mastodon purple logo

You’re new to Mastodon and you don’t know who to follow. Your timeline is giving you 1 new post an hour and you want to go back to Twitter. DON’T DO IT. Follow these accounts below.

I tried to use only users who were currently active at the time of writing this in mid-December 2022. (Updated with new names on Jan 29 2023.)

Also on Bluesky?
Check out who to follow over there!

Loosely categorized.

New to Mastodon? Check out these How-to articles!

*https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/
*https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
*https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-guide-everything-you-need-to-know

All links are to the mastodon.social instance. So if you are using a different one yourself, or if you are having trouble clicking the links and viewing their account to follow. Copy/Paste the last portion of their line that is after the “-” and starts with an “@”.

MEDIA

[Independent/World] @UnicornRiot@UnicornRiot@mastodon.social

[Independent/Texas] @TexasObserver@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

[Independent/World] @igd_news@igd_news@kolektiva.social

[Non-profit/Tech] @themarkup@themarkup@newsie.social

[Art] @hyperallergic@hyperallergic@newsie.social

[Independent/Newsletter] @optoutnews@optoutnews@journa.host

[Science] @thexylom@thexylom@journa.host

[Women] @damemagazine@damemagazine@newsie.social

[Ireland] @dublininquirer@dublininquirer@mastodon.ie



TECH/SCIENCE

[Tech] @anildash@anildash@mastodon.cloud

[Climate] @ZLabe@ZLabe@fediscience.org

[Weather] @capitalweather@capitalweather@mstdn.social

[Transportation] @notjustbikes@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com

[Urbanism] @nerd4cities@nerd4cities@mstdn.social

JOURNALISTS

[Tech] @parismarx@parismarx@mastodon.online

Buy Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation by Paris Marx on Amazon.com

[Philly] @HongPong@HongPong@mastodon.social

[Tech] @niedermeyer@niedermeyer@sfba.social

[Law] @emptywheel@emptywheel@mastodon.social

[Tech] @parkermolloy@parkermolloy@masto.ai

[Law] @Popehat@Popehat@mastodon.social

[Tech] @mmasnick@mmasnick@mastodon.social

[] @petersterne@petersterne@mastodon.social

[Politics] @ryanlcooper@ryanlcooper@mastodon.social

[Climate] @amywestervelt@amywestervelt@journa.host

[Tech] @rmac18@rmac18@journa.host

[Tech] @oneunderscore__@oneunderscore__@mastodon.social

[Activist] @chadloder@chadloder@kolektiva.social



PODCASTS

[Transportation] @TheWarOnCars@TheWarOnCars@mastodon.social

POLITICIANS

[NY STATE] @RitchieTorres@RitchieTorres@universeodon.com

ACTIVIST

[Housing/San Fransisco] @maxdubler@maxdubler@towns.gay

[Transportation] @BrooklynSpoke@BrooklynSpoke@mastodon.social

[Transportation] @humantransit@humantransit@mastodon.online

[Actor/Climate] @MarkRuffalo@MarkRuffalo@mastodon.social

advertisement

OTHER/WRITER/MISC./ETC.

[Writer] @DavidKlion@DavidKlion@journa.host

[Newsletter] @fka_tabs@fka_tabs@mstdn.social

[Writer] @david_j_roth@david_j_roth@thelife.boats

[Misc.] @Atrios@Atrios@mastodon.social

[Writer] @lukeoneil47@lukeoneil47@mastodon.social

[Maps] @transitmap@transitmap@mastodon.world

Buy Dril Official “Mr. Ten Years” Anniversary Collection (the DRIL collection) by Dril on Amazon.com

ART

[Educator] @shannonmattern@shannonmattern@saturation.social

[Artist] @joshmillard@joshmillard@mastodon.social

[Artist] @mrxmrt@mrxmrt@spore.social

[Artist/Data] @jerthorp@jerthorp@spore.social

[Comic] @elivalley@elivalley@mastodon.social

[Business/Law] @chancerydaily@chancerydaily@masto.ai

[Actor] @georgetakei@georgetakei@universeodon.com

[Author] @neilhimself@neilhimself@mastodon.social

Bots

[Animal] @RadPanda@RadPanda@botsin.space

[Animal] @capibarabot@capibarabot@lile.cl

[Animal] @hourlykitten@hourlykitten@botsin.space

[Animal] @HourlyBirds@HourlyBirds@botsin.space

[Art] @biodiversitypix@biodiversitypix@botsin.space

Check out other blob Who To Follow Lists!