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 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 46% new, 41% replies, 5% retweets, 8% quotes On 2,448 user lists 63,761 followers | 175 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin Seeking #sustcomm progress @ColumbiaClimate | 20 years @nytimes | climate beat since '88 | Rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, music j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Highlands / Lenape Land linktr.ee/revkin Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 30% replies, 3% retweets, 48% quotes On 4,254 user lists 88,531 followers | 158 |
| 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 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 77% replies, 5% retweets, 9% quotes On 12,260 user lists 620,975 followers | 139 |
| 4. |  Rebecca Skloot (she/her)@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS now an @Oprah film #HeLaMovie.Writing a book on #animals #ethics #AnimalResearch Insta @rebeccaskloot Portland, OR rebeccaskloot.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 10% new, 43% replies, 33% retweets, 15% quotes On 2,091 user lists 46,668 followers | 138 |
| 5. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Planetary scientist, space boffin, moon maven, lagrangian lieutenant, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 12% new, 51% replies, 25% retweets, 11% quotes On 4,715 user lists 173,226 followers | 132 |
| 6. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Correspondent and Host of the podcast VICE News Reports @vicenews • I also draw (banner art by me) • Tweets auto-🗑 • she/her • 🇨🇦 🇹🇹 New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/1525769448 Video channel 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 37% replies, 39% retweets, 6% quotes On 574 user lists 21,205 followers | 128 |
| 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: 2% new, 65% replies, 6% retweets, 26% quotes On 1,329 user lists 68,119 followers | 126 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 22% new, 45% replies, 13% retweets, 20% quotes On 1,246 user lists 47,371 followers | 120 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator and entertainer. Avid Indoorsman. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. 🚨NEW VIDEO🚨👇👇 Los Angeles youtu.be/uJ8cYheR5xo Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 68% replies, 5% retweets, 10% quotes On 1,147 user lists 112,201 followers | 97 |
| 10. |  Cara SM, Vaccinated@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 #ExistentialPsychology 🎓 | 🎙 @TalkNerdy_Pod & The @SkepticsGuide 🎙| 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames etc etc. 📺 | 🏳️🌈 she/her 🏳️🌈 Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 88% new, 5% replies, 4% retweets, 3% quotes On 1,876 user lists 79,286 followers | 91 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Science writer, Photographer, Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Allotmenteer, Pondwarbler, Bird-er, Moth-er ⚗️⌨️📚📷🦅🦉🐦🦋👨🎤🎸😷🍺🍷🥃 Cambridge sciencebase.com Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 22% new, 69% replies, 2% retweets, 7% quotes On 1,579 user lists 40,981 followers | 84 |
| 12. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal 🎥Emmy-Nominated Science Host Emily's Wonder Lab (Netflix) #XplorationOuterSpace (FOX) ✍🏻author Ada Lace Series 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her thespacegal.com Video channel 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 9% new, 65% replies, 11% retweets, 16% quotes On 1,247 user lists 106,806 followers | 76 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 32% new, 24% replies, 39% retweets, 5% quotes On 345 user lists 26,861 followers | 49 |
| 14. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Skeptoid podcast apple.co/2zecTSl; principlesofcuriosity.com movie; Conspiracies Declassified from @SimonBooks a.co/h3G9z6w Bend, OR briandunning.com Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 34% new, 51% replies, 7% retweets, 8% quotes On 1,315 user lists 70,881 followers | 37 |