Top 70 Science Influencers in 2026

1. Mark Rober

Bio Former NASA & Apple engineer. Current YouTuber and friend of science. Founder of @crunchlabs *****@markrober.com Instagram Handle @markrober Instagram Followers 3.1M Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Science Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Bio Your Personal Astrophysicist and host of @StarTalk.
Posting images and occasional videos of possible artistic or scientific interest. Instagram Handle @neildegrassetyson Instagram Followers 2.8M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Michael Stevens

Bio Thanks for watching! *****@vsauce.com Instagram Handle @electricpants Instagram Followers 2.3M Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Mega Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UC6nS.. + Follow Get Email Contact

4. Hank Green

Bio I may have taught you biology.
Subscribe to my newsletter We’re Here! *****@unitedtalent.com Instagram Handle @hankgreen Instagram Followers 2.2M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Joseph Herscher

Bio Inventor of useless machines. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @josephsmachines Instagram Followers 2.2M Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

6. Rob Roy Britt

Bio Physics describes the real magic of the universe. Visit my store! ➡️ Follow this link: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @physicsfun Instagram Followers 2M Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Mega Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UCVs-.. + Follow Get Email Contact

7. Emily McDonald

Bio 🧠 Neuroscientist & Founder @mindcraft
🎙️ Host of @planetempodcast
Save your spot in my next masterclass ⬇️ *****@emonthebrain.com Instagram Handle @emonthebrain Instagram Followers 1.9M Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Andrew McCarthy

Bio Exploring the universe from a backyard in Arizona
Get my latest print👇 Instagram Handle @cosmic_background Instagram Followers 1.9M Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

9. Emily Calandrelli

Bio 🧑🏼‍🚀100th Woman in Space
🚀MIT Aerospace engineer + Emmy-nominated TV host
✍🏻#1 NYTimes Best Selling Author
▶️ Emily's Science Lab on YouTube *****@emilycalandrelli.com Instagram Handle @thespacegal Instagram Followers 1.5M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Colin Furze

Bio Home to the epic home tunnel system and crazy inventions
It's amazing what can come under/out of my garden shed!
MERCH and LATEST VIDEO in link below. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @realcolinfurze Instagram Followers 1.5M Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Mega Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UCp68.. + Follow Get Email Contact

11. Adam Savage

Bio #AdamSavage is editor-in-chief of @testedcom, and author of #EveryToolsAHammer. Former co-host of @MythBusters. *****@tested.com Instagram Handle @therealadamsavage Instagram Followers 1.2M Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Mega Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Nigel Braun

Bio Capturing the natural beauty of chemistry
Find me on YouTube: @NileRed/@NileBlue *****@nilered.ca Instagram Handle @nile.red Instagram Followers 1.2M Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Mega Get Email Contact

13. Rachel Barr

Bio PhD candidate in neuroscience 🧠🔬
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Author of How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend📚 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drrachelbarr Instagram Followers 1.1M Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Mega Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. James Hobson

Bio 🎬 15M on YouTube turning fictional technology into reality
🛒 Designing awesome products for @hacksmith.store *****@thehacksmith.com Instagram Handle @thehacksmith Instagram Followers 975.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

15. Brian Cox

Bio Particle physics, cosmology, biology, music and increasingly interested in what it all means! Instagram Handle @profbriancox Instagram Followers 720.7K Type Macro Get Email Contact

16. Simone Giertz

Bio I build things and make videos about it. Founder of @yetch.studio *****@thebrag.media Instagram Handle @simonegiertz Instagram Followers 716.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Dianna Cowern

Bio Business inquiries: *****@physicsgirl.org
Youtube.com/physicsgirl Instagram Handle @thephysicsgirl Instagram Followers 555.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +16% Type Macro Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UC7Dd.. + Follow Get Email Contact

18. Steve Mould

Bio Science videos *****@zigguratxyz.com Instagram Handle @stevemouldscience Instagram Followers 470.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Chris Hadfield

Bio Canadian Astronaut and Spaceship Commander, author, TV host, public speaker, moustache aficionado, musician, professor, proud father, loving husband. *****@chrishadfield.ca Instagram Handle @colchrishadfield Instagram Followers 432.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

20. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Bio Australian science broadcaster & author.
A Periodic Tale: My Sciencey Memoir (2024)
I do not endorse any commercial products. *****@claxtonspeakers.com Instagram Handle @doctor_karl Instagram Followers 281.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com + Follow Get Email Contact

21. Phil Torres

Bio Jungle Guy, Entomologist, Educator 🦋🌿
Host of #ExpeditionX on @Discovery @hbomax *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @phil_torres Instagram Followers 272.4K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Destin Wilson Sandlin

Bio I'm Destin. I seek truth and like to share what I learn with others… on YouTube *****@smartereveryday.com Instagram Handle @smartereveryday Instagram Followers 249.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

23. Kyle Hill

Bio Dr.* Award-winning science educator. Nuclear comms expert. @basilisk_gg Head of outreach. @cleanfuturesfund ambassador. “A legend.” - @postmalone *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sci_phile Instagram Followers 215.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

24. Nick Uhas

Bio Nick Uhas | Science Creator
🧪Amazing Science Experiments
🛠️Host of Netflix’s Blown Away
👇🏻Let's create together! *****@thesciencefactory.io Instagram Handle @nickuhas Instagram Followers 183.5K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

25. Raven Baxter

Bio Founder and CEO of @withfervae. Molecular Biologist and Science Communicator. *****@thesciencemaven.com Instagram Handle @raventhesciencemaven Instagram Followers 164.8K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Shane Kimbrough

Bio NASA Astronaut, US Army Colonel, AH-64 Apache pilot, husband, father, Christian. Proud Quanta employee - our people power modern life Instagram Handle @astro_kimbrough Instagram Followers 158K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

27. Athena Brensberger

Bio 💫 Astronomer Barbie 👱🏻‍♀️
🔭B.S., Astronomy & Planetary Science🪐
10+ yr international model 🌏👠
💌 *****@astroathens.com Instagram Handle @astroathens Instagram Followers 150.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female astroathens.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

28. Dr. Kate Biberdorf

Bio Ph.D Chemist 🤓 Chemistry Professor🧪
Bestselling Author📚 Pyromaniac🔥
Host of NPR's @seekingascientist 💥 *****@katethechemist.com Instagram Handle @katethechemist Instagram Followers 127.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Estefannie

Bio feminine rage tech
💕💅 🌴
engineer and professor @artcenteredu
*****@estefannie.com Instagram Handle @estefanniegg Instagram Followers 126.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Joe Hanson

Bio Your cool science dad. I make @okaytobesmart for @pbs. “You look like John Cena disguised as Clark Kent”
🏠 Austin, TX
⬇️ see what I’m up to ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drjoehanson Instagram Followers 126.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

31. Joan Marie

Bio 🚀: Engineer, Speaker, Advocate
👩🏽‍🔬: Space + STEM + Motivation
🇵🇷: I help curious students break into STEM & Space
💻: (Not an official NASA account) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @yourfemaleengineer Instagram Followers 111K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Amy Shira Teitel

Bio Historian and author with a focus on science, technology, and a lot of space. And yes, I’m the one on those Science Channel shows! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @amyshirateitel Instagram Followers 92.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Chris Sutherland

Bio @lakerosseaulake Instagram Handle @sutherlandphys Instagram Followers 89.5K Type Micro Gender Male instagram.com/sutherlandphys + Follow Get Email Contact

34. Maddie Moate

Bio BAFTA Winning Presenter, YouTuber, Writer
📚 Latest book - How Does It Work
📺 Cbeebies Do You Know & Something Special
🎭 Maddie's Curious Christmas *****@miradormanagement.com Instagram Handle @maddiemoate Instagram Followers 76.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female youtube.com/@maddiemoate + Follow Get Email Contact

35. Amy Atwater

Bio Director of Paleontology @dinosaur.ridge | Author: The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure | Co-host @weirdanddead | President @coloradoscientificsociety *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @mary_annings_revenge Instagram Followers 69K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Dr. Alok Patel

