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The most followed scientists

The scientists with the biggest social audiences, ranked by total following rather than fame.

Mark Rober

YouTubers

2nd166.2M · Followers

Elon Musk

Founders

1st213.0M · Followers

Colin Furze

YouTubers

3rd13.3M · Followers
Elon Musk tops this list.

Followers: 213.0M, ahead of Mark Rober at 166.2M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thDestin SandlinScientists11.9M
  2. 5thJulio Ríos GallegoScientists5.1M
  3. 6thHank GreenWriters3.2M
  4. 7thForrest GalanteScientists2.8M
  5. 8thWalter LewinScientists1.9M
  6. 9thSabine HossenfelderScientists1.8M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thWilliam S. HammackScientistsUnited StatesScientists1.6M11thRachel PizzolatoScientistsUnited StatesScientists1.3M12thH. C. VermaScientistsIndiaScientists1.1M13thPhil RobertsonDirectorsUnited StatesDirectors1.1M14thPhil MasonScientistsScientists1.1M15thRebecca SmethurstScientistsUnited KingdomScientists887K16thMike HornSouth Africa858K17thWojciech CejrowskiJournalistsPolandJournalists802K18thVivek RamaswamyFoundersUnited StatesFounders800K19thBruce LiptonScientistsUnited StatesScientists629K20thNidhal GuessoumScientistsAlgeriaScientists575K21stSummer Rayne OakesModelsUnited StatesModels575K22ndBret WeinsteinScientistsUnited StatesScientists558K23rdDavid A. SinclairScientistsAustraliaScientists523K24thAlexander Y. PanchinScientistsRussiaScientists503K25thZaghloul El-NaggarScientistsEgyptScientists500K
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