Riccardo Azzali, theoretical physicist and science content creator, against a blue-magenta gradient

Theoretical Physicist · Bestselling Author · Science Content Creator

Riccardo Azzali

3M+ followers. 500+ videos. One obsession: making the Universe impossible to scroll past.

01 The Numbers

Where my audience lives

TikTok 1.3M followers 750K average views per video
Instagram 900K followers 750K average views per Reel
YouTube 540K followers 450K average views per Short
Facebook 490K followers 350K average views per Reel

Audience primarily Italy · 66–82% male · core age 18–44 · high-education, tech-curious, early-adopter profile.

Data updated: October 2026

02 What I Do

I create edutainment content at the intersection of physics, philosophy, and everyday wonder. Flat Earth debunked with a stick. The paradoxes of travelling at light speed. What quantum mechanics actually says about reality — and what it doesn't.

The format: one provocative claim you can't ignore, five seconds to hook you, and a whiteboard. The result: complex science with the retention curve of entertainment.

Brands don't interrupt my videos — they become part of the story.

Riccardo Azzali holding his YouTube Silver Play Button award
03 Portfolio

22.6M organic views. Four videos.

My audience shows up without being paid to.

An ongoing format — 26+ episodes decoding the real science behind The Big Bang Theory.

All figures are total views across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Organic and paid-supported campaigns are labelled separately.

04 Brand Collaborations

Brands I've worked with

05 Books
Mondadori, 2026

Il gatto che mi ha spiegato l'universo

#1 bestseller in Italy.

A theoretical physicist discovers his cat knows more about the universe than he does. Part novel, part meditation on science and existence. Translated into six languages: French (Actes Sud), Spanish (VR Editoras), Portuguese (Leya), Korean (Mirae N), Arabic (Beldash Publishing House), and Russian (Eksmo).

Mondadori, 2025

L'Accademia delle Grandi Domande

National bestseller.

A journey through the fundamental questions of existence, from the nature of time to the fabric of consciousness — answered in the language of physics.

06 Speaking

From TEDx stages to corporate keynotes

TEDx speaker (Sapienza University, Rome). Featured speaker at Corriere della Sera's “Il Tempo delle Donne”. Guest on radio and television programmes. Red carpet at the Rome Film Festival. Keynotes on AI ethics, quantum physics, and the future of human intelligence — combining academic rigour with years of professional stage experience.

Topics
  • AI & the future of intelligence
  • Quantum mechanics for humans
  • Science vs pseudoscience
  • The physics of everyday life

192 cm / 6'4" of stage presence — years as a professional performer before physics took over.

For companies

Corporate audiences don't need slogans. They need a way to think clearly about things nobody fully understands yet: AI, uncertainty, the limits of prediction, and what it takes to change your mind when the evidence changes. I bring the tools physics uses to work with the unknown, in language a room of non-scientists follows without effort.

Riccardo Azzali speaking at the We Make Future conference on AI and Tech

For schools, festivals and families

The most motivating thing I know isn't a life lesson. It's the actual size of the universe, the fact that your atoms were forged inside dying stars, and that a fourteen-year-old asking "why" is doing exactly what science does. I talk to young audiences the way I talk to three million people online: no dumbing down, no lecturing, and never boring.

Riccardo Azzali presenting his book to a live audience

Wonder is not a motivational technique. It's just true.

07 Facts

Verified facts

  • Full name: Riccardo Azzali — theoretical physicist, science communicator, author
  • Founder & CEO of FilosofiaScienza Srl · Creator of the FilosofiaScienza brand (3M+ combined followers)
  • Author of two Mondadori bestsellers; “Il gatto che mi ha spiegato l'universo” reached #1 in Italy (2026), translated into French (Actes Sud), Spanish (VR Editoras), Portuguese (Leya), Korean (Mirae N), Arabic (Beldash Publishing House) and Russian (Eksmo)
  • TEDx speaker · Guest on radio and television programmes · Mensa International member · Classical studies background (Liceo Classico)
  • Registered trademarks: “FilosofiaScienza” and “Non mi fa dormire la notte” (“It keeps me up at night”) — official brand slogan
  • Height: 192 cm (6'4")
  • Based in Rome, Italy · Content in Italian, collaborations worldwide
  • Business contact: collab@filosofiascienza.it

Riccardo Azzali at a glance

08 Contact

Let's talk.

collab@filosofiascienza.it