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How Many AI Developers in Kobe, Japan? (2026 AI Adoption Index)

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AI adoption in Kobe

Japan · #607 of 1,687 cities

Kobe, Japan is home to an estimated 850 developers working with AI coding tools — an emerging scene that ranks #607 of the 1,687 cities we track worldwide, with an AI-adoption index of 56/100. Here's how Kobe fits into the global picture.

850developers (est.)
#607of 1,687 cities
56/100AI-adoption index

Nearest AI hubs

The tracked cities closest to Kobe:

CityCountryDevelopersDistance
OsakaJapan5,91828 km
SakaiJapan2029 km
KyotoJapan3,15563 km
OkayamaJapan290116 km
NagoyaJapan1,627165 km

Japan's AI scene

Kobe is one of 26 cities we track in Japan, which ranks #16 of 197 countries by tracked developers (~88,463 in total). See the full Japan picture → Or check which AI does Japan prefer? →

How this is measured

Figures blend public GitHub developer density with Google Trends interest in AI coding tools, refreshed daily. It's an aggregated public-data estimate, not a headcount — read the full method.

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