for creatives
PaidView course ↗
#42Udemy· 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 ↗
#43Udemy· 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 ↗
#44Udemy· 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 ↗
#45Udemy· 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 ↗
#46Coursera· 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 ↗
#47Coursera· Course
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Multivariate Calculus
Imperial College London
4.7 (5.8K) out of 5 from 5,787 ratings164.6K learners20 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#48Udemy· Course
[2026] Machine Learning: Natural Language Processing (V2)
Lazy Programmer Inc., Lazy Programmer Team
4.8 (7.3K) out of 5 from 7,297 ratings24 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#49edX· Course
CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
Harvard University
1.7M learners28 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#50Coursera· Course
Machine Learning for All
University of London
4.7 (3.5K) out of 5 from 3,544 ratings196.5K learners20 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#51Udemy· Course
Data Science and Machine Learning Bootcamp with R
Jose Portilla, Pierian Training
4.6 (17.9K) out of 5 from 17,890 ratings18 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#52Coursera· Course
Design Fundamentals with AI
Adobe
4.7 (1.8K) out of 5 from 1,824 ratings200.2K learners20 hours
BeginnerAI for creatives
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#53Coursera· Course
Natural Language Processing with Classification and Vector Spaces
DeepLearning.AI
4.6 (4.6K) out of 5 from 4,647 ratings225K learners30 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#54Udemy· Course
AI A-Z [2026]: Agentic AI, Gen AI, Prompt Engineering and RL
Hadelin de Ponteves, Kirill Eremenko, SuperDataScience Team, Luka Anicin, Ligency
4.4 (51.2K) out of 5 from 51,164 ratings18 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#55Coursera· Course
ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis
Vanderbilt University
4.8 (1K) out of 5 from 1,011 ratings145.3K learners10 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#56Coursera· Course
Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning
University of Alberta
4.8 (2.9K) out of 5 from 2,916 ratings113.1K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#57Udemy· Course
Complete Tensorflow 2 and Keras Deep Learning Bootcamp
Jose Portilla, Pierian Training
4.7 (8.9K) out of 5 from 8,949 ratings19 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#58Coursera· Course
Sequences, Time Series and Prediction
DeepLearning.AI
4.7 (5.2K) out of 5 from 5,166 ratings152.3K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#59Udemy· Course
ChatGPT Prompt Writing: The Complete Guide for Work
Marius Manola
4.5 (24.7K) out of 5 from 24,678 ratings18 hours
BeginnerAI for creatives
PaidView course ↗
#60Udemy· Course
Learn AI Tools & Build AI Agents for Software Testing
Rahul Shetty Academy - 1.3 Million Learners
4.5 (24.5K) out of 5 from 24,534 ratings12 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView 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.