# Rebecca Smethurst

> Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development".

*British astrophysicist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/rebecca-smethurst

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1990-05-15
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Rebecca Smethurst, also known as Dr. Becky, is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a Royal Astronomical Society Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship, awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society, as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize, awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development".

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.2 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 3.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 88.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 887,364

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/drbecky_ (@drbecky_)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/drbecky_s/ (@drbecky_s)
- **LINKEDIN**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-becky-smethurst-16407160/ (@dr-becky-smethurst-16407160)
- **WEBSITE**: https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNbYGl89UUowy8oXkipC-Q (@@drbecky, 887,000 followers)
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/rjsmethurst (@rjsmethurst, 364 followers)

## Sources
- [Becky Smethurst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky_Smethurst)
- [Rebecca Smethurst](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Smethurst)
- [ベッキー・スメサースト](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58246368)

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