Listing of physicists with 1,000 or more Twitter followers. Tweet additions and comments to @Lucretius21c tagged #physicists.
Also see Astronomers on Twitter and Dead Physicists Reanimated on Twitter.
Content last updated: 2013-05-17 12:00 UTC. Users listed: 54.
| Twitter profile | Twitter followers |
Tweet rate |
 Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox Ultra-naïve positivist-ish, although science can’t explain the existence of antipositivists |
1,128,031 | 5/day |
 Dr. Michio Kaku@michiokaku Official Twitter of Theoretical Physicist, Famed Futurist, Bestselling Author, On-Air Personality, and Public Speaker, Dr. Michio Kaku. |
140,786 | 0.6/day |
 Henry Reich@minutephysics Cool science videos! Trying to get people excited about learnin’ |
46,795 | 5/day |
 Jim Al-Khalili@jimalkhalili Quantum physicist, author, broadcaster and humanist – |
40,365 | 5/day |
 Lawrence Krauss@LKrauss1 Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Best-Selling Author, Science and Public Policy Advocate |
32,322 | 1/day |
 Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Scientist, truth vigilante. |
21,766 | 3/day |
 Brian Greene@bgreene Physicist, Author, Co-founder World Science Festival |
14,413 | 0.2/day |
 Principia Marsupia@pmarsupia Blogger en http://t.co/lC3ZFfY4 y http://t.co/rISSxtdS Investigador en física teórica durante el día. (Nombre en el mundo real: Alberto Sicilia) |
9,973 | 2/day |
 Deborah Berebichez@debbiebere A physicist with a deep passion for communicating science to the masses. Secondary life as philosopher and actor. Made in Mexico. |
8,383 | 3/day |
 Jon Butterworth@jonmbutterworth UCL physics prof, working on LHC, Guardian blogger *and more*. Personal account, own views, occasional flippancy etc… |
7,767 | 9/day |
 Lisa Randall@lirarandall Physicist, |
7,605 | 2/day |
 Andrew Jones@AboutPhysics About.com Physics Guide, author of String Theory for Dummies |
6,931 | 3/day |
 Athene Donald@AtheneDonald Professor of Physics,University of Cambridge, working at physics interface with biology; University gender equality champion; writing in a personal capacity |
5,039 | 6/day |
 Marcelo Gleiser@MGleiser Theoretical physicist and natural philosopher, essayist an writer, author of A Tear at the Edge of Creation, blogger for NPR |
4,826 | 0.4/day |
 michael_nielsen@michael_nielsen writer; scientist; programmer; author of Reinventing Discovery: the New Era of Networked Science |
4,767 | 1/day |
 Sarah Kavassalis@sc_k Permanent student of mathematics, physics, and sometimes, the philosophy of their intersection. Marfanoid. Cat mom to @FelisKlein. |
4,519 | 14/day |
 Francis Villatoro@emulenews Informático, físico, doctor en matemáticas y divulgador científico; en mi blog practico el arte de hacer fácil lo difícil, aunque no siempre lo logro. |
4,365 | 25/day |
 Arturo Quirantes@elprofedefisica Físico (de película) y profesor (de cine), internauta y granaíno. Por lo demás, el hombre se define por sus actos, no por sus títulos. |
4,299 | 8/day |
 George Musser@gmusser Contributing editor at Scientific American magazine, book author, and physics blogger. Making sense of space and time is hard work, but someone’s got to do it. |
3,823 | 3/day |
 Garrett Lisi@garrettlisi surfer-physicist (multiclass) |
3,627 | 0.4/day |
 Matthew R. Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of science, blogger of physics and astronomy, director of CosmoAcademy (http://t.co/chPbkvWoNA), wearer of jaunty hats. Will science for food. |
3,623 | 45/day |
 Rhett Allain@rjallain Physics faculty and wired science blogger. I once gave up coffee. Sadly, I realized it was the source of my superpowers. |
3,610 | 4/day |
 James Gillies@JDGillies Head of communication at CERN |
3,040 | 0.3/day |
 skullsinthestars@drskyskull Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Opinions are my own (and, of course, mighty Cthulhu’s) |
2,897 | 58/day |
 Arjen Dijksman@materion Exploring scientists’ world and daily physics quotes(#xsw). Nature & people lover. Anecdotal physics history. Feynmanian. PhD student. Quantum dots. |
2,799 | 3/day |
 Dmitry Podolsky@dpodolsky Professional theoretical physicist blogging about cutting edge science/research |
2,780 | 1/day |
 Aatish Bhatia@aatishb Physics grad student and science writer. Teacher, kayaker, and voider of warranties. I’ve been peed on by a proboscis monkey in Borneo. |
2,742 | 7/day |
 Matt Strassler@MattStrassler Theoretical physicist studying particles and strings; interpreting science for the public. Following the Large Hadron Collider closely. |
