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. | ![]() @Laelaps Bronto-queen. Author of Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, and other fossiliferous books. Trans dinosaur lady. She/Her. Skreeonk. Where the fossils are. patreon.com/laelaps Patreon page 11 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 20% new, 50% replies, 24% retweets, 6% quotes On 1,123 user lists 26,718 followers | 145 |
2. | ![]() @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: 14% new, 45% replies, 32% retweets, 9% quotes On 850 user lists 30,088 followers | 123 |
3. | ![]() @arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Global director of @ScienceHackDay. Author. Art school grad. YouTuber youtube.com/arielwaldman. San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 13 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 6% new, 65% replies, 19% retweets, 10% quotes On 1,671 user lists 40,003 followers | 74 |
4. | ![]() @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 9 years on Twitter Recent tweets: 15% new, 67% replies, 15% retweets, 3% quotes On 841 user lists 26,106 followers | 65 |
5. | ![]() @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: 26% new, 44% replies, 21% retweets, 10% quotes On 447 user lists 13,644 followers | 58 |