Best Quantum computing videos, as recommended on Hacker News

9 videos about quantum computing that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2017 and 2025. Mostly explainer, talk. Channels that come up most: PBS Infinite Series, Microsoft Research, media.ccc.de, minutephysics. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists: It is HN's most frequently recommended starting point for quantum computing because it avoids pop-science hand-waving and needs only basic linear algebra.

talkQuantum Computing for Computer ScientistsMicrosoft Research · 12 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
explainerThe Mathematics of Quantum Computers | Infinite SeriesPBS Infinite Series · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
talk35C3 - The year in post-quantum cryptomedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2019
explainerHow Quantum Computers Break Encryption | Shor's Algorithm Explainedminutephysics · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
explainerHacking at Quantum Speed with Shor's Algorithm | Infinite SeriesPBS Infinite Series · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
talkQuantum Expert Insight: Peter ShorQiskit · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainerQuantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIREDWIRED · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
talkLisp at the Frontier of Computation, by Robert Smith at Rigetti ComputingArthur Gleckler · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
explainerHow Physicists Created a Holographic Wormhole in a Quantum ComputerQuanta Magazine · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2024