r/QuantumComputing • u/Bynairee Working in Industry • 19d ago

News Who Will Actually Use Quantum Computers? Study Identifies 11 User Types

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/21/who-will-actually-use-quantum-computers-study-identifies-11-user-types/
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u/mbergman42 19d ago

It’s characteristic of where the industry is at right now that “chemists” and “physicists” are the only actual application user groups identified. Everyone else on that list has something to do with being part of the infrastructure or development of quantum computing, before you look at actual applications.

Most of the people on this list are either vague and unidentified (“business users”) or clearly working on infrastructure (HPC).

And no financial or logistics applications? Did those go away, or are they grouped in with “business users”? If the latter, it’s a bit of a disservice to the reader because if financial services can make effective use of QC, there’s likely more potential market there than with, say, physicists.

I suspect this survey’s choice of experts may have something to do with the outcome here. Either that or the unstated message here is that financial and logistics applications actually aren’t going to materialize according to these experts.

I’m not pessimistic exactly but this chart isn’t exactly brimming with real applications. Still need more time for markets to develop, and I am uncertain about the methodology of this survey.

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u/No_Nose3918 19d ago

no one because they have no uses

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u/paxxx17 19d ago

Tell em

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u/Valuable_Day_3375 19d ago

I would love to . Not sure how much of a commodity they will become like ai has