A list of professional science writers with over 100 followers. This list includes science columnists, reporters, editors, book authors, and so on engaged in such work as their primary occupation. Excludes professional researchers who write for the public as a supplemental activity (also see lists of astronomers and physicists).
| # | Account | Followers |
| 1. |  Ed Yong@edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him Edyong.me | 31,353 |
| 2. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker. National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED, and others. she/her 🐦 @erinbiba | 11,720 |
| 3. |  Steve Silberman@stevesilberman.bsky.social Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt." | 6,655 |
| 4. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Scientific American, @sciam.bsky.social Formerly at Washington Post, National Geographic, Slate, Smithsonian, Science. Past prez National Association of Science Writers. Birder | 6,227 |
| 5. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.bsky.social New York Times columnist, author carlzimmer.com | 4,937 |
| 6. |  Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: The Terraformers, Four Lost Cities bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com | 4,879 |
| 7. |  Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.bsky.social What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. | 3,955 |
| 8. |  Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. contributing correspondent at „Science Magazine“, part of „Pandemia“ podcast, currently a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT interested in microbes, misinfo and all things #blue | 3,521 |
| 9. |  Helen Branswell@helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). Elon refugee. 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, birdflu, STIs. | 2,894 |
| 10. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon.bsky.social Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. Occasional rock-licker, frequent devourer of board books. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Video channel | 2,616 |
| 11. |  Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social I cover science and culture at Ars Technica. Former science editor, Gizmodo. Ex-vangelical. Rodeo fan. Married to @seanmcarroll, servant to two cats, Ariel and Caliban. Baltimore, MD. She/her. | 2,608 |
| 12. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla.bsky.social Planetary scientist, freelance science writer and space artist, queer, ADHD, mom. Turns out it’s hard to be all those things at once. Shop at elakdawalla.Etsy.com Video channel | 2,162 |
| 13. |  Swapna Krishna@skrishna.bsky.social space + science + tech + pop culture. freelance space editor, Inverse. occasionally: Fast Company, Science Friday, NPR, Wired, StarTrek.com. Author of STARGAZING (Chronicle Books, 2023). | 2,041 |
| 14. |  Matthew R Francis@bowlerhatscience.org Science writer, journalist, physicist, queer, cat man, hat man. I was once @DrMRFrancis on Twitter. He/him Contact: https://bowlerhatscience.org/contact-soc ial-media/ Toss a coin to your freelancer: https://ko-fi.com/bowlerhatscience Patreon page | 1,840 |
| 15. |  Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social Sci journo, author of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. Highly caffeinated. All bad takes mine. She/her Video channel | 1,809 |
| 16. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck.bsky.social Senior writer at WIRED. Senior Fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Human Health. Author of BIG CHICKEN, SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL (so far). Fiber artist, cat wrangler, frequently on the 45th parallel. Brooklyn before it was cool. | 1,479 |
| 17. |  Kelly Brenner ⚔️🏴☠️@kellybrenner.bsky.social Author of 'The Naturalist at Home' and 'Nature Obscura' 作家 www.metrofieldguide.com | 1,437 |
| 18. |  Eric Berger@sciguyspace.bsky.social Senior Space Editor, Ars Technica. Likes rockets. | 1,376 |
| 19. |  Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorvanyt.bsky.social Science and global health reporter for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mand avilli | 1,350 |
| 20. |  Kyle Hill@khill.bsky.social Award-winning science educator. Sci-comm advisor to the White House. Clean Futures Fund’s Dogs of Chernobyl ambassador. “A legend.” -Post Malone. youtube.com/@kylehill Video channel | 1,326 |
