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News, articles and tools covering Amazon Web Services (AWS), including S3, EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, AWS-CDK, Route 53, CloudFront, Lambda, VPC, Cloudwatch, Glacier and more.

The community at a glance

r/aws is a Subreddit for DevOps Engineers and Programmers with roughly 384K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #9 in the DevOps communities list.

Roughly 45K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Aws, Cloud, and Iam. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention s3, ecs, and rds.

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Established 2008
384K Members

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Yearly: +45K members
Growth: +13.3% / year

Member growth over time

All time (yearly)

  • 2013: 923 members
  • 2014: 2K members
  • 2015: 4K members
  • 2016: 7K members
  • 2017: 12K members
  • 2018: 28K members
  • 2019: 49K members
  • 2020: 49K members
  • 2023: 112K members
  • 2024: 55K members
  • 2025: 48K members
  • 2026: 17K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Jul: 4K members
  • Aug: 4K members
  • Sep: 3K members
  • Oct: 5K members
  • Nov: 4K members
  • Dec: 4K members
  • Jan: 4K members
  • Feb: 3K members
  • Mar: 3K members
  • Apr: 3K members
  • May: 3K members
  • Jun: 368 members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    20 posts in the past month
    1. Global route53 API outage
    2. Is Amazon Cognito a good choice long term? Alternatives?
    3. Hosting a website on AWS CloudFront: What are the very best ways to avoid unwanted cost-overruns caused by bad code or malicious actors (DDoS attacks, denial-of-wallet attacks, etc)?
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Global route53 API outage · Is Amazon Cognito a good choice long term? Alternatives? · Hosting a website on AWS CloudFront: What are the very best ways to avoid unwanted cost-overruns caused by bad code or malicious actors (DDoS attacks, denial-of-wallet attacks, etc)?
    20
  • Pain & Anger
    9 posts in the past month
    1. AWS 97k bill out of nowhere
    2. AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored.
    3. Aws abruptly suspends my account without warning. Shutting down my website and holding my businesses data hostage
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    AWS 97k bill out of nowhere · AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored. · Aws abruptly suspends my account without warning. Shutting down my website and holding my businesses data hostage
    9
  • Advice Requests
    9 posts in the past month
    1. What tools are you guys actually using for CI/CD and deployment automation these days?
    2. What is the best way to learn AWS for DevOps?
    3. Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    #3
    Advice Requests
    What tools are you guys actually using for CI/CD and deployment automation these days? · What is the best way to learn AWS for DevOps? · Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    9
  • Self-Promotion
    1 post in the past month
    1. Cracked job interview - built AWS Serverless app
    #4
    Self-Promotion
    Cracked job interview - built AWS Serverless app
    1

Topics

  • Aws
    289 posts in the past month
    1. I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty.
    2. AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region
    3. Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
    #1
    Aws
    I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty. · AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region · Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
    289
  • Cloud
    55 posts in the past month
    1. What are the biggest mistakes you’ve seen during cloud migration to AWS?
    2. Moving Cloudfront infront of NLB
    3. AWS Deadline Cloud - The AWS Access Key Id needs a subscription for the service.
    #2
    Cloud
    What are the biggest mistakes you’ve seen during cloud migration to AWS? · Moving Cloudfront infront of NLB · AWS Deadline Cloud - The AWS Access Key Id needs a subscription for the service.
    55
  • Iam
    32 posts in the past month
    1. I built a free interactive game to learn AWS IAM (inspired by Learn Git Branching)
    2. AWS IAM Higher Max Quotas
    #3
    Iam
    I built a free interactive game to learn AWS IAM (inspired by Learn Git Branching) · AWS IAM Higher Max Quotas
    32
  • Tools
    30 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Documentation and Markdown
    2. AWS Support - the Circle of Life or of Death
    3. DynamoDB-driven workflows getting stuck in ACTIVE state — causes + best way to detect?
    #4
    Tools
    AWS Documentation and Markdown · AWS Support - the Circle of Life or of Death · DynamoDB-driven workflows getting stuck in ACTIVE state — causes + best way to detect?
    30
  • Monitoring
    29 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Documentation and Markdown
    2. AWS Support - the Circle of Life or of Death
    3. DynamoDB-driven workflows getting stuck in ACTIVE state — causes + best way to detect?
    #5
    Monitoring
    AWS Documentation and Markdown · AWS Support - the Circle of Life or of Death · DynamoDB-driven workflows getting stuck in ACTIVE state — causes + best way to detect?
    29

