2021 – Top Udemy Instructors (Over 900K Students)

On January 1, 2021, I began following the stats of the top Udemy instructors on this list. I have taken courses by several of them and am currently assisting a couple of them in maintaining their Facebook groups.  The following instructors have over 900,000 students enrolled and three of them are rapidly closing in the One Million benchmark. The thing is I can’t be sure that these are the only ones who have enrolled over 900,000 students. If you are reading this and know of others who should be on this list, please reach out to me on Twitter ASAP. Thanks.

Last Stats Update – 2/18/21

1. John Purcell
   Software Development Trainer

• Total students 2,228,914
• Reviews 170,060
• Courses (17)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/johnpurcell/

2. Jose Portilla
   Head of Data Science, Pierian Data Inc.

• Total students 2,185,313
• Reviews 714,168
• Courses (30)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/joseportilla/

3. Phil Ebiner
   Top-Rated Instructor, 2 Million+ Students

• Total students 2,152,904
• Reviews 271,872
• Courses (135)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/philipebiner2/

4. Rob Percival
   Web Developer And Teacher

• Total students 1,903,689
• Reviews 422,376
• Courses (37)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/robpercival/

5. Kirill Eremenko
   Data Scientist

• Total students 1,687,903
• Reviews 456,700
• Courses (38)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/kirilleremenko/

6. Maximilian Schwarzmüller
   Professional Web Developer and Instructor

• Total students 1,340,446
• Reviews 565,684
• Courses (35)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/maximilian-schwarzmuller/

7. Hadelin de Ponteves
   AI Entrepreneur

• Total students 1,225,981
• Reviews 237,948
• Courses (29)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/hadelin-de-ponteves/

8. Chris Haroun
   Award-Winning MBA Professor, Venture Capitalist, and Author.

• Total students 1,006,003
• Reviews 151,061
• Courses (54)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/chris-haroun/

9. TJ Walker
   Best Selling Personal Development & Habits Expert

• Total students 1,000,646
• Reviews 79,155
• Courses (196)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/tjwalker2/

10. Jonas Schmedtmann
    Web Developer, Designer, and Teacher

• Total students 991,795
• Reviews 210,585
• Courses (5)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/jonasschmedtmann/

11. Daragh Walsh
    Join 800,000+ Students In My Best Selling Courses!

• Total students 989,119
• Reviews 184,191
• Courses (13)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/daraghmichaelw/

12. Colt Steele
    Developer and Bootcamp Instructor

• Total students 941,527
• Reviews 304,888
• Courses (9)
• https://www.udemy.com/user/coltsteele/