| 21. |  Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social Climate/science reporter for The Messenger, bylines all over the place before that. Author: NOT A SCIENTIST: How politicians mistake, misreprent, and utterly mangle science (2017, WW Norton). Puppy dad. NBA junky. www.davelevitan.com | 1,271 |
| 22. |  Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social Founder of Liminal and co-founder of Solving For Science. I work in science communication & sensemaking. Currently on sabbatical - your emails find me doing extremely well… if they find me. | 1,211 |
| 23. |  Mindy Weisberger@laminda.bsky.social Science writer & editor at Scholastic, previously Live Science and the American Museum of Natural History. WGAEast member. Cynical girl (she/her). Words here are mine. | 1,195 |
| 24. |  Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social - Senior climate reporter, Bloomberg News - Newsletter http://bit.ly/bbg-zero - Podcast http://bloomberg.com/zero-podcast - Book https://akshatrathi.com/book - [email protected] | 1,102 |
| 25. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze.bsky.social Reporter, writer, editor, correspondent for Nature, builder of science writing communities. | 1,012 |
| 26. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush.bsky.social Space reporter at Bloomberg covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Former Verge senior reporter | Send tips: [email protected] | 991 |
| 27. |  Emily Willingham@ejwillingham.bsky.social I have occasionally angered famous men. 🧠&🍆 books. Journalist, words at SciAm+++. Frequent gremlin. Biologist of embryos, gonads, genitalia, +all things endocrine. Educator. She/her/y’all. So Texan 🤠 https://sites.google.com/view/emilywilli nghamphd/home | 987 |
| 28. |  Amy Maxmen@amymaxmen.bsky.social Award-winning science reporter with words at Nature, New York Times, Washington Post & more. Health, medicine, inequality & pandemics. www.amymaxmen.com | 951 |
| 29. |  Emily Anthes@emilyanthes.bsky.social NYT science reporter, covering animal health and science • [email protected] | 841 |
| 30. |  Eric Roston@eroston.bsky.social Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales. Literally wrote the book on carbon. Born 326.17. "The dad jokes will continue until morale improves." — Charlie Jane Anders Bloomberg Green journalist: https://www.bloomberg.com/green | 818 |
| 31. |  Matt Shipman (he/him)@shiplives.bsky.social Writer. Mostly sci/tech/health. Sometimes music/food/culture. Let’s make the South better, y’all. Stuff I write for fun here: https://medium.com/@shiplives | 805 |
| 32. |  Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social Senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, writing about scholarship, scholars, and society / [email protected] / on Signal / stephaniemlee.com / former BuzzFeed News | 787 |
| 33. |  @tomlevenson.bsky.social | 736 |
| 34. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa.bsky.social Science journalist (current: Science News; past: New Scientist, Wired). 2023-24 Knight Science Journalism fellow. Lifelong astronomy nerd. Queer Jewish mom 🏳️🌈 she/her/hers | 712 |
| 35. |  George Musser@gmusser.bsky.social Scientific American contributing editor; Quanta contributing writer; author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory; @[email protected], @[email protected] | 691 |
| 36. |  GrrlScientist SciComm at Forbes ⧖ Ⓥ@grrlscientist.bsky.social PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology, SciComm Forbes Formerly SciComm TheGuardian EvolutionInstitute BirdNoteRadio ScienceBlogs NatureBlogs. Twitter legacy verified. Always: Ravenclaw. Angry house elf. Vegan. linktr.ee/grrlscientist | 682 |
| 37. |  Christie Wilcox@nerdychristie.bsky.social Newsletter editor for Science | author | nerd | mom | not in that order | 656 |
| 38. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang.bsky.social eukaryote, also a staff writer at the atlantic | 617 |
| 39. |  Siri Carpenter@siricarpenter.bsky.social Co-founder & editor of @Open_Notebook, @ScienceWriters past president. [email protected]. She/her/hers. | 616 |
| 40. |  Adam Rogers@jetjocko.bsky.social Reporter at Business Insider. Ex-Wired. Author of Proof: The Science of Booze and Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern. [email protected] htt ps://adam-rogers.net https://www.busines sinsider.com/author/adam-rogers | 608 |
