Question: How many different type of scientists are there

Chad Yanyatan answered on 16 Nov 2025:

There are so many types of scientists out there. Generally speaking, there are some major categories that they belong to such as natural sciences, formal sciences and social sciences. The most common scientists that you can find are computer or data scientists followed by biological scientists. Computer scientists work in many fields and industries including artificial intelligence. Biological scientists work in biomedicine, healthcare, biological research, drug discovery etc. To answer your question, there are hundreds of different type of scientists and they can be found in almost any industry that you can think of. Scientists are very important in almost any industry, they are always high in demand.