2,357 | 1/day |
 Paul Halpern@phalpern Physicist and Science Writer. Author of more than a dozen popular science books, most recently Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond |
2,259 | 2/day |
 Chad Orzel@orzelc I’m a physicist, professor, blogger, and author of two books explaining modern physics through conversations with my dog (@queen_emmy). |
2,015 | 7/day |
 Pauline Gagnon@GagnonPauline I’m a particle physicist working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN, looking for dark matter when not running around or hiking somewhere |
1,968 | 0.2/day |
 Iván García Cubero@Wis_Alien Físico de materiales, simulador, divulgador científico, escéptico y bloguero. |
1,940 | 7/day |
 Tara Shears@TaraShears Particle physicist |
1,905 | 1/day |
 Tom Whyntie@twhyntie STFC researcher-in-residence at @LangtonStar for the @CERNatschool project, getting students doing science with QMUL/GridPP/SEPnet. Views expressed are my own. |
1,855 | 6/day |
 Christine Corbett@corbett Physics PhD student, maker. gadgets, dev (@Circleof6app,@kliqtv,@steamheavyind,@whispersystems), feminism, programming, space, high performance computing, derby |
1,777 | 8/day |
 John Womersley@JohnWomersley Chief Executive, Science and Technology Facilities Council. Supporting some of the most important and exciting science on (and off) the planet. |
1,670 | 2/day |
 Ian Hopkinson@SmallCasserole …aka SomeBeans. Scientist. Physicist. ooo…looker extraordinaire. Mr @HappyMouffetard. Senior Data Scientist at @ScraperWiki |
1,648 | 26/day |
 David McGloin@DundeePhysics Physicist: Researcher (optics, photonics, aerosols and biophysics), Head of Physics Division, University of Dundee (views are my own) |
1,585 | 3/day |
 Dr Ben Still@benstill Physicist using the smallest building blocks of nature to answer the biggest questions in the Universe. Member #T2K neutrino experiment. Chair of @ScienceLondon |
1,549 | 2/day |
 Erik Verlinde@erikverlinde I am a Theoretical Physicist at the University of Amsterdam. I work on string theory, gravity, cosmology and black holes. |
1,548 | <0.05/day |
 Bob Estes@onscrn On-Screen Scientist blog. Physics PhD. Dev/prez OnScreen Science: Mac & iOS apps–OnScreen DNA Model, Gene Transcription, DNA Replication, Pitch Count |
1,522 | 5/day |
 Michele Catanzaro@mcatanzaro PhD in Physics, journalist |
1,328 | 2/day |
 Dr Adriana Caselotti@Adriana_Raven Particle Physicist & Space Enthusiast. Amateur astronomer. |
1,281 | 2/day |
 Kathryn Jepsen@grimkat Communicator at Fermilab and deputy editor of symmetry magazine (@symmetrymag). Views are my own. |
1,278 | 1.0/day |
 Shimon Lerner@slerner Physics lecturer @ JCT often found in the Beis Medrash. Soft-Condensed-Matter. Squeezing the universe into a ball & rolling it towards the overwhelming Question |
1,249 | 6/day |
 Suzie Sheehy@suziesheehy Physics research fellow in accelerator physics, science communicator and runner. All views my own. |
1,235 | 6/day |
 Dave Goldberg@askaphysicist I’m a physicist, and I write! A User’s Guide to the Universe, (2010), The Universe in the Rearview Mirror (2013), and io9′s Ask a Physicist. |
1,232 | 2/day |
 Marco Delmastro@marcodelmastro Particle physicist working in the ATLAS experiment at CERN LHC. |
1,180 | 2/day |
 Seth Zenz@sethzenz They call me Dr. Zenz. Particle physicist working at @CERN for @Princeton on the @CMSExperiment. I blog for @USLHC at @quantum_diaries. Marrying @flyfisherlady. |
1,171 | 0.8/day |
 Peter Steinberg@steinber Physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory (studying hot, dense matter with the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC), recovering blogger, Brooklyner, dad |
1,136 | 0.8/day |
 Bilge Demirköz@BilgeDemirkoz Particle physicist – Associate Professor at ODTÜ / METU – Researcher at CERN – TED fellow |
1,130 | 0.6/day |
 JoergR@JoergR Quant and ScienceBlogger |
1,091 | 8/day |
 Steven Goldfarb@stevengoldfarb Physicist, Outreach, Education and Collaborative Tool Coordinator on ATLAS Experiment at CERN, Bluesman |
1,062 | 0.6/day |
 Marieke Navin@lisamarieke Particle physicist turned science communicator |
1,059 | 3/day |
Newton’s Fourth Law – Lucretius, ver. 21c
Suggestion: Instead of log10(followers), how about a measure of their activity? For example: Hawking is in the top five due to # of followers but he doesn’t post – the other top 5 are prolific posters.
Physicists vs. Philosophers on Twitter – Lucretius, ver. 21c
Accretion Power in Astrotweeting – Lucretius, ver. 21c
Twitter Profiles – Lucretius, ver. 21c