| 41. |  Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social Environment editor at The Guardian | 590 |
| 42. |  Nadia Drake@nadiadrake.bsky.social Science journalist, champagneophile, nap champ. Currently at Quanta Magazine, formerly National Geographic. 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 | 580 |
| 43. |  Joss Fong@jossfong.bsky.social Videoz | [email protected] Video channel | 554 |
| 44. |  Kate Wong@katewong.bsky.social Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Fledgling birder. | 541 |
| 45. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle.bsky.social Science/health journalist • teacher • author • photographer 📷• kidlit • dog lover 🦮• rat mom 🐀• Texan • ADHD • neurodivergent • she/her Pro: 👩⚖️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧ ️✊🏽💉😷📚⚖️ tarahaelle. net | 524 |
| 46. |  Leah Crane@leahc.bsky.social Space & physics reporter for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious. | 490 |
| 47. | Leah Crane @leahc.bsky.social Space & physics reporter for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious. | 490 |
| 48. |  Gaia Vince@wanderinggaia.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia | 487 |
| 49. |  Ferris Jabr@ferrisjabr.bsky.social science writer ✵ contributing writer New York Times Magazine & Scientific American ✵ Author of a book about our living planet, forthcoming from Random House ✵ surname rhymes with neighbor ✵ 🇱🇧 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 ✵ https://www.ferrisjabr.com/ | 486 |
| 50. |  Seelix the Seventh@seelix.bsky.social Science communicator and cosplayer. I trained as a forensic anthropologist before I realized that I prefer dealing with living people. Basically, I am a master of disguise & know where to hide the bodies. They/them | 482 |
| 51. |  Elizabeth Howell (she/her, 🖖💉😷)@howellspace.bsky.social 🍁(Canadian) staff writer, spaceflight Space.com. Freelance + 5 books. Teach comms. History/Latin nerd. Supports 🏳️🌈, diversity, libraries. Also Twitter @howellspace or Mastodon @[email protected] | 476 |
| 52. |  Peter Aldhous@paldhous.bsky.social Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: UCSC Science Communication. Ex: BuzzFeed News, UC Berkeley J-School, New Scientist, Nature, Science. https://www.peteraldhous.com/ | 472 |
| 53. |  Matthew Herper@matthewherper.bsky.social I write about medicine at STAT. This is biology's century. Every data point has a face. | 470 |
| 54. |  Seth Mnookin@sethmnookin.bsky.social Journalist, science writer, director of sciwrite.mit.edu, cochlear implant user. Formerly: brain tumor patient | 438 |
| 55. |  Shaena Montanari@shaena.bsky.social Science journalist who writes about brains at The Transmitter. Follow me for neuroscience news! 🧠 formerly a paleontologist 🦖🦕 So follow me for dinosaurs too. | 434 |
| 56. |  Corey "Space" Powell@coreyspowell.bsky.social Fascinated by things very big, very small, and really hard to see. Wanna-be cosmic explorer. Not an AI (unless nobody told me). | 416 |
| 57. |  Dan Falk@danfalk.bsky.social Covering science for Undark, Smithsonian, Quanta, Discover, National Geographic, CBC Radio, & elsewhere; 3rd book = The Science of Shakespeare | 416 |
| 58. |  Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social Writer. NYC. Space nerd. | 394 |
| 59. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs.bsky.social Science Journalist, TV host, podcast host • past: Host of the TV show Queer Sports, and the podcasts VICE News Reports and A Show about Animals • they/them • arielleduhaimeross.com Video channel | 374 |
| 60. |  Richard Sima, Ph.D. @richardsima.bsky.social Journalist writing about the brain and human behavior at The Washington Post. Erstwhile neuroscientist https://www.washingtonpos t.com/people/richard-sima/ | 372 |
| 61. |  Richard Van Noorden@richvn.bsky.social Features editor, Nature. E: r⟦dot⟧vannoorden⟦at⟧nature⟦dot ⟧com or richardvannoorden⟦at⟧protonmail⟦do t⟧com. DM for Signal. | 359 |
| 62. |  Jaime Green@jaimealyse.bsky.social Writer, series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING, author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE || jaimegreen.net | 355 |
