How many AI researchers are there in Taiwan?

As of October 2026, the index holds 5 593 researchers whose institution sits in Taiwan, 0.8% of everyone with a known country.

Where do you find AI researchers in Taiwan?

National Taiwan University, 991, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 772, National Tsing Hua University, 323. Together they hold 37% of the country's indexed researchers.

What is Taiwan strongest in?

Music and Audio Processing, at 3.2 times the world share.

Is the pool of AI researchers in Taiwan growing?

Yes, slower than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 556 people in Taiwan published for the first time, against 597 over the three years before, a ratio of 0.9 where the world sits at 1.1.

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The short answer

By number of indexed researchers, Taiwan ranks 17th of 132 countries, with 5 593 profiles.

Music and Audio Processing is where Taiwan stands apart. 268 researchers, 2.4% of the country's total, against a world share of 0.7%.

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques is the subject newcomers in Taiwan pick up fastest: 44 started on it between 2023 and 2025, and its share of new entrants is 3.4 times its share in the previous window.

What stands out

Per million inhabitants, Taiwan has 239 AI researchers in the index against 89 worldwide, 2.7 times the world figure.

Taiwan holds 0.8% of the researchers with a known country and 0.3% of the world's population, 2.7 times its demographic weight.

Measured on 2025 alone, entry into Taiwan ran at 0.5 times its three-year average, where the world ran at 0.8.

6.5% of the AI researchers indexed in Taiwan sit in a company rather than a university, 73% of the world share of 8.9%.

Subjects

The single most common subject is Topic Modeling, on which 7.5% of Taiwan's subject assignments fall.

Subject reports: Natural Language Processing Techniques, Multimodal Machine Learning Applications, Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis.

Subjects of 5 593 indexed researchers in Taiwan, OpenAlex taxonomy, one person can carry several subjects.
Subject	Researchers	Share here	Share worldwide
Topic Modeling	850	7.5%	7.9%
Advanced Neural Network Applications	545	4.8%	4.4%
Natural Language Processing Techniques	545	4.8%	4.3%
Speech Recognition and Synthesis	380	3.4%	1.3%
Multimodal Machine Learning Applications	368	3.3%	3.9%
Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis	333	3.0%	2.6%
Music and Audio Processing	268	2.4%	0.7%
Human Pose and Action Recognition	172	1.5%	1.4%

Newcomers by year

Newcomers between 2023 and 2025 number 556 in Taiwan, against 597 between 2020 and 2022: a ratio of 0.9, where the world sits at 1.1.

Researchers by year of first publication, up to 2025, the last full year indexed.
First publication	New in Taiwan	Share of the world's newcomers
2019	108	0.6%
2020	168	0.8%
2021	172	0.7%
2022	257	0.8%
2023	206	0.7%
2024	233	0.8%
2025	117	0.5%

Institutions

37% of the country's researchers sit in three institutions, led by National Taiwan University.

National Taiwan University is the largest, with 991 indexed researchers, barely ahead of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University at 772. No single place dominates here.

Largest institutions by indexed researchers, named from twenty people.
Institution	Researchers	Share of the country
National Taiwan University	991	18%
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University	772	14%
National Tsing Hua University	323	5.8%

Compared with its peers

Read against Brazil and Russia, the two nearest countries by headcount, the differences are in the rates, not the totals. The gap that stands out is the researchers per million inhabitants: 239 here against 29 for those two.

Same measures, three countries of similar size.
	Taiwan	Brazil	Russia
Researchers	5 593	5 124	5 078
Per million inhabitants	239	24	35
In a company	6.5%	2.1%	2.8%
Early career	38%	45%	58%
Newcomers, recent against previous window	0.9	0.8	0.9

Common questions

How many AI researchers are there in Taiwan?: As of October 2026, the index holds 5 593 researchers whose institution sits in Taiwan, 0.8% of everyone with a known country.
Where do you find AI researchers in Taiwan?: National Taiwan University, 991, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 772, National Tsing Hua University, 323. Together they hold 37% of the country's indexed researchers.
What is Taiwan strongest in?: Music and Audio Processing, at 3.2 times the world share.
Is the pool of AI researchers in Taiwan growing?: Yes, slower than the world. Between 2023 and 2025, 556 people in Taiwan published for the first time, against 597 over the three years before, a ratio of 0.9 where the world sits at 1.1.