A list of physicists with over 1,000 followers. Also see Astronomers on Twitter.
| # | Account | Peer followers |
| 1. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physics, philosophy, complexity; thinking, writing, talking. @Caltech & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. He/him. Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com Google Scholar page Video channel Patreon page 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 22% new, 52% replies, 16% retweets, 10% quotes On 3,361 user lists 283,505 followers | 222 |
| 2. |  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 | 220 |
| 3. |  Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh Physicist, blogger, author, YouTuber, Sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery. rt's/shares/likes are not endorsements she/her Germany youtube.com/c/SabineHossen… Google Scholar page Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 45% replies, 41% retweets, 1% quotes On 1,139 user lists 55,002 followers | 161 |
| 4. |  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 | 145 |
| 5. |  Brian Keating 🔭@DrBrianKeating Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego Astrophysicist | Author: Losing The Nobel Prize. @ImpossibleClips: 🧠Multiverse’s Most Magnificent Minds🧠 🎧INTO IMPOSSIBLE PODCAST🎧 BrianKeating.com/podcast.php Google Scholar page Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 21% new, 13% replies, 39% retweets, 27% quotes On 183 user lists 13,251 followers | 117 |
| 6. |  Dr Clara Nellist@claranellist Particle physicist | REI Fellow, Radboud Uni | @ATLASexperiment @CERN | 🐯 | views mine | she/her | #BiInSci 🏳️🌈 Working From Home claranellist.com/about Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 74% replies, 7% retweets, 10% quotes On 253 user lists 10,239 followers | 115 |
| 7. |  Michael Nielsen@michael_nielsen Searching for the numinous. Palo Alto, CA michaelnielsen.org Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 5% new, 84% replies, 0% retweets, 11% quotes On 2,029 user lists 64,327 followers | 91 |
| 8. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. #scicomm #womeninSTEM she/her 🇨🇦🇺🇸 West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon Google Scholar page Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 2% new, 65% replies, 6% retweets, 26% quotes On 1,329 user lists 68,119 followers | 70 |
| 9. |  Stephen Wolfram@stephen_wolfram I create ideas, technology, science, companies, books, ...: #WolfLang #WolframPhysics #WolframAlpha #Mathematica @WolframResearch stephenwolfram.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 74% new, 3% replies, 22% retweets, 0% quotes On 1,694 user lists 77,723 followers | 49 |
| 10. |  Dominic Walliman@DominicWalliman I make science videos on Domain of Science youtube.com/c/domainofscie… Author of the @ProfAstroCat books. I have a PhD in Experimental Quantum Physics. dominicwalliman.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 19% new, 52% replies, 24% retweets, 5% quotes On 172 user lists 7,950 followers | 22 |