| 63. |  Ethan Siegel@startswithabang.bsky.social Cosmologist, science communicator, author, speaker, and longtime writer of Starts With A Bang. Not the next Carl Sagan; the first Ethan Siegel. Patreon page | 354 |
| 64. |  Erin Ross@erineaross.bsky.social I write about science. I climb big (and lil) mountains. No judgement, all mountains are good here. Currently freelance. Past: OPB, Axios, Nature, NPR | 340 |
| 65. |  Philip Ball@philipcball.bsky.social Science writer and author of books including Bright Earth, The Music Instinct, and Beyond Weird. Anticipating becoming an X-exile any time soon. | 337 |
| 66. |  Dr Helen Scales@helenscales.bsky.social Marine biologist, writer, broadcaster. UK + France www.helenscales.com | 335 |
| 67. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl.bsky.social DC-based freelance journalist and editor | science, health, food | ✍️ DCist, Knowable, NPR, Science News | Sec’y DC Science Writers Association 🦆 | Chemistry Ph.D. | Inglés y Español | she/her | 325 |
| 68. |  Dan Fagin@danfagin.bsky.social Professing science journalism, directing NYU's SHERP. 62-time loser, 1-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Probably off chasing 🦋 somewhere. | 325 |
| 69. |  Lee Billings@leebillings.bsky.social CHNOPS in ferruginous saline. Multicellular aerobic chemoheterotroph; symbiont of photosynthetic autotrophs. Descendant of stardust; aspiring good ancestor. Senior Editor, Scientific American. | 320 |
| 70. | @elizkolbert.bsky.social | 314 |
| 71. |  Rebecca Boyle 🌕@rboyle31.bsky.social Author, journalist, writer, selenophile, hiker. I speak for the Moon. Like the Lorax, but not as good at rhyming. My book comes out Jan. 16! Preorder: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books /611468/our-moon-by | 311 |
| 72. | @bradplumer.bsky.social Reporter, NYT Climate | 309 |
| 73. |  Clara Moskowitz@clarakm.bsky.social Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering astronomy, physics and math. She/her 🏳️🌈 | 303 |
| 74. |  Andy @Revkin@revkin.bsky.social 40 years of prize-winning sustainability journalism, mostly @nytimes, #Anthropocene Working Group member, solution seeker, connector, songwriter j.mp/revkinlinks Video channel | 301 |
| 75. |  Natalie Wolchover@nattyover.bsky.social Physics journalist at Quanta Magazine (on book leave for 2023). Giving this a whirl. | 294 |
| 76. |  Karen Kwon (she/her)@ykarenkwon.bsky.social Science journalist • Research and special projects editor @Science News • Chemistry PhD • NYU SHERP 39 • 2020 AAAS Mass Media Fellow @Scientific American • 🇰🇷♠️💜 www.ykarenkwon.com | 281 |
| 77. |  Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.bsky.social Editor @thexylom.com | GT '23 | MIT GPSW '24. Cat parent, lives in Mountain Time, God is Good. 前途是光明的，道路是曲折� � 🇭🇰 bio.link/alexip718 | 278 |
| 78. |  Michael Greshko@michaelgreshko.bsky.social Science journalist. Freelance correspondent at Science Magazine. Other bylines at The Washington Post and elsewhere. Former staff writer at National Geographic. https://linktr.ee/michaelgreshko | 274 |
| 79. |  Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else. Nukes/Missiles/Space/Blimps/etc. | 263 |
| 80. |  Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis.bsky.social reader, magaziner, that person from that other place contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine | 259 |
| 81. |  Nadja Popovich@popovichn.bsky.social reporting + editing, data + graphics @nytclimate ✨✨✨✨✨ | 244 |
| 82. | @tanyalewis.bsky.social Senior editor, health & medicine @sciam.bsky.social. New Yorker. Like dogs and bad puns. | 239 |
| 83. |  Michael Slezak@mikeyslezak.bsky.social Writer, radioiser and televiser of climate news for ABC News and Investigations | 233 |
| 84. |  Seth Borenstein@borenbears.bsky.social Climate and science writer at The Associated Press, covers disasters, all sorts of science. Teaches journalism at NYU/DC. Father of 3, husband of 1. Red Sox fan. | 230 |
| 85. |  Katie McCormick@mccornut.bsky.social Physicist-turned-science writer. Writing about quantum computing for Google Quantum AI and about other stuff at Quanta, Knowable, News from Science, APS Physics Mag, etc. | 225 |
| 86. |  Jason Dinh, Ph.D.@byjasonpdinh.bsky.social climate editor at atmos. covering nature, culture, and the environment. regular shitposter, orca sympathizer, peloton’s #1 ben alldis stan. he/him. www.jasonpdinh.com | 210 |
