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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 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 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 24% new, 55% replies, 15% retweets, 6% quotes On 2,598 user lists 64,260 followers | 160 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin@Revkin Pursuing #sustcomm progress on a finite, noisy planet at @Columbia's @EarthInstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, tunes j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 27% replies, 12% retweets, 48% quotes On 4,288 user lists 87,260 followers | 156 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 11% new, 68% replies, 5% retweets, 16% quotes On 12,839 user lists 616,997 followers | 136 |
| 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 Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 60% replies, 13% retweets, 15% quotes On 2,192 user lists 45,849 followers | 133 |
| 5. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Solar System Specialist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, author, speaker, asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 69% replies, 7% retweets, 8% quotes On 4,830 user lists 167,764 followers | 128 |
| 6. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Host of Reset, a tech podcast @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in American TV news @hbo @vicenews • [email protected] •Tweets 🗑️ after 90 days • she/her New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/reset Video channel 8 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 19% new, 35% replies, 37% retweets, 10% quotes On 544 user lists 19,133 followers | 122 |
| 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 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 3% new, 71% replies, 1% retweets, 24% quotes On 1,346 user lists 60,761 followers | 117 |
| 8. |  Joe (Stay) Home-son@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 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 28% new, 47% replies, 1% retweets, 23% quotes On 1,264 user lists 40,457 followers | 112 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile I explore science on TV and the internet. Avid Indoorsman. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. 🚨NEW CHANNEL🚨 🔥👇👇🔥 Los Angeles youtu.be/IUQKYKRhVY4 Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 30% new, 55% replies, 9% retweets, 6% quotes On 1,288 user lists 99,328 followers | 91 |
| 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: 54% new, 13% replies, 25% retweets, 8% quotes On 2,037 user lists 79,940 followers | 85 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Award-winning Science Writer, takes lots of photos, sings and plays guitar @TyrannoChorus and @C5TheBand, overthinks everything still does some science writing Cambridge, Europe sciencebase.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 79% replies, 0% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,672 user lists 42,001 followers | 80 |
| 12. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/EP for #XplorationOuterSpace on FOX, Host/co-EP on Emily's Wonder Lab on Netflix, Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad, from WV San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com Video channel 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 55% replies, 15% retweets, 19% quotes On 997 user lists 56,682 followers | 58 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 26% new, 26% replies, 41% retweets, 8% quotes On 336 user lists 24,667 followers | 50 |
| 14. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Science writer. principlesofcuriosity.com movie; skeptoid.com science podcast since 2006; author 'Conspiracies Declassified' a.co/h3G9z6w Bend, OR briandunning.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 46% new, 45% replies, 5% retweets, 5% quotes On 1,386 user lists 62,567 followers | 35 |