Notable Fediverse accounts

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 (which includes threads.net).
Full name 	Handle 	Followers	Fediverse original?	Posts in 	Comment 	Wikipedia article		 	 		 	 	
Full name 	Handle 	Followers	Fediverse original?	Posts in 	Comment 	Wikipedia article		@Mastodon	813k		English	Original account of	en
George Takei 	@georgetakei 	420k 	 	English 	US actor 	en 		 	 		 	 	
 	@Gargron 	344k 	 	English, (Deutsch)	Founder, CEO and lead developer of 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Neil Geiman 	@neilhimself 	268k 	 	English 	English author 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Robert Reich 	@rbreich 	261k 	 	English 	Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor of the US. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
 	@FediTips 	214k 	 	English 	Tips about the Fediverse 	 		 	 		 	 	
Jan Böhmermann 	@janboehm 	193k 	 	Deutsch 	German comedian 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Taylor Lorenz 	@taylorlorenz 	179k 	 	English 	Tech columnist at The Washington Post 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Ars Technica 	@arstechnica 	145k 	 	English 	Tech news 	en 		 	 		 	 	
stux 	@stux 	134k 	 	English 	Hoster of many notable (Fediverse) services 	 		 	 		 	 	
Ken White 	@Popehat 	113k 	 	English 	Criminal defense attorney 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Der Postillon 	@derpostillon 	121k 	 	Deutsch 	German satirical fake-news 	en 		 	 		 	 	
ProPublica 	@ProPublica 	113k 	 	English 	Non-profit news org. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Volksverpetzer 	@Volksverpetzer 	108k 	 	Deutsch 	Anti-Fake-News-Blog 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Stephen Fry 	@stephenfry 	104k 	 	English 	famous author 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Greta Thunberg 	@gretathunberg 	103k 	 	English 	Founder of FridaysForFuture 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Elhotzo 	@elhotzo 	102k 	 	Deutsch 	German satirist 	de 		 	 		 	 	
EU Commission 	@EU_Commission 	96k 	 	English 	Official account of the EU commission 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Auschwitz Museum 	@auschwitzmuseum 	89k 	 	English 	Holocaust Museum 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Syuilo 	@syuilo 	70k 	 	日本語 	Lead developer of . 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	@FediFollows 	65k 	 	English 	Follow recommendations 	 		 	 		 	 	
Curator 	@Curator 	60k 	 	English 	Admin of mastodon.art and curator of art on the Fediverse 	 		 	 		 	 	
Mark Ruffalo 	@MarkRuffalo 	56k 	 	English 	actor 	en 		 	 		 	 	
 	@pixelfed 	59k 	 	English 	Original account of 	en 		 	 		 	 	
FridaysForFuture Germany	@fff 	56k 	 	Deutsch 	German climate justice activism group 	 		 	 		 	 	
War and Peas 	@warandpeas 	54k 	 	English 	comics 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Kathy Griffin 	@kathygriffin 	53k 	 	English 	famous US-Actress 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Donnie O'Sullivan 	@donieosullivan 	50k 	 	English 	CNN Journalist 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Digitalcourage e.V. 	@digitalcourage 	45k 	 	Deutsch 	Association for freedom of information & privacy 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Tor Project 	@torproject 	45k 	 	English 	Developers of Tor, the Tor browser and other projects 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Aral 	@aral 	42k 	 	English 	Small web developer 	 		 	 		 	 	
Volker Quaschning 	@VQuaschning 	40k 	 	Deutsch 	German climate scientist 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 	@rahmstorf 	35k 	 	Deutsch 	German climate scientist 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Katja Diehl 	@SheDrivesMobility 	33k 	 	Deutsch 	Author of #AutoKorrektur, a book on mobility turnaround 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Mastodon Italia 	@amministratore 	32k 	 	Italiano 	Admin of the largest Italian mastodon instance. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Framasoft 	@Framasoft 	31k 	 	français, English 	French software company/community, developers of , and many services to replace Google products.	en 		 	 		 	 	
Kuketz Blog 	@kuketzblog 	30k 	 	Deutsch 	IT-security expert 	 		 	 		 	 	
Katherina Nocun 	@kattascha 	30k 	 	Deutsch 	German-Polish publicist, net-activist, politician & more. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
 	@davidrevoy 	29k 	 	English, français 	Creator of comics & mascots of Fediverse and other Free Software projects. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
muesli 	@fribbledom 	28k 	 	English 	Software developer 	 		 	 		 	 	
Nextcloud 	@nextcloud 	26k 	 	English 	Personal cloud service 	en 		 	 		 	 	
LibreOffice 	@libreoffice 	26k 	 	English 	Free software office application. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Luisa Neubauer 	@luisaneubauer 	24k 	 	Deutsch 	Fridays For Future activist 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Tutanota 	@Tutanota 	24k 	 	English, Deutsch 	Privacy-friendly E-Mail client & provider from Germany. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
