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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3,492 courses, sorted by top ranked

#301DataCamp· Course
Machine Learning with Tree-Based Models in R
4.8 (285) out of 5 from 285 ratings10.8K learners4 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Free to startView course ↗
#302Udemy· Course
Supercharge AI with Knowledge Graphs: RAG System Mastery NEW
Paulo Dichone | Software Engineer, AWS Cloud Practitioner & Instructor
4.5 (1.2K) out of 5 from 1,175 ratings2.5 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#303Coursera· Course
Data Science Capstone
Johns Hopkins University
38.8K learners6 hours
All levelsData science
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#304Coursera· Course
Introduction to Predictive Modeling
University of Minnesota
4.8 (145) out of 5 from 145 ratings15.9K learners4 hours
All levelsAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#305Coursera· 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 ↗
#306Great Learning· Course
Getting Started with Agentic AI
Great Learning Academy
4.5 (426) out of 5 from 426 ratings18.1K learners2 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
FreeView course ↗
#307Coursera· Course
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Politecnico di Milano
37.2K learners4 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#308Domestika· Course
Creating Presentations with AI
Katya Kovalenko
4.9 out of 537.1K learners2 hours
BeginnerAI basics
PaidView course ↗
#309Coursera· Course
Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
4.6 (197) out of 5 from 197 ratings17K learners6 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
FreeView course ↗
#310Great Learning· Course
Supervised Machine Learning with Logistic Regression and Naïve Bayes
Great Learning Academy
4.4 (1K) out of 5 from 1,000 ratings22K learners2 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
FreeView course ↗
#311Coursera· Course
NLP: Twitter Sentiment Analysis
Dr. Ryan Ahmed
4.6 (377) out of 5 from 377 ratings16.6K learners2 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#312Codecademy· Course
Learn Prompt Engineering
4.5 (470) out of 5 from 470 ratings18.8K learners3 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
US$29.99View course ↗
#313DataCamp· Path or specialization
ChatGPT Fundamentals
4.8 (18) out of 5 from 18 ratings29.5K learners3 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Free to startView course ↗
#314Udemy· Course
AI Agent Creation Guide: N8N, Trinity, and Claude Code
Anton Voroniuk• 1.250.000+ Students, Anton Voroniuk Support, Eugene Vyborov
4.6 (808) out of 5 from 808 ratings5 hours
BeginnerCode with AI
PaidView course ↗
#315Coursera· Course
Generative AI Deep Research: Strategic AI Edge for Leaders
Vanderbilt University
4.7 (139) out of 5 from 139 ratings16.3K learners4 hours
BeginnerAI for business
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#316Alura· Course
Curso Python para Dados: trabalhando com funções, estruturas de dados e exceções
4.5 out of 535.3K learners8 hours
All levelsAI basicsPortuguese
SubscriptionView course ↗
#317Google Skills· Course
Using BigQuery Machine Learning for Inference
Google Cloud
4.3 (2.4K) out of 5 from 2,356 ratings3 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Free to startView course ↗
#318Udemy· Course
No-Code Machine Learning: Practical Guide to Modern ML Tools
Prof. Ryan Ahmed, PhD, MBA, Ligency
4.2 (3.7K) out of 5 from 3,747 ratings6.5 hours
All levelsMachine learning
PaidView course ↗
#319Coursera· Course
Leveraging Virtual Assistants for Personal Productivity
4.4 (202) out of 5 from 202 ratings28K learners4 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#320Coursera· Course
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations
Anthropic
4.7 (194) out of 5 from 194 ratings12.7K learners3 hours
BeginnerUse AI at work
FreeView course ↗
#321Coursera· Course
Artificial Intelligence: An Overview
Politecnico di Milano
4.5 (223) out of 5 from 223 ratings18.8K learners8 hours
BeginnerAI basics
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#322Udemy· Course
Write, Illustrate and Publish a Children's Book with AI!
Samson Vowles
4.6 (767) out of 5 from 767 ratings2 hours
All levelsAI for creatives
PaidView course ↗
#323Udemy· Course
Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs) In Python
Minerva Singh
4.3 (2.2K) out of 5 from 2,223 ratings3 hours
All levelsLLMs and agents
PaidView course ↗
#324Coursera· Course
Communicate Effectively about Ethical Challenges in Data-Driven Technologies
CertNexus
4.5 (105) out of 5 from 105 ratings25.6K learners4 hours
BeginnerEthics and safety
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#325Coursera· 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 ↗
#326Coursera· Course
Fake News Detection with Machine Learning
Dr. Ryan Ahmed
4.6 (266) out of 5 from 266 ratings15.4K learners2 hours
BeginnerMachine learning
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#327Pluralsight· Course
Data Science with R
Matthew Renze
4.8 (480) out of 5 from 480 ratings2.5 hours
BeginnerData science
SubscriptionView course ↗
#328Codecademy· Course
Python for Data Science: Working with Data
4.5 (264) out of 5 from 264 ratings18.7K learners9 hours
BeginnerData science
PaidView course ↗
#329Coursera· Course
Roadmap to Success in Digital Manufacturing & Design
University at Buffalo
4.7 (280) out of 5 from 280 ratings11.2K learners8 hours
BeginnerAI for creatives
Subscription, US$59/moView course ↗
#330Coursera· Course
ChatGPT & Zapier: Agentic AI for Everyone
Vanderbilt University
4.6 (140) out of 5 from 140 ratings18.9K learners8 hours
BeginnerLLMs and agents
Subscription, US$59/moView 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.