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Science writers, columnists, reporters, editors, etc. reaching general audiences. Excludes active scientists (also see lists of astronomers and physicists).
| # | Twitter profile & related links | Twitter followers | Listed count |
| 1. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use 'likes' for bookmarks. No endorsement implied. Boulder about.me/philplait Video channel 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 20/day • 14% new, 71% replies, 3% retweets, 14% quotes | 614,588 | 12,871 |
| 2. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Senior Editor & Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist. Asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 4% new, 52% replies, 21% retweets, 24% quotes | 162,682 | 4,829 |
| 3. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile I explore science on TV and the internet. Host/EP @BecauseScience. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. LATEST VIDEO 👇🔥 Los Angeles youtu.be/oEzph8BPiws Video channel 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 18% new, 59% replies, 11% retweets, 12% quotes | 88,798 | 1,259 |
| 4. |  Andrew Revkin@Revkin Pursuing communication progress on a finite, noisy planet at @EarthInstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo Video channel 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 8% new, 35% replies, 15% retweets, 42% quotes | 85,404 | 4,263 |
| 5. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | Host: @TalkNerdy_Pod @SkepticsGuide | On TV: @NatGeoChannel @BillNyeSaves | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 86% new, 7% replies, 6% retweets, 1% quotes | 79,833 | 2,044 |
| 6. |  Bethany Brookshire@BeeBrookshire Science writer and journalist. @SNStudents and @ScienceNews, host @sci4thepeople. She/her. My opinions are my own and don’t represent the views of my employer. Washington, DC bethanybrookshire.com Video channel 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 20% new, 59% replies, 14% retweets, 7% quotes | 63,654 | 2,599 |
| 7. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Science writer. principlesofcuriosity.com movie; skeptoid.com science podcast since 2006; author 'Conspiracies Declassified' a.co/h3G9z6w Bend, OR about.me/briandunning Video channel 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 30% new, 53% replies, 7% retweets, 10% quotes | 54,537 | 1,370 |
| 8. |  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 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 4% new, 67% replies, 4% retweets, 24% quotes | 52,982 | 1,246 |
| 9. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/Executive Producer for #XplorationOuterSpace on FOX, Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad, WV native. San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com Video channel 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 13% new, 54% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 51,990 | 955 |
| 10. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com Video channel 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 45,829 | 2,218 |
| 11. |  David Bradley 🎸📷⚗️@sciencebase Science and Stuff - 🎸🐦🦋📷⚗️🇪🇺 Cambridge, UK sciencebase.com Video channel 12 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 23% new, 71% replies, 1% retweets, 4% quotes | 42,441 | 1,705 |
| 12. |  Joe Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and @HotMessPBS on YouTube. Instagram: drjoehanson Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… Video channel 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 24% new, 51% replies, 9% retweets, 16% quotes | 36,748 | 1,256 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 25% new, 33% replies, 32% retweets, 10% quotes | 22,835 | 322 |
| 14. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross (she/her)@adrs Host of Reset, a podcast by @recode @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in US nightly TV news @hbo @vicenews • [email protected] • Tweets 🗑️ after 90 days New York City (et Montréal) vox.com/reset Video channel 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 10% new, 60% replies, 25% retweets, 5% quotes | 16,384 | 512 |