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This is a list of notable Fediverse accounts.

To be eligible for the list an entity has to meet these criteria:

* be notable or willing. Which means one of the following:
** Entity has it's own Wikipedia article (any language) and >1k followers on Fedi.
** Entity has >5k followers on Fedi.
** Entity has >1k followers on Fedi and is not a private person.
** Entity has >1k followers on Fedi and agreed to be added to the list.
* be real. No bots, crossposters or feeds!
* not be a shitposter, porn-account or a bigot.
* not on an instance eligible for [[FediBlock]] (which includes threads.net).


{| class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan="2"|Full name
!rowspan="2"|Handle
!rowspan="2"|Followers
!rowspan="2"|Fediverse original?
!rowspan="2"|Posts in
!rowspan="2"|Comment
!rowspan="2"|Wikipedia article
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![[What is Mastodon?|Mastodon]]
|[https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon @Mastodon]
|813k
|
|English
|Original account of [[What is Mastodon?|Mastodon]]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) en]
|-
!George Takei
|[https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei @georgetakei]
|420k
|
|English
|US actor
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Takei en]
|-
![[Fedizen:Eugen Rochko|Eugen Rochko]]
|[https://mastodon.social/@Gargron @Gargron]
|344k
|
|English, (Deutsch)
|Founder, CEO and lead developer of [[What is Mastodon?|Mastodon]]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Rochko en]
|-
!Neil Geiman
|[https://mastodon.social/@neilhimself @neilhimself]
|268k
|
|English
|English author
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman en]
|-
!Robert Reich
|[https://masto.ai/@rbreich @rbreich]
|261k
|
|English
|Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor of the US.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reich en]
|-
![[Fedizen:FediThing|FediTips]]
|[https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips @FediTips]
|214k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Tips about the Fediverse
|
|-
!Jan Böhmermann
|[https://edi.social/@janboehm @janboehm]
|193k
|
|Deutsch
|German comedian
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_B%C3%B6hmermann en]
|-
!Taylor Lorenz
|[https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz @taylorlorenz]
|179k
|
|English
|Tech columnist at The Washington Post
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Lorenz en]
|-
!Ars Technica
|[https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica @arstechnica]
|145k
|
|English
|Tech news
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Technica en]
|-
!stux
|[https://mstdn.social/@stux @stux]
|134k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Hoster of many notable (Fediverse) services
|
|-
!Ken White
|[https://mastodon.social/@Popehat @Popehat]
|113k
|
|English
|Criminal defense attorney
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popehat en]
|-
!Der Postillon
|[https://mastodon.social/@derpostillon @derpostillon]
|121k
|
|Deutsch
|German satirical fake-news
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Postillon en]
|-
!ProPublica
|[https://newsie.social/@ProPublica @ProPublica]
|113k
|
|English
|Non-profit news org.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProPublica en]
|-
!Volksverpetzer
|[https://digitalcourage.social/@Volksverpetzer @Volksverpetzer]
|108k
|
|Deutsch
|Anti-Fake-News-Blog
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverpetzer de]
|-
!Stephen Fry
|[https://mastodonapp.uk/@stephenfry @stephenfry]
|104k
|
|English
|famous author
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Fry en]
|-
!Greta Thunberg
|[https://mastodon.nu/@gretathunberg @gretathunberg]
|103k
|
|English
|Founder of FridaysForFuture
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg en]
|-
!Elhotzo
|[https://mastodon.social/@elhotzo @elhotzo]
|102k
|
|Deutsch
|German satirist
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hotzo de]
|-
!EU Commission
|[https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission @EU_Commission]
|96k
|
|English
|Official account of the EU commission
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission en]
|-
!Auschwitz Museum
|[https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum @auschwitzmuseum]
|89k
|
|English
|Holocaust Museum
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz-Birkenau_State_Museum en]
|-
!Syuilo
|[https://misskey.io/@syuilo @syuilo]
|70k
|
|日本語
|Lead developer of [[What is Misskey?|Misskey]].
