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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @carlzimmer.bsky.social New York Times columnist, author carlzimmer.com | 4,937 |
6. | @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. | @kendrawrites.bsky.social What's the opposite of apocalypse? Trying to chronicle that. | 3,955 |
8. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @kellybrenner.bsky.social Author of 'The Naturalist at Home' and 'Nature Obscura' 作家 www.metrofieldguide.com | 1,437 |
18. | @sciguyspace.bsky.social Senior Space Editor, Ars Technica. Likes rockets. | 1,376 |
19. | @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Science and global health reporter for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/apoorva-mand avilli | 1,350 |
20. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @alexwitze.bsky.social Reporter, writer, editor, correspondent for Nature, builder of science writing communities. | 1,012 |
26. | @lorengrush.bsky.social Space reporter at Bloomberg covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Former Verge senior reporter | Send tips: [email protected] | 991 |
27. | @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. | @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. | @emilyanthes.bsky.social NYT science reporter, covering animal health and science • [email protected] | 841 |
30. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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.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. | @nerdychristie.bsky.social Newsletter editor for Science | author | nerd | mom | not in that order | 656 |
38. | @sarahzhang.bsky.social eukaryote, also a staff writer at the atlantic | 617 |
39. | @siricarpenter.bsky.social Co-founder & editor of @Open_Notebook, @ScienceWriters past president. [email protected]. She/her/hers. | 616 |
40. | @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. | @dpcarrington.bsky.social Environment editor at The Guardian | 590 |
42. | @nadiadrake.bsky.social Science journalist, champagneophile, nap champ. Currently at Quanta Magazine, formerly National Geographic. 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 | 580 |
43. | @jossfong.bsky.social Videoz | [email protected] Video channel | 554 |
44. | @katewong.bsky.social Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Fledgling birder. | 541 |
45. | @tarahaelle.bsky.social Science/health journalist • teacher • author • photographer 📷• kidlit • dog lover 🦮• rat mom 🐀• Texan • ADHD • neurodivergent • she/her Pro: 👩⚖️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧ ️✊🏽💉😷📚⚖️ tarahaelle. net | 524 |
46. | @leahc.bsky.social Space & physics reporter for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious. | 490 |
47. | @leahc.bsky.social Space & physics reporter for New Scientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. She/her/fast/furious. | 490 |
48. | @wanderinggaia.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, author (NOMAD CENTURY; TRANSCENDENCE; ANTHROPOCENE https://bit.ly/3QR898d) Human-Earth system science https://toot.community/@WanderingGaia | 487 |
49. | @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.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. | @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. | @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. | @matthewherper.bsky.social I write about medicine at STAT. This is biology's century. Every data point has a face. | 470 |
54. | @sethmnookin.bsky.social Journalist, science writer, director of sciwrite.mit.edu, cochlear implant user. Formerly: brain tumor patient | 438 |
55. | @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. | @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. | @danfalk.bsky.social Covering science for Undark, Smithsonian, Quanta, Discover, National Geographic, CBC Radio, & elsewhere; 3rd book = The Science of Shakespeare | 416 |
58. | @shannonstirone.bsky.social Writer. NYC. Space nerd. | 394 |
59. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @jaimealyse.bsky.social Writer, series editor of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING, author of THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE || jaimegreen.net | 355 |
63. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @helenscales.bsky.social Marine biologist, writer, broadcaster. UK + France www.helenscales.com | 335 |
67. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @clarakm.bsky.social Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering astronomy, physics and math. She/her 🏳️🌈 | 303 |
74. | @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. | @nattyover.bsky.social Physics journalist at Quanta Magazine (on book leave for 2023). Giving this a whirl. | 294 |
76. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @brookejarvis.bsky.social reader, magaziner, that person from that other place contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine | 259 |
81. | @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. | @mikeyslezak.bsky.social Writer, radioiser and televiser of climate news for ABC News and Investigations | 233 |
84. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @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. | @cragcrest.bsky.social Best-selling author, journalist, podcaster, outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. Western Colorado. | 199 |
89. | @hwahl16.bsky.social Pulsar PhD turned science writer for MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 198 |
90. | @shanpalus.bsky.social Features editor at Slate | 195 |
91. | @sciencecomedian.bsky.social Science comedian, producer, speaker, human | 191 |
92. | @evelynjlamb.bsky.social Math and science writer. Complex analysis fangirl. | 180 |
93. | @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. | @lisalsong.bsky.social Climate/environment reporter at ProPublica. Cartoon me by Laila Milevski. Pro-cats, anti-carrots. | 172 |
95. | @johnrplatt.bsky.social Editor, The Revelator. Covering the extinction crisis. | 171 |
96. | @cassiemartin.bsky.social Deputy Managing Editor at Science News. Standing in solidarity with Science News Media Guild. She/her 🏳️🌈 | 167 |
97. | @briandunning.bsky.social I make movies & podcasts & books & stuff. apple.co/3VlpfOv theufo.movie Video channel | 158 |
98. | @smithdanag.bsky.social Health/science/wellness reporter covering a little bit of everything body-related for the New York Times | 158 |
99. | @sadiewit.bsky.social Podcaster & Director of Communications for Data Science Institute @UChicago Scientist, storyteller, scuba diver | 157 |
100. | @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. | @anilananth.bsky.social Journalist, author, TED speaker, currently writing a book on the basic math of ML, titled Why Machines Learn | 151 |
102. | @alliewilkinson.bsky.social Freelance science journalist and fact-checker. Also a chicken mom. | 146 |
103. | @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. | @antonioregalado.bsky.social Journalist covering biotechnology for MIT Technology Review. | 141 |
106. | @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. | @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. | @sarahexplains.bsky.social Scientific American's Assistant News Editor | 134 |
109. | @monscience.bsky.social Highly melanated | YNWA Managing Editor, Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations Past: WNYC/Gothamist, NatGeo, PBS NewsHour | PhD pathobiologist | 130 |
110. | @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. | @b0yle.bsky.social Science editor / GeekWire / Universe Today / Cosmic Log / Fiction Science podcast / The Case for Pluto | 121 |
112. | @robertgaristo.bsky.social Physicist. Editor. Writer. | 115 |
113. | @bmaher.bsky.social | 108 |
114. | @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 |