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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1,132 courses, sorted by top ranked

#61Coursera· Path or specialization
Generative AI for Business Analysts
IBM
4.7 (12.2K) out of 5 from 12,189 ratings9.8K learners34 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#62Coursera· Path or specialization
Generative AI for UI UX Design
IBM
4.7 (12.2K) out of 5 from 12,175 ratings10.3K learners32 hours
BeginnerAI for creatives
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#63Coursera· Path or specialization
Generative AI for Educators
IBM
4.7 (12.2K) out of 5 from 12,152 ratings6.6K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#64Coursera· Path or specialization
Generative AI for IT Systems Analysts and Architects
IBM
4.7 (12.2K) out of 5 from 12,153 ratings1.8K learners32 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#65Coursera· Path or specialization
ChatGPT + Zapier: AI-Powered Email Mastery
Vanderbilt University
4.8 (8.3K) out of 5 from 8,298 ratings7.6K learners16 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#66Udemy· 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 ↗
#67Udemy· 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 ↗
#68Udemy· 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 ↗
#69Coursera· 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 ↗
#70Udemy· 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 ↗
#71edX· Course
CS50's Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Python
Harvard University
1.7M learners28 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Free to auditView course ↗
#72Coursera· 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 ↗
#73Udemy· 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 ↗
#74Coursera· 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 ↗
#75Coursera· Path or specialization
Mathematics for Machine Learning
Imperial College London
4.6 (15.1K) out of 5 from 15,108 ratings283.9K learners16 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#76Udemy· 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 ↗
#77Coursera· 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 ↗
#78Udemy· 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 ↗
#79Udemy· 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 ↗
#80Udemy· 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 ↗
#81Udemy· Course
Data Science: Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Python
Lazy Programmer Inc., Lazy Programmer Team
4.6 (12.9K) out of 5 from 12,931 ratings12 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#82Coursera· Course
Building AI Powered Chatbots Without Programming
IBM
4.7 (3.9K) out of 5 from 3,876 ratings117.8K learners10 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#83Udemy· Course
Formação Inteligência Artificial: Do Zero ao Avançado (2026)
Andre Iacono | 440000+ Students | Author · Deep Learning AI Specialist |
4.6 (12.6K) out of 5 from 12,627 ratings25 hours
All levelsAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#84edX· Course
Data Science: Building Machine Learning Models
Harvard University
4.4 (133) out of 5 from 133 ratings733.5K learners32 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Free to auditView course ↗
#85Udemy· Course
Curso COMPLETO de Excel Básico ao Avançado + Dashboards + IA
Eduardo Yto
4.8 (4.9K) out of 5 from 4,906 ratings26 hours
All levelsData science
PaidView course ↗
#86Udemy· Course
Generative AI and Prompt Engineering For Absolute Beginners
Logix Academy | 200,000+ Enrollments Worldwide
4.5 (20.6K) out of 5 from 20,631 ratings22 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#87Udemy· Course
Claude AI: The AI Assistant You’ll Actually Use
Anna Kolenkina, FutureVersity School .
4.5 (19.9K) out of 5 from 19,945 ratings13 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
PaidView course ↗
#88Coursera· Path or specialization
AI in Healthcare
Stanford Online
4.7 (2.7K) out of 5 from 2,665 ratings101.2K learners16 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#89Coursera· Course
AI, Business & the Future of Work
Lund University
4.6 (2.6K) out of 5 from 2,621 ratings136.4K learners10 hours
BeginnerAI for business
FreeView course ↗
#90Udemy· Course
Generative AI in a Weekend: Build with ChatGPT & OpenAI
in28Minutes Official, Ranga Karanam | GCP Certification - Google Cloud Engineer & Architect
4.6 (10K) out of 5 from 10,024 ratings10 hours
All levelsUse AI at work
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.