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?

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Can a platform pay to rank higher?

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#121Coursera· Course
Machine Learning for Data Analysis
Wesleyan University
4.2 (330) out of 5 from 330 ratings47.4K learners4 hours
All levelsMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#122Coursera· Course
Materials Data Sciences and Informatics
Georgia Institute of Technology
4.5 (352) out of 5 from 352 ratings19.8K learners9 hours
IntermediateData science
FreeView course ↗
#123Coursera· Course
Data Science with R - Capstone Project
IBM
4.6 (116) out of 5 from 116 ratings19.7K learners12 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#124Coursera· Course
SQL for Data Science Capstone Project
University of California, Davis
4.2 (268) out of 5 from 268 ratings44.9K learners40 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#125Coursera· Course
Statistics for Genomic Data Science
Johns Hopkins University
4.2 (383) out of 5 from 383 ratings41.6K learners9 hours
All levelsData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#126Pluralsight· Course
Data Science with R
Matthew Renze
4.8 (480) out of 5 from 480 ratings2.5 hours
BeginnerData science
SubscriptionView course ↗
#127Codecademy· Course
Python for Data Science: Working with Data
4.5 (264) out of 5 from 264 ratings18.7K learners9 hours
BeginnerData science
PaidView course ↗
#128Coursera· Course
Machine Learning with Apache Spark
IBM
4.5 (117) out of 5 from 117 ratings22.6K learners20 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#129Simplilearn· Course
Free Excel with ChatGPT Course with Certificate
4.4 out of 530.2K learners
All levelsData science
Free to startView course ↗
#130Stepik· Course
Big Data и Data Science: перейди на новый уровень
Stepik author
4.5 (212) out of 5 from 212 ratings18.2K learners6.5 hours
All levelsData scienceRussian
FreeView course ↗
#131Great Learning· Course
Big Data and AI
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (724) out of 5 from 724 ratings11.9K learners1 hour
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#132Great Learning· Course
Popular Applications of Data Science
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (585) out of 5 from 585 ratings11.9K learners1 hour
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#133Coursera· Course
Logistic Regression with NumPy and Python
Snehan Kekre
4.5 (396) out of 5 from 396 ratings14.1K learners1.5 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#134Coursera· Course
Data Cleaning & Processing with Copilot in Excel
Microsoft
4.4 (79) out of 5 from 79 ratings22.8K learners20 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#135Codecademy· Course
Getting Started Off-Platform for Data Science
4.3 (311) out of 5 from 311 ratings25.2K learners1 hour
BeginnerData science
PaidView course ↗
#136Great Learning· Course
Data Analytics using ChatGPT with Excel and Python
Great Learning Academy
4.4 (668) out of 5 from 668 ratings18.1K learners2 hours
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#137Great Learning· Course
Python for Machine Learning and Data Science
Great Learning Academy
4.6 (358) out of 5 from 358 ratings10.1K learners3 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#138Coursera· Course
Principal Component Analysis with NumPy
Snehan Kekre
4.6 (298) out of 5 from 298 ratings11.5K learners1.5 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#139Coursera· Course
The Data Science Profession – Student View
University of London
4.6 (92) out of 5 from 92 ratings16.6K learners4 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#140Great Learning· Course
Python for Data Science
Great Learning Academy
4.6 (655) out of 5 from 655 ratings10.3K learners1.5 hours
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#141Coursera· Course
GenAI in Data Analytics
Meta
4.6 (104) out of 5 from 104 ratings16.2K learners4 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#142Coursera· Course
Chat with Your Data: Generative AI-Powered SQL Data Analysis
Vanderbilt University
4.8 (86) out of 5 from 86 ratings13.2K learners4 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#143Stepik· Course
Python for Data Science: Практика Numpy
Stepik author
4.8 (216) out of 5 from 216 ratings7.8K learners6 hours
BeginnerData scienceRussian
FreeView course ↗
#144DataCamp· Course
Machine Learning for Marketing Analytics in R
4.8 (74) out of 5 from 74 ratings13.6K learners4 hours
IntermediateMachine learning
Free to startView course ↗
#145Coursera· Course
ChatGPT + Excel: Master AI-driven Formulas & Visualizations
Vanderbilt University
4.8 (81) out of 5 from 81 ratings12.5K learners4 hours
BeginnerData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#146Great Learning· Course
Career in Data Science
Great Learning Academy
4.4 (320) out of 5 from 320 ratings16.5K learners1 hour
BeginnerData science
FreeView course ↗
#147edX· Course
Computational Thinking and Big Data
Adelaide University
22.8K learners40 hours
BeginnerData science
Free to auditView course ↗
#148Coursera· Course
Introduction to Generative AI for Data Analysis
Microsoft
4.2 (108) out of 5 from 108 ratings25.2K learners20 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#149Coursera· Course
Data Visualization with Plotly Express
Snehan Kekre
4.7 (269) out of 5 from 269 ratings9.1K learners1.5 hours
IntermediateData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#150Simplilearn· Course
Applied Data Science with Python
4.5 out of 520K learners
All levelsData science
Free to startView 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.