Japan is home to an estimated 85,428 developers using AI coding tools, spread across 26 cities we track — ranking #16 of 197 countries by tracked developer volume.
85,428developers (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 | 60,678 | 91 |
| 2 | Osaka | 5,646 | 72 |
| 3 | Kyoto | 3,028 | 67 |
| 4 | Yokohama | 2,590 | 66 |
| 5 | Fukuoka | 2,321 | 65 |
| 6 | Chiba | 1,586 | 62 |
| 7 | Nagoya | 1,573 | 62 |
| 8 | Saitama | 1,403 | 61 |
| 9 | Sapporo | 1,154 | 60 |
| 10 | Kobe | 809 | 57 |
| 11 | Sendai | 715 | 56 |
| 12 | Tsukuba | 701 | 56 |
| 13 | Hiroshima | 602 | 54 |
| 14 | Shizuoka | 492 | 53 |
| 15 | Kawasaki | 436 | 52 |
| 16 | Niigata | 314 | 49 |
| 17 | Okayama | 276 | 48 |
| 18 | Kumamoto | 249 | 47 |
| 19 | Kanazawa | 238 | 47 |
| 20 | Hamamatsu | 186 | 45 |
| 21 | Nagasaki | 167 | 44 |
| 22 | Kitakyushu | 104 | 41 |
| 23 | Utsunomiya | 56 | 36 |
| 24 | Matsuyama | 47 | 34 |
| 25 | Naha | 38 | 33 |
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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