Japan is home to an estimated 88,463 developers using AI coding tools, spread across 26 cities we track — ranking #16 of 197 countries by tracked developer volume.
88,463developers (est.)
#16of 197 countries
26tracked cities
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Top cities in Japan by developers
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All tracked cities
| # | City | Developers | Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | 62,749 | 89 |
| 2 | Osaka | 5,918 | 71 |
| 3 | Kyoto | 3,155 | 66 |
| 4 | Yokohama | 2,685 | 65 |
| 5 | Fukuoka | 2,406 | 64 |
| 6 | Nagoya | 1,627 | 61 |
| 7 | Chiba | 1,622 | 61 |
| 8 | Saitama | 1,447 | 60 |
| 9 | Sapporo | 1,200 | 58 |
| 10 | Kobe | 850 | 56 |
| 11 | Sendai | 738 | 55 |
| 12 | Tsukuba | 736 | 55 |
| 13 | Hiroshima | 620 | 53 |
| 14 | Shizuoka | 510 | 52 |
| 15 | Kawasaki | 442 | 51 |
| 16 | Niigata | 330 | 48 |
| 17 | Okayama | 290 | 47 |
| 18 | Kumamoto | 256 | 46 |
| 19 | Kanazawa | 239 | 46 |
| 20 | Hamamatsu | 191 | 44 |
| 21 | Nagasaki | 173 | 43 |
| 22 | Kitakyushu | 108 | 40 |
| 23 | Utsunomiya | 57 | 35 |
| 24 | Matsuyama | 54 | 34 |
| 25 | Naha | 40 | 32 |
How this is measured
Figures blend public GitHub developer density with Google Trends interest in AI coding tools, refreshed daily — an aggregated public-data estimate. Full method · all countries.
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