A list of astronomers with over 1,000 followers. This list includes astrophysicists, cosmologists, planetary scientists, space scientists, and related professionals. Also see Physicists on Twitter.
| # | Account | Peer followers |
| 1. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: 'The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)'. Personal account. She/her. Dr. Amherst, MA astrokatie.com/book Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 2% new, 87% replies, 8% retweets, 3% quotes On 4,318 user lists 394,977 followers | 404 |
| 2. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use likes for bookmarks; no endorsement implied. He/him. Boulder about.me/philplait Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 77% replies, 5% retweets, 9% quotes On 12,260 user lists 620,976 followers | 352 |
| 3. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Planetary scientist, space boffin, moon maven, lagrangian lieutenant, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 51% replies, 25% retweets, 11% quotes On 4,715 user lists 173,226 followers | 336 |
| 4. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 46% new, 48% replies, 0% retweets, 6% quotes On 45,235 user lists 14,585,351 followers | 242 |
| 5. |  Dr Becky Smethurst@drbecky_ Astrophysicist researching how supermassive black holes affect galaxies. I get overly enthusiastic about space on YouTube: youtube.com/drbecky Oxford, England drbecky.uk.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 63% replies, 10% retweets, 16% quotes On 338 user lists 21,493 followers | 215 |
| 6. |  Dr. Nicole *Vaccinate AND Mask* Gugliucci@NoisyAstronomer A physics professor who loves education, astronomy, dogs, books, weights, and good trouble. She/her ❤️💜💙 Tweets mine; RT/like≠endorse New Hampshire, USA Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 49% replies, 25% retweets, 18% quotes On 983 user lists 21,554 followers | 201 |
| 7. |  James Davenport, PhD@jradavenport Dad, astronomer, professor, maker of data & science things. Studying stars, looking for aliens. All opinions are my own. #BlackLivesMatter Seattle, WA jradavenport.github.io Google Scholar page Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 42% replies, 35% retweets, 5% quotes On 175 user lists 3,841 followers | 186 |
| 8. |  P(David|Kipping) ∝ P(Kipping|David) P(David)@david_kipping Exoplanets & Exomoons, Cool Worlds Lab, Columbia University. He/Him Manhattan, NY coolworldslab.com Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 63% replies, 11% retweets, 9% quotes On 192 user lists 7,780 followers | 183 |
| 9. |  TrueSciPhi / Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi A window on science, philosophy, and mathematics communities on social media, by Kelly Truelove (physics PhD). Lists: TrueSciPhi.org. Images: TrueSciPhi.art. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org Google Scholar page Video channel 5 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 38% new, 13% replies, 39% retweets, 11% quotes On 301 user lists 9,666 followers | 165 |
| 10. |  Peter Coles 🇮🇪 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🎹🎷🎼🎶@telescoper Theoretical astrophysicist specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it (e.g. jazz, opera, poetry & crosswords). Pronouns: he/him/his Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 34% new, 33% replies, 21% retweets, 14% quotes On 301 user lists 6,461 followers | 163 |
| 11. |  Dr. James O'Donoghue@physicsJ Planetary Astronomer @JAXA_en, previously @NASA. Observer of Jupiter and Saturn. Dad, husband and amateur animator. Tweets mine. Tokyo, Japan youtube.com/jayphys85/vide… Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 4% new, 65% replies, 25% retweets, 6% quotes On 1,026 user lists 122,323 followers | 156 |
