Sophia Smith Galer

Sophia Smith Galer is an award-winning journalist and content creator, credited for pioneering astute, engaging journalism on TikTok. Her work focuses on language, technology, and culture. Her weekly videos about language have been viewed more than 200 million times, winning her an audience of over 1 million followers online.

 Sophia has been recognised internationally for journalism innovation with a Webby; theGeorgina Henry Prize at the Women In Journalism Awards for Digital Innovation; a British Journalism Award; Forbes 30 Under 30 Listing; TikTok’s Education Creator of the Year; and a spot on British Vogue’s 25 Most Influential Women List.

A regular presenter on BBC Radio 4, Sophia is often caught guest hosting its flagship show ‘Pick of the Week’,  ‘Radical’ for BBC Sounds and ‘Outlook’ for World Service. She has fronted several special documentaries for the BBC from looking at incel behaviour, to the evolution of YouTube, and the universities fees crisis. She also frequents shows such as ‘The Today Programme’ and ‘Women’s Hour’ and is a two-time winner of 'Celebrity University Challenge' for BBC Two.

She hosts the ‘Word For Word’ podcast and previously co-presented the ‘Where To Be A Woman’ podcast for BBC Sounds. Recently, Sophia was selected as part of an inaugural creator cohort for The Accelerator,  working with Goalhanger.

Sophia has penned two best-selling books, the latest of which, ‘How To Kill A Language’, published by Harper Collins and Crown, was published to critical acclaim and highlighted by The New York Times, The Financial Times, and The Sunday Times. She regularly writes op-eds for The Guardian and Prospect magazine, and is a Contributing Editor for Translator Magazine.

In 2025, Sophia launched her first app, Sophiana, a teleprompter and scriptwriting app for vertical video, which subsequently saw her be awarded a space on the International Center for Journalists’ Disarming Disinformation Solutions Challenge, and a position amongst TikTok’s 50 Global Changemakers. She sits on several advisory boards across commercial media, technology, and non profits consulting on how companies can harness social media, including vertical video, to their advantage.

Sophia has worked with global brands on social collaborations, including with The National Gallery, BBC Arts, Marriot Bonvoy, The British Library, LinkedIn, and Duolingo.

An experienced and engaging speaker, Sophia delivers keynotes covering technology; innovation and disruption; social media; trust in the media; inter-generational communication; and gender equality. She is an in-demand moderator and panellist, andhas conducted In Conversations with everyone from the CEO of Only Fans, through to trainspotter Francis Bourgeois.