|
|-
![[Fedizen:FediThing|FediFollows]]
|[https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows @FediFollows]
|65k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Follow recommendations 
|
|-
!Curator
|[https://mastodon.art/@Curator @Curator]
|60k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Admin of mastodon.art and curator of art on the Fediverse
|
|-
!Mark Ruffalo
|[https://mastodon.social/@MarkRuffalo @MarkRuffalo]
|56k
|
|English
|actor
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ruffalo en]
|-
![[What is Pixelfed?|Pixelfed]]
|[https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed @pixelfed]
|59k
|
|English
|Original account of [[What is Pixelfed?|Pixelfed]]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed en]
|-
!FridaysForFuture Germany
|[https://chaos.social/@fff @fff]
|56k
|
|Deutsch
|German climate justice activism group
|
|-
!War and Peas
|[https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas @warandpeas]
|54k
|
|English
|comics
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peas de]
|-
!Kathy Griffin
|[https://mstdn.social/@kathygriffin @kathygriffin]
|53k
|
|English
|famous US-Actress
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Griffin en]
|-
!Donnie O'Sullivan
|[https://mastodon.ie/@donieosullivan @donieosullivan]
|50k
|
|English
|CNN Journalist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donie_O%27Sullivan_(journalist) en]
|-
!Digitalcourage e.V.
|[https://digitalcourage.social/@digitalcourage @digitalcourage]
|45k
|
|Deutsch
|Association for freedom of information & privacy
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalcourage en]
|-
!Tor Project
|[https://mastodon.social/@torproject @torproject]
|45k
|
|English
|Developers of Tor, the Tor browser and other projects
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(network) en]
|-
!Aral
|[https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral @aral]
|42k
|
|English
|Small web developer
|
|-
!Volker Quaschning
|[https://mastodon.green/@VQuaschning @VQuaschning]
|40k
|
|Deutsch
|German climate scientist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volker_Quaschning en]
|-
!Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf
|[https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf @rahmstorf]
||35k
|
|Deutsch
|German climate scientist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Rahmstorf de]
|-
!Katja Diehl
|[https://norden.social/@SheDrivesMobility @SheDrivesMobility]
||33k
|
|Deutsch
|Author of #AutoKorrektur, a book on mobility turnaround
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_Diehl de]
|-
!Mastodon Italia
|[https://mastodon.uno/@amministratore @amministratore]
|32k
|{{yes}}
|Italiano
|Admin of the largest Italian mastodon instance.
|
|-
!Framasoft
|[https://framapiaf.org/@Framasoft @Framasoft]
|31k
|
|français, English
|French software company/community, developers of [[What is Mobilizon?|Mobilizon]], [[What is Peertube?|PeerTube]] and many services to replace Google products.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framasoft en]
|-
!Kuketz Blog
|[https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog @kuketzblog]
|30k
|
|Deutsch
|IT-security expert
|
|-
!Katherina Nocun
|[https://chaos.social/@kattascha @kattascha]
|30k
|
|Deutsch
|German-Polish publicist, net-activist, politician & more.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Nocun en]
|-
![[Fedizen:David Revoy|David Revoy]]
|[https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy @davidrevoy]
|29k
|
|English, français
|Creator of comics & mascots of Fediverse and other Free Software projects. 
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%26Carrot en]
|-
!muesli
|[https://mastodon.social/@fribbledom @fribbledom]
|28k
|
|English
|Software developer
|
|-
!Nextcloud
|[https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud @nextcloud]
|26k
|
|English
|Personal cloud service
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud en]
|-
!LibreOffice
|[https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice @libreoffice]
|26k
|
|English
|Free software office application.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice en]
|-
!Luisa Neubauer
|[https://forfuture.social/@luisaneubauer @luisaneubauer]
|24k
|
|Deutsch
|Fridays For Future activist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_Neubauer en]
|-
!Tutanota
|[https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota @Tutanota]
|24k
|
|English, Deutsch
|Privacy-friendly E-Mail client & provider from Germany.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutanota en]
|-
!F-Droid
|[https://floss.social/@fdroidorg @fdroidorg]
|22k
|
|English
|Free software Android app store.