Bio 🎥 Physician / Journalist / Loud Mouth
📺 ABC News medical unit
🗽 "Patel It Like It Is" @abcnewslive
👨🏾‍⚕️ @pbs @ameracadpeds @uplit.md @skin.metal Instagram Handle @alokpatelmd Instagram Followers 53.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +13% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

37. Greg Brown

Bio Creator of @AsapSCIENCE
🐋🎧🦆🎨🤓🦋🚲🦅 🌿🧬🔬📚🍄 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @whalewatchmeplz Instagram Followers 52.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Emily Graslie

Bio 🎨👩🏼‍🎨 Artist: emilygraslie.com/shop
👩🏼‍💻Updates: Patreon.com/egraslie
🎥Creator #TheBrainScoop ✨🦋🏛
🎥 EP, Host & Writer #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS 🦕🚘 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @egraslie Instagram Followers 34.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Vanessa Hill

Bio Sleep scientist (PhD) helping tired people actually rest (without the guilt)
👇 Free quiz: what's your bedtime procrastination type *****@braincraft.tv Instagram Handle @nessyhill Instagram Followers 29.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Aaron Pomerantz

Bio Associate Director, Global Segment Marketing @oxfordnanopore. PhD, UC Berkeley, Integrative Biology. The coolest discoveries are the ones you make! *****@ucr.edu Instagram Handle @nextgenscientist Instagram Followers 27.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

41. Kevin J DeBruin

Bio I’m a Space Expert & Doer of Many Things💫
🛰 NASA Rocket Scientist (fmr) | Aerospace Engineer
🏆 Emmy-Nominated Host & Producer
🪐 Founder @_spaceclass *****@kevinjdebruin.com Instagram Handle @kevinjdebruin Instagram Followers 21.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. Nina Chhita

Bio ✨Sharing stories about scientists✨
👩🏽‍🔬Author, illustrator, & presenter
📚1st BOOK: AUG 2026
📍London, UK Instagram Handle @nina.draws.scientists Instagram Followers 21.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Mark Langtry

Bio Science TV Presenter & Producer
Theoretical Physicist |Meteorology|Climate Science
Former Pro Footballer
Head of Science & Sport @explorium_ireland *****@markthescienceguy.com Instagram Handle @mark_thescienceguy Instagram Followers 19.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

44. Ella Marushchenko

Bio Scientific illustrator🖌+🔬
Designed covers for all leading journals.🔬⚛
Twitter: Ella_Maru.
Project requests: *****@ellamarustudio.com Instagram Handle @ella_maru Instagram Followers 19.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Jade

Bio Just a girl trying to understand the universe through Wikipedia articles.
Latest YouTube video ⬇️ *****@standard.tv Instagram Handle @upndatom Instagram Followers 14.5K Type Micro Gender Female instagram.com/upndatom + Follow Get Email Contact

46. Rob Nelson

Bio I'm a Biologist teaching about our wild world
UntamedScience.com / StoneAgeMan.com
Wildlife, Biomes, Bushcraft
#StoneAgeMan on Youtube *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @untamedscience Instagram Followers 12.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Kirsten Sanford

Bio A science podcasting and video-making ninja. What more could you want *****@thisweekinscience.com Instagram Handle @thedrkiki Instagram Followers 7K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

48. Dr. Kristin Moon

Bio Dr. Kristin Moon 🧪 Veteran Homeschool Mom 👩🏻‍🔬Online Science Teacher 🖥 Microbiologist 🧫 Let me help you understand, teach, and LOVE science! 🧬 *****@kristinmoonscience.com Instagram Handle @kristinmoonscience Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. Bill Nye

Bio Science Guy & Chief Ambassador of @planetarysociety *****@billnye.com Instagram Handle @billnye Instagram Followers 3.6M Type Mega Gender Male podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas.. + Follow Get Email Contact

50. Scott Joseph Kelly

Bio Former NASA Astronaut & US Navy Captain Inquires: Keppler Speakers or United Talent Agency Husband to @amikokelly, Brother of @senmarkkelly *****@mach25llc.com Instagram Handle @stationcdrkelly Instagram Followers 891.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