| 12. |  Ian J. O'Neill@astroengine @NASAJPL news media rep for asteroids, comets, robots, Earth sci, space tech and the Deep Space Network. Solar physicist at heart. Opinions are mine. He/him. Porter Ranch, Los Angeles jpl.nasa.gov Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 17% replies, 50% retweets, 8% quotes On 1,299 user lists 36,394 followers | 143 |
| 13. |  Dr. Brian May@DrBrianMay Rocket Ship Builder 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 brianmay.com Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 98% new, 1% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes On 3,301 user lists 1,090,699 followers | 126 |
| 14. |  Dr Maggie Lieu@Space_Mog Astrophysicist at @uniofnottingham. Researching the dark Universe with stats, ML & @ESA_Euclid. Youtuber. Science presenter. Past: ESA/UoB/UCLA/UKC Community of Madrid, Spain youtube.com/channel/UClO6T… Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 56% replies, 22% retweets, 4% quotes On 153 user lists 5,739 followers | 124 |
| 15. |  Geraint F. Lewis@Cosmic_Horizons Cosmologist, Galactic Archaeologist. Proud Silurian, Australian immigrant, & author of @AFortunateUni and @CRHandbook with @lukebarnesastro. Sydney geraintflewis.com Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 55% replies, 23% retweets, 3% quotes On 93 user lists 3,501 followers | 108 |
| 16. |  Franco Vazza@franco_vazza Astrophysicist at @Unibomagazine, @IRA_INAF and @HambObs. Funded by @ERC_Research for the #MAGCOW project to study the cosmic web. Uncredited contents by me. Bologna, Local Group cosmosimfrazza.myfreesites.net Video channel 4 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 7% new, 65% replies, 19% retweets, 9% quotes On 23 user lists 1,896 followers | 91 |
| 17. |  Dr. Sarah Pearson@spacewsarah @NASA Hubble Fellow @nyuniversity | PhD in astrophysics from @Columbia U. | Creator of Space with Sarah @YouTube | Galactic dynamics & stellar streams New York City/Copenhagen drsarahpearson.com Google Scholar page Video channel 4 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 26% new, 20% replies, 49% retweets, 5% quotes On 40 user lists 1,617 followers | 91 |
| 18. |  Paul M. Sutter@PaulMattSutter Scientist, Author, Host - Host: Ask a Spaceman, Space Radio, @Discovery Space Out | Author: pmsutter.com/book | Articles: @SPACEdotcom @LiveScience New York, NY pmsutter.com Google Scholar page Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 72% new, 11% replies, 11% retweets, 6% quotes On 316 user lists 12,391 followers | 63 |
| 19. |  Dr Emma Osborne 💫@Emmanigma Astrophysicist ✨ Multi-Award Winning Science Presenter • Creator of the https://t.co/Zg0MFnlbZw • Badass 🚀 Bath, England emmalouiseosborne.com Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 30% replies, 38% retweets, 12% quotes On 83 user lists 7,121 followers | 49 |
| 20. |  Sébastien Carassou 🌎@FlashCordon Dr. en astrophysique, vidéaste (#LeSOW #GeoCargo @Billes2sciences @StringTheoryFR), cofondateur de @Asso_Conscience et @EnDirectDuLabo (Crédit PP: K. Zihnioglu) Le cosmos est mon campement. sebastiencarassou.com Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 13% replies, 77% retweets, 4% quotes On 373 user lists 20,584 followers | 29 |
| 21. |  Umut Yildiz@umutayildiz Deep Space Telecom 📡 & Dr. #Astrophysics 🚀at @NASAJPL/@Caltech • @teamtekcareuzay • #SciComm • #Skeptic • My Opinions • In Science We Trust • https://t.co/COePJ9ek0F Los Angeles, CA youtube.com/c/umutyildiz Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 38% replies, 43% retweets, 9% quotes On 391 user lists 499,945 followers | 16 |
| 22. |  Selçuk Topal, PhD@astronomTurk Astrofizikçi - Akademisyen | PhD @UniofOxford Alumni, BSc+MSc @AnkaraUni | Uzay ve Venüs'ün babası | Felsefe @Anadolu_Univ | Kitap @kaoskozmos | @gelecekuzayda Türkiye youtube.com/drselçuktopal Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 38% new, 49% replies, 7% retweets, 6% quotes On 144 user lists 56,082 followers | 9 |