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid en]
|-
!Jim Acosta
|[https://mstdn.social/@acosta @acosta]
|21k
|
|English
|CNN journalist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Acosta en]
|-
!Tusky
|[https://mastodon.social/@Tusky @Tusky]
|19k
|
|English
|Original account of the Mastodon client Tusky
|
|-
!Nico Semsrott
|[https://mastodon.social/@nicosemsrott @nicosemsrott]
|18k
|
|Deutsch
|German EU politician and comedian
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Semsrott en]
|-
!Dansup
|[https://mastodon.social/@dansup @dansup]
|18k
|
|English
|Developer of [[What is Pixelfed?|Pixelfed]]
|
|-
!Anne Roth
|[https://systemli.social/@anneroth @anneroth]
|18k
|
|Deutsch
|German author and internet activist
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Roth de]
|-
!Parents 4 Future
|[https://climatejustice.global/@parents4future @parents4future]
|17k
|
|Deutsch
|Alliance of FridaysForFuture Germany
|
|-
!islieb
|[https://mastodon.social/@islieb @islieb]
|16k
|
|Deutsch
|Creator of cute little comics about life.
|
|-
!Peter Gleick
|[https://fediscience.org/@petergleick @petergleick]
|16k
|
|English
|Climate and water scientist and communicator
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gleick en]
|-
!Fedilab apps
|[https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps @apps]
|13k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Official account of the Fediverse client Fedilab and other apps by the same developers
|
|-
!Letzte Generation
|[https://climatejustice.social/@AufstandLastGen @AufstandLastGen]
|13k
|
|Deutsch
|Climate Justice movement
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letzte_Generation de]
|-
!Codeberg
|[https://social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg @codeberg]
|12k
|
|English
|Website using the gitea federated git software.
|
|-
!Jasmina Kuhnke
|[https://mastodon.social/@jasminakuhnke @jasminakuhnke]
|11k
|
|Deutsch
|Comedian, author and anti-racism activist.
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmina_Kuhnke de]
|-
!PeerTube
|[https://framapiaf.org/@peertube @peertube]
|10k
|
|English, français
|Official account of [[What is PeerTube?|PeerTube]].
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube en]
|-
!Leah
|[https://chaos.social/@leah @leah]
|9k
|
|English
|Photographer, artist and Fediverse instance admin.
|
|-
!Ende Gelände
|[https://climatejustice.global/@ende_gelaende @ende_gelaende]
|8k
|
|Deutsch
|Climate justice activism group in Germany
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ende_Gel%C3%A4nde en]
|-
!Flipboard
|[https://flipboard.social/@flipboard @flipboard]
|8k
|
|English
|Official account of Flipboard.
|[[wikipedia:Flipboard|en]]
|-
!Bread and Circuses
|[https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses @breadandcircuses]
|8k
|
|English
|Climate justice activist
|
|-
![[Fedizen:PaulaToThePeople|PaulaToThePeople]]
|[https://climatejustice.social/@PaulaToThePeople @PaulaToThePeople]
|7k
|{{yes}}
|English, Deutsch
|Climate justice activist & Fediverse advocat
|
|-
!Correctiv
|[https://correctiv.social/@correctiv_org @correctiv_org]
|7k
|
|Deutsch
|German investigative journalism
|
|-
!Small Circles
|[https://social.coop/@smallcircles @smallcircles]
|6k
|
|English
|Account about "humane" technology like the Fediverse.
|
|-
!YunoHost
|[https://mastodon.social/@yunohost @yunohost]
|6k
|
|English
|Software to self-host free software like Fediverse services.