51. Derek Muller

Bio I make videos about science on Youtube. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @veritasium Instagram Followers 354K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Macro Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UCHny.. + Follow Get Email Contact

52. Daniel Toker

Bio Neuroscientist at UCLA
B.A. from Princeton, Ph.D. from Berkeley
Consciousness | Brains | A.I. | Mental Health 🌱 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @the_brain_scientist Instagram Followers 132.8K Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

53. Dr Fiann Smithwick

Bio 🦖 UK-based Palaeontologist
🦕 Sharing my fossils
🤓 Scientific research
Check out my shop ⬇️
⛰️ Outdoor adventures
🏋️‍♂️ Fitness @w_modelmgmt Instagram Handle @fms.fossils Instagram Followers 75.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

54. Kevin

Bio constructive lawlessness *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thebackyardscientist_ Instagram Followers 71.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

55. Raquel Nuno

Bio In my offline era 💁🏻‍♀️
Planetary Scientist | Mother x4 | Air Force Veteran | From: 🇵🇹 | Astrophotography newb 🔭
Stay nerdy! *****@ucla.edu Instagram Handle @thespacegeologist Instagram Followers 42.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. Pardis Sabeti

Bio Professor @sabeti_lab @harvard @broadinstitute using genomics to understand and impact infectious disease Instagram Handle @pardis_sabeti Instagram Followers 33.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

57. Dr Rohin Francis

Bio NHS Consultant Cardiologist🫀
Dad, doctor, dork
YouTube Medlife Crisis
@watch.nebula *****@standard.tv Instagram Handle @medcrisis Instagram Followers 26.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Male youtube.com/channel/UCgRB.. + Follow Get Email Contact

58. Shini Somara

Bio PhD Fluid Dynamics🌪️Chartered Mechanical Engineer👷🏾‍♀️7x STEM Author📚 STEM Broadcaster & Content Creator 📺🎙️Living in wonder 🔭 Seeker of Truth ✨ *****@drshinisomara.com Instagram Handle @drshinisomara Instagram Followers 25.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female esteamdwomen.podbean.com + Follow Get Email Contact

59. Kallie Moore

Bio Science Communicator
🦕Host - @eonsshow
🦣Manager - Paleo Collection at @umontana
📖 Author - Tales of the Prehistoric World *****@mso.umt.edu Instagram Handle @fossil_librarian Instagram Followers 22.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Get Email Contact

60. Esther Odekunle

Bio Senior Research Scientist
Biochemistry ➡️ Neurobiology ➡️ Therapeutic antibodies
🧪🔬All things science 🔭🧬
📍 Vancouver *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @science.uncovered Instagram Followers 20.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

61. Dave Farina

Bio Science communicator, author, and cheese enthusiast.
1,000+ tutorials at Professor Dave Explains on YouTube, and check out my book today! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @daveexplains Instagram Followers 15.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Micro Gender Male youtube.com/@ProfessorDaveEx.. + Follow Get Email Contact

62. Kaan Mika

Bio 👨🏼‍🔬 Molecular biologist 🦟
🎤 Science communicator @ethzurich
🇬🇧 Check out my science magazine below ⬇️ Instagram Handle @slice_of_science Instagram Followers 13.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

63. Dr Georgia Atkin Smith

Bio Dr Georgia Atkin-Smith - Aussie Woman & Scientist
Postdoc x Public Speaking x Cell Death 👩🏼‍🔬🇦🇺
Keeping it real in the science world. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @someblondescientist Instagram Followers 9.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

64. Dominic Walliman

Bio Domain of Science on YouTube. Science communicator, illustrator, PhD physicist, quantum computing guy *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dominicwalliman Instagram Followers 8.7K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

65. Zaid Suhail

Bio I make YouTube videos on science explaining things you wonder 🔬🔎📚
AI & Electrical Engineer
Twitter: scixp 🐦
YouTube Channel 🎥⬇️⬇️⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @scientificallyexplained Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

66. Ibere Thenorio

Bio 🌎 Incrivelmente simples. 🚀
Contato: *****@manualdomundo.com.br Instagram Handle @ManualdoMundo Instagram Followers 3M Type Mega Get Email Contact