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A list of professional science writers with over 5,000 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 | Peer followers |
| 1. |  Bethany Brookshire@BeeBrookshire Science journalist @SNStudents and @ScienceNews, host @sci4thepeople. She/her. All bad takes my own. Working on a book about pests. Here for the trash pandas. Washington, DC bethanybrookshire.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 21% new, 57% replies, 13% retweets, 10% quotes On 2,471 user lists 64,491 followers | 168 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin Seeking #sustcomm progress on a noisy planet @EarthInstitute | 20 years @nytimes | The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, music j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Highlands, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 36% replies, 5% retweets, 47% quotes On 4,229 user lists 88,396 followers | 153 |
| 3. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use likes for bookmarks; no endorsement implied. He/him. Boulder about.me/philplait Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 64% replies, 7% retweets, 14% quotes On 12,315 user lists 617,348 followers | 138 |
| 4. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot Portland, OR rebeccaskloot.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 33% replies, 43% retweets, 16% quotes On 2,108 user lists 46,692 followers | 137 |
| 5. |  Planetary Paladin Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Planetary scientist, space boffin, moon maven, lagrangian lieutenant, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 51% replies, 22% retweets, 16% quotes On 4,661 user lists 170,058 followers | 128 |
| 6. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Correspondent & Host of the podcast VICE News Reports @vicenews • Previously: 1st Climate Change Correspondent in US nightly news • Tweets auto-🗑 • she/her New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/1525769448 Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 36% replies, 32% retweets, 8% quotes On 567 user lists 21,259 followers | 124 |
| 7. |  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 Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 4% new, 65% replies, 1% retweets, 30% quotes On 1,313 user lists 66,996 followers | 117 |
| 8. |  Joe 😷 Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and other shows for @PBS. Instagram: drjoehanson Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 29% new, 49% replies, 5% retweets, 18% quotes On 1,221 user lists 44,573 followers | 117 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator and entertainer. Avid Indoorsman. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. 🚨NEW CHANNEL🚨👇👇 Los Angeles youtu.be/kEDCE2nOQeM Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 29% new, 55% replies, 9% retweets, 7% quotes On 1,122 user lists 105,350 followers | 96 |
| 10. |  ☠️ Cara Santa Maria ☠️@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 Neurobio & Clinical Psych | 🎙@TalkNerdy_Pod & @SkepticsGuide | 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames | 🙋🏻♀️@SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | 🌈 she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 66% new, 19% replies, 11% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,905 user lists 79,415 followers | 89 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Science writer, snap shooter, melody maker ⚗️⌨️, 📷🦅🦋, 👨🎤🎸😷 Cambridge sciencebase.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 87% replies, 1% retweets, 2% quotes On no user lists 41,302 followers | 84 |
| 12. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/EP #XplorationOuterSpace (FOX), Host/co-EP Emily's Wonder Lab (Netflix), Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad, from WV, she/her San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 67% replies, 13% retweets, 9% quotes On 1,125 user lists 85,326 followers | 68 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 33% new, 25% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes On 340 user lists 25,843 followers | 49 |
| 14. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Skeptoid podcast - Subscribe apple.co/2zecTSl; principlesofcuriosity.com movie; author 'Conspiracies Declassified' a.co/h3G9z6w Bend, OR briandunning.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 54% new, 37% replies, 5% retweets, 5% quotes On 1,344 user lists 69,065 followers | 36 |