|
|-
!Wikimedia Foundation
|[https://wikimedia.social/@wikimediafoundation @wikimediafoundation]
|6k
|
|English
|The Foundation behind Wikipedia & co.
|
|-
!Peter Kalmus
|[https://climatejustice.social/@ClimateHuman @ClimateHuman]
|5k
|
|English
|Climate scientist
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kalmus_(climate_scientist) en]
|-
![[What is Funkwhale?|Funkwhale]]
|[https://social.funkwhale.audio/@funkwhale @funkwhale]
|5k
|
|English
|Fediverse software for sharing audio.
|
|-
![[What is Mobilizon?|Mobilizon]]
|[https://framapiaf.org/@mobilizon @mobilizon]
|5k
|
|English, français
|Official account of [[What is Mobilizon?|Mobilizon]].
|
|-
!Eichkat3r
|[https://hessen.social/@eichkat3r @eichkat3r]
|5k
|
|Deutsch
|Internet funnyperson
|
|-
!A. Hofmann
|[https://bildung.social/@empathroet @empathroet]
|5k
|
|Deutsch
|
|
|-
!Kainoa Kanter
|[https://firefish.social/@kainoa @kainoa]
|5k
|
|English
|Lead developer of [[What is Firefish?|Firefish]].
|
|-
!Stephanie Henkel
|[https://dresden.network/@ueckueck @ueckueck]
|4k
|
|German
|Dresden local pirate politician and Fediverse moderator.
|
|-
!Conny Duck
|[https://chaos.social/@ConnyDuck @ConnyDuck]
|4k
|
|English
|Developer of the Mastodon client Tusky & painter
|
|-
! Sursiendo
|[https://mastodon.social/@sursiendo @sursiendo]
|4k
|
|Español 
|Digital activism group from Mexico.
|
|-
![[What is Firefish?|Firefish]]
|[https://fedi.software/@firefish @firefish]
|4k
|{{yes}}
|English
|Official account of [[What is Firefish?|Firefish]].
|
|-
!Wikimedia Deutschland
|[https://social.wikimedia.de/@wikimediaDE @wikimediaDE]
|4k
|
|Deutsch
|German chapter of Wikimedia - the people behind Wikipedia & co.
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland de]
|-
!Rikylinux
|[https://mastodon.social/@rikylinux_ar @rikylinux]
|3k
|{{Yes}}
|Español
|Digital activist and blogger.
|
|-
![[What is GoToSocial?|GoToSocial]]
|[https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/@gotosocial @gotosocial]
|3k
|
|English
|Lightweight microblogging Fediverse software.
|
|-
!Creative Commons
|[https://mastodon.social/@creativecommons @creativecommons]
|3k
|
|English
|NPO for open access to education and art
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons en]
|-
!Senfcall
|[https://chaos.social/@senfcall @senfcall]
|2k
|{{yes}}
|Deutsch
|Official account of German BigBlueButton videohosting provider Senfcall.
|
|-
!Doug Belshaw
|[https://social.coop/@dajb @dajb]
|2k
|
|English
|Technologist, leader, and educator.
|
|-
!Derek Caelin
|[https://social.coop/@derek @derek]
|2k
|
|English
|Solarpunk enthusiast, climate feminist, social impact technologist
|
|-
!Anne Herpertz
|[https://dresden.network/@stillnotlovin @stillnotlovin]
|2k
|
|Deutsch
|head of German pirate party
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Herpertz de]
|-
!Carola Rackete
|[https://climatejustice.social/@carorackete @carorackete]
|2k
|
|Deutsch, English
|German activist and politician
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carola_Rackete en]
|-
!Natenom
|[https://digitalcourage.social/@natenom @natenom]
|2k
|
|Deutsch
|Deceased German biking activist
|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natenom de]
|}

==External links==

* [https://fedidb.org/popular-fediverse-accounts fedidb] has an automated list of the most popular accounts (without our inclusion criteria)

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