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 with a book on pests. She/her. All bad takes mine. 'Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains' out now from @eccobooks. Here for the trash pandas. Washington, DC linktr.ee/BeeBrookshire Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 71% replies, 9% retweets, 9% quotes On 2,355 user lists 63,430 followers | 176 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin Seeking communication impact at @ColumbiaClimate | 21 years @nytimes | Substack revkin.substack.com | Other social media, books, songs, talks: j.mp/revkininfo Lamoine, ME, Wabanaki land revkin.substack.com Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 14% new, 37% replies, 6% retweets, 44% quotes On 4,201 user lists 90,908 followers | 160 |
| 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 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 8% new, 53% replies, 25% retweets, 14% quotes On 1,987 user lists 44,539 followers | 142 |
| 4. |  Phil (SubStack link in bio) Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. Sign up for my Bad Astronomy Newsletter! Link is below. I use likes for bookmarks; no endorsement implied. He/him. Boulder badastronomy.substack.com Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 71% replies, 1% retweets, 13% quotes On 11,640 user lists 611,516 followers | 137 |
| 5. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Buy my art! elakdawalla.Etsy.com🪐 Planetary scientist, author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Mastodon: @[email protected] Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 21% new, 47% replies, 24% retweets, 9% quotes On 4,525 user lists 169,953 followers | 133 |
| 6. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Journalist. I host TV shows & podcasts @vicenews. • @[email protected] • Tweets auto-🗑 • 🇨🇦 🇹🇹 • They/Them New York City (et Montréal) instagram.com/adrs Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 20% replies, 55% retweets, 5% quotes On 565 user lists 20,293 followers | 132 |
| 7. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. @[email protected] West Coast mikamckinnon.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 58% replies, 11% retweets, 26% quotes On 1,332 user lists 67,448 followers | 130 |
| 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: 33% new, 45% replies, 5% retweets, 16% quotes On 1,238 user lists 50,260 followers | 123 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator. Sci-comm advisor to the White House. “A legend.” - Post Malone. Los Angeles youtube.com/@kylehill Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 25% new, 49% replies, 17% retweets, 9% quotes On 1,190 user lists 145,360 followers | 96 |
| 10. |  Cara Santa Maria@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 #ExistentialPsychology 🎓 | 🎙 @TalkNerdy_Pod & The @SkepticsGuide 🎙| 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames 📺 | 🏳️🌈 she/her 🏳️🌈 Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 84% new, 5% replies, 8% retweets, 3% quotes On 1,819 user lists 77,402 followers | 93 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Science writer for more than 30 years. Photographing wildlife (mostly birds and moths) and making music in my 'spare' time with a couple of bands and a choir Cambridge, England sciencebase.com/socials Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 13% new, 80% replies, 3% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,524 user lists 39,468 followers | 81 |
| 12. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal MIT engineer + Emmy-Nominated Host 🎥Netflix's Emily's Wonder Lab✍🏻Reach for the Stars/Ada Lace/Stay Curious & Keep Exploring 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her linktr.ee/thespacegal Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 13% new, 61% replies, 8% retweets, 18% quotes On 1,327 user lists 124,774 followers | 78 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video journalist, science & tech youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 33% new, 44% replies, 15% retweets, 8% quotes On 363 user lists 29,946 followers | 51 |
| 14. |  Brian (Substack link in bio) Dunning@BrianDunning Real science & history. @Skeptoid podcast apple.co/2zecTSl; @SciFrictionFilm movie; Conspiracies Declassified from @SimonBooks a.co/h3G9z6w [email protected] Bend, OR briandunning.substack.com Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 36% new, 53% replies, 2% retweets, 8% quotes On 1,262 user lists 82,927 followers | 38 |