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Science writers including 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).
| # | 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. He/him. Boulder about.me/philplait Video channel 12 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 20/day • 11% new, 68% replies, 7% retweets, 14% quotes | 616,011 | 12,852 |
| 2. |  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 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 5% new, 69% replies, 15% retweets, 11% quotes | 165,199 | 4,809 |
| 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/WReZt_IPRCA Video channel 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 20% new, 61% replies, 13% retweets, 7% quotes | 94,608 | 1,280 |
| 4. |  Andrew Revkin@Revkin Pursuing #sustcomm progress on a finite, noisy planet at @Columbia's @EarthInstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo Video channel 12 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 10% new, 27% replies, 11% retweets, 52% quotes | 86,591 | 4,288 |
| 5. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 Neurobio & Clinical Psych | 🎙@TalkNerdy_Pod & @SkepticsGuide | 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames | 🙋🏻♀️@SciCommCamp @NerdBrigade | 🌈 she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 65% new, 19% replies, 11% retweets, 6% quotes | 79,612 | 2,039 |
| 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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 24% new, 62% replies, 4% retweets, 10% quotes | 63,517 | 2,593 |
| 7. |  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 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 42% new, 49% replies, 4% retweets, 5% quotes | 59,977 | 1,381 |
| 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 7% new, 77% replies, 3% retweets, 13% quotes | 56,252 | 1,317 |
| 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 14% new, 65% replies, 9% retweets, 12% quotes | 53,825 | 977 |
| 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 12 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 53% replies, 16% retweets, 15% quotes | 45,800 | 2,199 |
| 11. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Science | Snaps | Songs Geordie. Not the actor, not the Ctl-Alt-Del guy, not the head of EMI, not The Atlantic editor, not the tractor, not the pornstar... Cambridge, EU sciencebase.com Video channel 12 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 14% new, 77% replies, 1% retweets, 7% quotes | 42,135 | 1,686 |
| 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, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 34% new, 29% replies, 1% retweets, 36% quotes | 38,454 | 1,261 |
| 13. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 22% new, 31% replies, 37% retweets, 10% quotes | 23,836 | 332 |
| 14. |  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 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.3/day • 20% new, 39% replies, 32% retweets, 9% quotes | 18,467 | 530 |