| 87. |  Jonathan Lambert@jonlambert.bsky.social Science journalist at The Messenger covering the natural world. Used to work at Grid and Science News. https://jonathanmlambert.com/ | 205 |
| 88. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest.bsky.social Best-selling author, journalist, podcaster, outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. Western Colorado. | 199 |
| 89. |  Haley Wahl, PhD@hwahl16.bsky.social Pulsar PhD turned science writer for MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 198 |
| 90. |  Shannon Palus@shanpalus.bsky.social Features editor at Slate | 195 |
| 91. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian.bsky.social Science comedian, producer, speaker, human | 191 |
| 92. |  Evelyn Lamb@evelynjlamb.bsky.social Math and science writer. Complex analysis fangirl. | 180 |
| 93. |  Bri Barbu@bribarbu.bsky.social science reporter @Chemical & Engineering News | please talk to me about carbon-based molecules | indie bookstore enjoyer | the world is on fire but I'm ~just fine~ otherwise | views mine | 173 |
| 94. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong.bsky.social Climate/environment reporter at ProPublica. Cartoon me by Laila Milevski. Pro-cats, anti-carrots. | 172 |
| 95. |  John R. Platt@johnrplatt.bsky.social Editor, The Revelator. Covering the extinction crisis. | 171 |
| 96. |  Cassie Martin@cassiemartin.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor at Science News. Standing in solidarity with Science News Media Guild. She/her 🏳️🌈 | 167 |
| 97. |  Brian Dunning@briandunning.bsky.social I make movies & podcasts & books & stuff. apple.co/3VlpfOv theufo.movie Video channel | 158 |
| 98. |  Dana Smith@smithdanag.bsky.social Health/science/wellness reporter covering a little bit of everything body-related for the New York Times | 158 |
| 99. |  Sadie Witkowski, PhD@sadiewit.bsky.social Podcaster & Director of Communications for Data Science Institute @UChicago Scientist, storyteller, scuba diver | 157 |
| 100. |  Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social good science/ bad science. reporter @wsj. email me: nidhi.subba[email protected]. https://www.wsj.com/news/author/nidhi-su bbaraman | 156 |
| 101. |  Anil Ananthaswamy@anilananth.bsky.social Journalist, author, TED speaker, currently writing a book on the basic math of ML, titled Why Machines Learn | 151 |
| 102. |  Allie Wilkinson@alliewilkinson.bsky.social Freelance science journalist and fact-checker. Also a chicken mom. | 146 |
| 103. |  Margaret Harris@drmlharris.bsky.social Science journalist at Physics World magazine. Also available as @[email protected] and @DrMLHarris on Twitter (while it lasts). All views on science, politics, etc. my own. | 146 |
| 104. | @thespacegal.bsky.social Video channel | 142 |
| 105. |  Antonio Regalado@antonioregalado.bsky.social Journalist covering biotechnology for MIT Technology Review. | 141 |
| 106. |  Roger Highfield@rogerhighfield.bsky.social Museum exec, visiting prof at the Dunn School, Oxford, and UCL Chemistry. Ex Editor of New Scientist, and Science Editor of the Telegraph. Co-author #VirtualYou http://surl.li/fzxyr Neutron bouncer | 135 |
| 107. |  John Upton@johnupton.bsky.social Climate Central's Partnership Journalism Editor — collaborating with scientists and with local newsrooms to coproduce features informed by local reporting and by new climate data and science. | 134 |
| 108. |  Sarah Lewin Frasier@sarahexplains.bsky.social Scientific American's Assistant News Editor | 134 |
| 109. |  Nsikan Akpan@monscience.bsky.social Highly melanated | YNWA Managing Editor, Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations Past: WNYC/Gothamist, NatGeo, PBS NewsHour | PhD pathobiologist | 130 |
| 110. |  Erica Klarreich@ericaklarreich.bsky.social Mathematics and science journalist. My work has appeared in Quanta, Nature, The Atlantic, New Scientist, Science News and other publications. | 124 |
| 111. |  Alan Boyle@b0yle.bsky.social Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto | 121 |
| 112. |  Robert Garisto@robertgaristo.bsky.social Physicist. Editor. Writer. | 115 |
| 113. |  Brendan Maher@bmaher.bsky.social | 108 |
| 114. |  Rowan Hooper@rowhoop.bsky.social Journalist @newscientist and host of @NewScientistPod. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018) and HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). すごい! | 104 |