Flair

  • discussion
    62 posts in the past month
    1. Celebrating 10 Years of Feature Request Limbo
    2. AWS things you wish somebody had told you earlier
    3. AWS 97k bill out of nowhere
    #1
    discussion
    Celebrating 10 Years of Feature Request Limbo · AWS things you wish somebody had told you earlier · AWS 97k bill out of nowhere
    62
  • technical question
    28 posts in the past month
    1. What's your CI/CD flow for a containerized app on EC2?
    2. Price increase for API Gateway starting 1st of May?
    3. Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    #2
    technical question
    What's your CI/CD flow for a containerized app on EC2? · Price increase for API Gateway starting 1st of May? · Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    28
  • article
    15 posts in the past month
    1. AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region
    2. Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years
    3. The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud
    #3
    article
    AWS warns of EC2 ‘impairment’ as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region · Anthropic commits $100 billion to Amazon's AWS over next 10 years · The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud
    15
  • security
    13 posts in the past month
    1. I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty.
    2. AWS Organizations now supports higher quotas for service control policies (SCPs)
    3. AWS IAM Higher Max Quotas
    #4
    security
    I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty. · AWS Organizations now supports higher quotas for service control policies (SCPs) · AWS IAM Higher Max Quotas
    13
  • technical resource
    12 posts in the past month
    1. Introducing ExtendDB: An open source DynamoDB-compatible adapter with pluggable storage backends
    2. I built a free interactive game to learn AWS IAM (inspired by Learn Git Branching)
    3. ssmctl v2 — a CLI that makes SSM session manager actually usable
    #5
    technical resource
    Introducing ExtendDB: An open source DynamoDB-compatible adapter with pluggable storage backends · I built a free interactive game to learn AWS IAM (inspired by Learn Git Branching) · ssmctl v2 — a CLI that makes SSM session manager actually usable
    12

Product recommendations

  • s3
    6 posts in the past month
    1. Best option for delivering files from an s3 bucket
    2. Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files
    3. Best way to Unload Redshift Tables to S3 in Iceberg format
    #1
    s3
    Best option for delivering files from an s3 bucket · Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files · Best way to Unload Redshift Tables to S3 in Iceberg format
    6
  • ecs
    5 posts in the past month
    1. Best resource to get deep with ECS
    2. Autoscaling ( Ec2) to run ECS. Recommended cost saving approach during solo development?
    3. When deploying a python Flask app to ECS which is the recommended webserver to I run?
    #2
    ecs
    Best resource to get deep with ECS · Autoscaling ( Ec2) to run ECS. Recommended cost saving approach during solo development? · When deploying a python Flask app to ECS which is the recommended webserver to I run?
    5
  • rds
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Best (Easiest + Cheapest) Way to Routinely Update RDS Database
    2. Best way to write to RDS from react app
    3. Best way to write to RDS from react app
    #3
    rds
    Best (Easiest + Cheapest) Way to Routinely Update RDS Database · Best way to write to RDS from react app · Best way to write to RDS from react app
    4
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Frequently asked questions

Who is r/aws for?
Best for DevOps Engineers and Programmers enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
Is r/aws free to join?
This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
How many members does r/aws have?
Roughly 384K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
What platform is r/aws on?
r/aws runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
What topics does r/aws cover?
On the Hive Index, r/aws is organized under DevOps Engineers, Programmers.
How do I join r/aws?
You can join r/aws by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
What are the DevOps communities like?
Communities for DevOps engineers and platform teams covering CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and site reliability. Discord and Slack host active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from tool comparisons and troubleshooting to career paths and on-call culture.
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