A list of professional science writers with over 250 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. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social Freelance Science Journalist. Fact Checker. National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, WIRED and others. she/her 🐦 @erinbiba | 1,708 |
| 2. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Scientific American, @sciam.bsky.social. Formerly @washingtonpost.com @slate.bsky.social | 621 |
| 3. |  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 | 492 |
| 4. |  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. | 329 |
| 5. |  Matthew R Francis @drmrfrancis.bsky.social Science writer, journalist, physicist, queer, hat man. Toss a coin to your freelancer. He/him BowlerHatScience.org Patreon page | 327 |
| 6. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.bsky.social New York Times columnist, author carlzimmer.com | 291 |