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 Sci journo writing a book on pests. She/her. All bad takes mine. 'Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains' on sale Dec 6. Here for the trash pandas. Washington, DC linktr.ee/BeeBrookshire Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 61% replies, 13% retweets, 8% quotes On 2,413 user lists 64,452 followers | 181 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin #sustcomm @ColumbiaClimate | 20 years @nytimes | Subscribe: j.mp/revkinbulletin | Rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, music j.mp/revkinmusic Lamoine, ME, Penobscot land linktr.ee/revkin Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 33% replies, 3% retweets, 44% quotes On 4,253 user lists 90,262 followers | 165 |
| 3. |  Rebecca Skloot (she/her)@RebeccaSkloot Author NYT Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS now an Oprah film. New book forthcoming on #HumanAnimalRelationships #AnimalResearch #AnimalRights & more Portland, OR rebeccaskloot.com Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 7% new, 53% replies, 25% retweets, 15% quotes On 2,036 user lists 45,846 followers | 144 |
| 4. |  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 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 9% new, 74% replies, 4% retweets, 13% quotes On 12,079 user lists 622,197 followers | 137 |
| 5. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Buy my art! etsy.com/shop/elakdawal… 🪐 Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 45% replies, 29% retweets, 12% quotes On 4,683 user lists 173,734 followers | 135 |
| 6. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Journalist. I host podcasts @vicenews. Listen to VICE NEWS REPORTS and A SHOW ABOUT ANIMALS • email: [email protected] • Tweets auto-🗑 • 🇨🇦 🇹🇹• NB • They/Them New York City (et Montréal) instagram.com/adrs Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 29% new, 18% replies, 46% retweets, 8% quotes On 571 user lists 20,975 followers | 134 |
| 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 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 4% new, 67% replies, 3% retweets, 26% quotes On 1,360 user lists 69,578 followers | 131 |
| 8. |  Joe Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and other shows for @PBS, moved to Austin before everyone else did🤘#HookEm Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 17% new, 45% replies, 8% retweets, 30% quotes On 1,271 user lists 51,103 followers | 125 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator. Sci-comm advisor to the White House. “A legend.” - Post Malone. https://t.co/lcFqPb5kjC Los Angeles youtube.com/c/KyleHillScie… Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 55% replies, 15% retweets, 10% quotes On 1,208 user lists 144,730 followers | 95 |
| 10. |  Cara Santa Maria@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 #ExistentialPsychology 🎓 | 🎙 @TalkNerdy_Pod & The @SkepticsGuide 🎙| 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames etc etc. 📺 | 🏳️🌈 she/her 🏳️🌈 Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 84% new, 8% replies, 3% retweets, 4% quotes On no user lists 79,558 followers | 93 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Freelance science writer. Also, music and nature photos (I'm sciencebase on instagram, soundcloud, and other social media) Cambridge, England sciencebase.com Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 79% replies, 3% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,543 user lists 39,898 followers | 81 |
| 12. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal 🎥Emmy-Nominated Host Emily's Wonder Lab / XplorationOuterSpace ✍🏻Reach for the Stars/Ada Lace/Stay Curious & Keep Exploring 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her amzn.to/3Ha4myR Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 65% replies, 11% retweets, 14% quotes On 1,327 user lists 124,657 followers | 76 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video journalist, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 34% new, 37% replies, 22% retweets, 7% quotes On 364 user lists 29,863 followers | 52 |
| 14. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Real science & history. @Skeptoid podcast apple.co/2zecTSl; @SciFrictionFilm movie; Conspiracies Declassified from @SimonBooks a.co/h3G9z6w [email protected] Bend, OR briandunning.com Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 48% new, 43% replies, 3% retweets, 6% quotes On 1,307 user lists 76,635 followers | 38 |