r/aws

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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 398K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. On the Hive Index it ranks #10 in the DevOps communities list.

Roughly 41K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Aws, Cloud, and Iam. Common discussion themes are Pain & Anger and Solution Requests. Product recommendations often mention aws vpc networking and s3 storage class.

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Established 2008
398K Members

Community Topics

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Subreddit Analysis

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Yearly: +41K members
Growth: +11.4% / 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: 31K members

Past year (monthly)

  • Nov: 4K members
  • Dec: 4K members
  • Jan: 4K members
  • Feb: 3K members
  • Mar: 3K members
  • Apr: 3K members
  • May: 3K members
  • Jun: 3K members
  • Jul: 3K members
  • Aug: 3K members
  • Sep: 3K members
  • Oct: 2K members

Themes

  • Pain & Anger
    2 posts in the past month
    1. How Our Startup Was Bullied by Amazon AWS, Our Account Disappeared Without Warning, and AI Support Keeps Closing Our Cases
    2. Account suspended for verification, documents submitted 21 Oct, no response, closure deadline 24 Oct, production down
    #1
    Pain & Anger
    How Our Startup Was Bullied by Amazon AWS, Our Account Disappeared Without Warning, and AI Support Keeps Closing Our Cases · Account suspended for verification, documents submitted 21 Oct, no response, closure deadline 24 Oct, production down
    2
  • Solution Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. AWS Payment Issue
    #2
    Solution Requests
    AWS Payment Issue
    1
  • Ideas
    1 post in the past month
    1. all ec2 comparators were slow and clunky, so I made my own
    #3
    Ideas
    all ec2 comparators were slow and clunky, so I made my own
    1
  • Advice Requests
    1 post in the past month
    1. My AWS Free Plan was automatically upgraded to Paid and I now have a $108.70 bill — console is also blocked. Need advice
    #4
    Advice Requests
    My AWS Free Plan was automatically upgraded to Paid and I now have a $108.70 bill — console is also blocked. Need advice
    1

Topics

  • Aws
    35 posts in the past month
    #1
    Aws
    35
  • Cloud
    25 posts in the past month
    #2
    Cloud
    25
  • Iam
    24 posts in the past month
    #3
    Iam
    24
  • Tools
    24 posts in the past month
    #4
    Tools
    24
  • Monitoring
    23 posts in the past month
    #5
    Monitoring
    23

Flair

  • discussion
    11 posts in the past month
    1. PHP critical updated
    2. How much access do you actually give an AI agent on your AWS account ??
    3. We stopped putting team in our AWS cost allocation tags
    #1
    discussion
    PHP critical updated · How much access do you actually give an AI agent on your AWS account ?? · We stopped putting team in our AWS cost allocation tags
    11
  • article
    9 posts in the past month
    1. My cost effective way of running ECS
    2. AWS Transit Gateway now supports 1:1 NAT (SNAT/DNAT) for connecting overlapping networks
    3. Root Volume Replacement is pretty cool
    #2
    article
    My cost effective way of running ECS · AWS Transit Gateway now supports 1:1 NAT (SNAT/DNAT) for connecting overlapping networks · Root Volume Replacement is pretty cool
    9
  • technical question
    8 posts in the past month
    1. AWS RDS - sudden drop in FreeableMemory
    2. New to AWS, what's the difference between these 2 login pages?
    3. AWS Root Account Recovery – Lost MFA Passkey and Unable to Sign In
    #3
    technical question
    AWS RDS - sudden drop in FreeableMemory · New to AWS, what's the difference between these 2 login pages? · AWS Root Account Recovery – Lost MFA Passkey and Unable to Sign In
    8
  • technical resource
    4 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Cost Updates - 2026-10-23
    2. Odoo AWS Implementation
    3. unable to login to root account all of a sudden
    #4
    technical resource
    AWS Cost Updates - 2026-10-23 · Odoo AWS Implementation · unable to login to root account all of a sudden
    4
  • general aws
    4 posts in the past month
    1. Basic Support response time
    2. Confusing UI update in SageMaker
    3. Support case unassigned for 5 days, new account stuck in verification (Lightsail plan blocked, CloudShell unavailable)
    #5
    general aws
    Basic Support response time · Confusing UI update in SageMaker · Support case unassigned for 5 days, new account stuck in verification (Lightsail plan blocked, CloudShell unavailable)
    4

Product recommendations

  • aws vpc networking
    2 posts in the past month
    1. AWS VPC Networking Best Practices with Terraform
    2. AWS VPC Networking Best Practices with Terraform
    #1
    aws vpc networking
    AWS VPC Networking Best Practices with Terraform · AWS VPC Networking Best Practices with Terraform
    2
  • s3 storage class
    2 posts in the past month
    1. Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files
    2. Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files
    #2
    s3 storage class
    Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files · Update: Best S3 storage class for many small files
    2
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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 398K 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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