A list of physicists with over 1,000 followers. Also see Astronomers on Twitter.
| # | Account | Peer followers |
| 1. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physics, philosophy, complexity. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. fediscience.org/@seanmcarroll preposterousuniverse.com Google Scholar page Video channel Patreon page 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 48% replies, 20% retweets, 12% quotes On 3,598 user lists 327,614 followers | 316 |
| 2. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. She/her. Dr. mastodon.social/@AstroKatie Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book Google Scholar page Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 3% new, 79% replies, 11% retweets, 8% quotes On 4,516 user lists 417,894 followers | 313 |
| 3. |  Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh German Physicist. Author of 'Lost in Math' & 'Existential Physics'. Creator of 'Science Without the Gobbledygook'. rt's/shares/likes are not endorsements Germany youtube.com/c/SabineHossen… Google Scholar page Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 19% new, 61% replies, 18% retweets, 2% quotes On 1,538 user lists 104,097 followers | 224 |
| 4. |  Kelly Truelove@TrueSciPhi Curator of science, philosophy, & mathematics lists at TrueSciPhi.org covering podcasts, Mastodon, & Twitter. Physics PhD. mastodon.truesciphi.org/@TrueSciPhi Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 51% new, 14% replies, 33% retweets, 3% quotes On 302 user lists 10,114 followers | 204 |
| 5. |  Michael Nielsen@michael_nielsen michaelnotebook.com, post.news/michael_nielsen, & @[email protected] Searching for the numinous 🇦🇺 🇨🇦, home in 🇺🇸 Research @AsteraInstitute San Francisco, CA michaelnielsen.org Google Scholar page Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 75% replies, 3% retweets, 12% quotes On 2,193 user lists 80,310 followers | 167 |
| 6. |  John Carlos Baez@johncarlosbaez I have moved to Mathstodon. I'm @[email protected] and you can see my stuff here: mathstodon.xyz/web/@johncarlo… Riverside, CA math.ucr.edu/home/baez/ Google Scholar page Video channel 6 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 77% replies, 4% retweets, 4% quotes On 892 user lists 68,688 followers | 167 |
| 7. |  Dr Clara Nellist@claranellist Particle physicist | UvA/Nikhef | ATLAS experiment, CERN | @ParticleClara on the clock | 🐯 | views mine | she/her | #BiInSci 🏳️🌈 Amsterdam claranellist.com/about Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 22% new, 60% replies, 9% retweets, 10% quotes On 261 user lists 13,239 followers | 164 |
| 8. |  Prof. Brian Keating@DrBrianKeating Teaching you science with animations & dad jokes • Chancellor’s Professor @UCSanDiego • Astronomer @SimonsObs • Host @Into_Impossible Podcast San Diego, CA youtube.com/DrBrianKeating… Google Scholar page Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 34% new, 7% replies, 34% retweets, 25% quotes On 306 user lists 26,372 followers | 149 |
| 9. |  Jens Eisert@jenseisert Scientist, professor of quantum physics at @FU_Berlin and affiliated with @HZBde and @FraunhoferHHI. @[email protected] on Mastodon. Berlin, Deutschland physik.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtung… Google Scholar page Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 79% replies, 5% retweets, 0% quotes On 145 user lists 13,775 followers | 137 |
| 10. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. @[email protected] West Coast mikamckinnon.com Google Scholar page Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 58% replies, 11% retweets, 26% quotes On 1,332 user lists 67,448 followers | 82 |
| 11. |  Stephen Wolfram@stephen_wolfram I create ideas, technology, science, companies, books, ...: #WolfLang #WolframPhysics #WolframAlpha #Mathematica @WolframResearch stephenwolfram.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 93% new, 0% replies, 7% retweets, 0% quotes On 1,896 user lists 99,393 followers | 67 |
| 12. |  Victor V. Albert@victorvalbert Theoretical physicist @NIST, Fellow @JointQuICS, Zookeeper @theeczoo University of Maryland sites.google.com/site/victorval… Google Scholar page Video channel 7 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 38% replies, 23% retweets, 14% quotes On 33 user lists 2,490 followers | 61 |
| 13. |  Dominic Walliman@DominicWalliman I make science videos on Domain of Science youtube.com/domainofscience Author of the @ProfAstroCat books. I done a PhD in experimental quantum physics once dominicwalliman.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 23% new, 60% replies, 13% retweets, 5% quotes On 197 user lists 10,638 followers | 35 |