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. |  Riley Black ✨🏳️⚧️@Laelaps Bronto-queen. Author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs (2022), Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, and other books. Trans dinosaur lady. She/Her. Skreeonk. Where the fossils are. ko-fi.com/laelaps Patreon page 12 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 49% replies, 27% retweets, 4% quotes On 1,123 user lists 27,227 followers | 148 |
| 2. |  Matthew R "Amongst The Vaccinated" Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of science, fiction, and comics. Wearer of jaunty hats. Profile portrait by @sciencecomic . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org Patreon page 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 43% replies, 29% retweets, 13% quotes On 846 user lists 30,041 followers | 127 |
| 3. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Microscopic wildlife filmmaker. Author. Art school grad. YouTuber youtube.com/arielwaldman. San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 14 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 43% replies, 35% retweets, 16% quotes On 1,675 user lists 40,066 followers | 75 |
| 4. |  Ethan Siegel@StartsWithABang 'Some blogger who doesn’t even write a single paper in a decade.' #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, author, communicator. He/him or they/them. Portland, OR startswithabang.com Patreon page 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 16% new, 61% replies, 19% retweets, 4% quotes On 856 user lists 27,135 followers | 63 |
| 5. |  Beatrice the Biologist@beatricebiology Science illustrations, comics, and books! Co-host of @sciencebrunch, a conversational and irreverent science podcast. My real name is Katie McKissick. She/her. Los Angeles, CA Patreon page 10 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 30% new, 35% replies, 30% retweets, 4% quotes On 448 user lists 13,727 followers | 58 |