F-Droid 	@fdroidorg 	22k 	 	English 	Free software Android app store. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Jim Acosta 	@acosta 	21k 	 	English 	CNN journalist 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Tusky 	@Tusky 	19k 	 	English 	Original account of the Mastodon client Tusky 	 		 	 		 	 	
Nico Semsrott 	@nicosemsrott 	18k 	 	Deutsch 	German EU politician and comedian 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Dansup 	@dansup 	18k 	 	English 	Developer of 	 		 	 		 	 	
Anne Roth 	@anneroth 	18k 	 	Deutsch 	German author and internet activist 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Parents 4 Future 	@parents4future 	17k 	 	Deutsch 	Alliance of FridaysForFuture Germany 	 		 	 		 	 	
islieb 	@islieb 	16k 	 	Deutsch 	Creator of cute little comics about life. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Peter Gleick 	@petergleick 	16k 	 	English 	Climate and water scientist and communicator 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Fedilab apps 	@apps 	13k 	 	English 	Official account of the Fediverse client Fedilab and other apps by the same developers 	 		 	 		 	 	
Letzte Generation 	@AufstandLastGen 	13k 	 	Deutsch 	Climate Justice movement 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Codeberg 	@codeberg 	12k 	 	English 	Website using the gitea federated git software. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Jasmina Kuhnke 	@jasminakuhnke 	11k 	 	Deutsch 	Comedian, author and anti-racism activist. 	de 		 	 		 	 	
PeerTube 	@peertube 	10k 	 	English, français 	Official account of . 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Leah 	@leah 	9k 	 	English 	Photographer, artist and Fediverse instance admin. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Ende Gelände 	@ende_gelaende 	8k 	 	Deutsch 	Climate justice activism group in Germany 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Flipboard 	@flipboard 	8k 	 	English 	Official account of Flipboard. 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Bread and Circuses 	@breadandcircuses 	8k 	 	English 	Climate justice activist 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	@PaulaToThePeople 	7k 	 	English, Deutsch 	Climate justice activist & Fediverse advocat 	 		 	 		 	 	
Correctiv 	@correctiv_org 	7k 	 	Deutsch 	German investigative journalism 	 		 	 		 	 	
Small Circles 	@smallcircles 	6k 	 	English 	Account about "humane" technology like the Fediverse. 	 		 	 		 	 	
YunoHost 	@yunohost 	6k 	 	English 	Software to self-host free software like Fediverse services. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Wikimedia Foundation 	@wikimediafoundation	6k 	 	English 	The Foundation behind Wikipedia & co. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Peter Kalmus 	@ClimateHuman 	5k 	 	English 	Climate scientist 	en 		 	 		 	 	
 	@funkwhale 	5k 	 	English 	Fediverse software for sharing audio. 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	@mobilizon 	5k 	 	English, français 	Official account of . 	 		 	 		 	 	
Eichkat3r 	@eichkat3r 	5k 	 	Deutsch 	Internet funnyperson 	 		 	 		 	 	
A. Hofmann 	@empathroet 	5k 	 	Deutsch 	 	 		 	 		 	 	
Stephanie Henkel 	@ueckueck 	4k 	 	German 	Dresden local pirate politician and Fediverse moderator. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Conny Duck 	@ConnyDuck 	4k 	 	English 	Developer of the Mastodon client Tusky & painter 	 		 	 		 	 	
Sursiendo 	@sursiendo 	4k 	 	Español 	Digital activism group from Mexico. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Wikimedia Deutschland 	@wikimediaDE 	4k 	 	Deutsch 	German chapter of Wikimedia - the people behind Wikipedia & co. 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Rikylinux 	@rikylinux 	3k 	 	Español 	Digital activist and blogger. 	 		 	 		 	 	
 	@gotosocial 	3k 	 	English 	Lightweight microblogging Fediverse software. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Creative Commons 	@creativecommons 	3k 	 	English 	NPO for open access to education and art 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Senfcall 	@senfcall 	2k 	 	Deutsch 	Official account of German BigBlueButton videohosting provider Senfcall. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Doug Belshaw 	@dajb 	2k 	 	English 	Technologist, leader, and educator. 	 		 	 		 	 	
Derek Caelin 	@derek 	2k 	 	English 	Solarpunk enthusiast, climate feminist, social impact technologist 	 		 	 		 	 	
Anne Herpertz 	@stillnotlovin 	2k 	 	Deutsch 	head of German pirate party 	de 		 	 		 	 	
Carola Rackete 	@carorackete 	2k 	 	Deutsch, English 	German activist and politician 	en 		 	 		 	 	
Natenom 	@natenom 	2k 	 	Deutsch 	Deceased German biking activist 	de 		 	 		 	 	
==External links==
* fedidb has an automated list of the most popular accounts (without our inclusion criteria)