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. Host @sci4thepeople. She/her. All bad takes mine. Available for writing/editing, speaking, etc. Here for the trash pandas. Washington, DC linktr.ee/BeeBrookshire Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 40% new, 47% replies, 5% retweets, 8% quotes On no user lists 63,135 followers | 177 |
| 2. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin #sustcomm @ColumbiaClimate | 20 years @nytimes | Subscribe revkin.bulletin.com/subscribe | Rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, music j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Highlands / Lenape Land linktr.ee/revkin Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 18% new, 37% replies, 3% retweets, 42% quotes On 4,258 user lists 90,055 followers | 164 |
| 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: 6% new, 53% replies, 25% retweets, 16% quotes On 2,044 user lists 45,901 followers | 142 |
| 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: 14% new, 61% replies, 5% retweets, 20% quotes On 12,083 user lists 618,568 followers | 136 |
| 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: 10% new, 41% replies, 37% retweets, 12% quotes On 4,680 user lists 172,886 followers | 134 |
| 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: 14% new, 31% replies, 49% retweets, 6% quotes On 578 user lists 21,036 followers | 132 |
| 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: 6% new, 60% replies, 7% retweets, 28% quotes On 1,357 user lists 69,719 followers | 129 |
| 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: 24% new, 44% replies, 7% retweets, 24% quotes On 1,261 user lists 49,461 followers | 122 |
| 9. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator. Sci-comm advisor to the White House. “A sexy vampire.” -Post Malone. https://t.co/lcFqPb5kjC Los Angeles youtube.com/c/KyleHillScie… Video channel 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 19% new, 59% replies, 15% retweets, 8% quotes On 1,209 user lists 139,164 followers | 96 |
| 10. |  Cara SM, Vaccinated@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: 77% new, 13% replies, 7% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,861 user lists 78,875 followers | 92 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase A Geordie science writer in Cambridge. Photographing wildlife, singing and playing guitar with @C5TheBand and @TyrannoChorus, drinking ale England sciencebase.com Video channel 15 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 25% new, 70% replies, 1% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,548 user lists 39,998 followers | 83 |
| 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: 18% new, 45% replies, 24% retweets, 14% quotes On 1,300 user lists 116,189 followers | 75 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video journalist, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 36% new, 33% replies, 25% retweets, 6% quotes On 358 user lists 29,206 followers | 50 |
| 14. |  Brian Dunning@BrianDunning Real science & history. @Skeptoid podcast apple.co/2zecTSl; @SciFrictionFilm movie; Conspiracies Declassified from @SimonBooks a.co/h3G9z6w Bend, OR briandunning.com Video channel 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 32% new, 57% replies, 3% retweets, 8% quotes On 1,305 user lists 75,103 followers | 37 |