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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 386K members. It has been around since 2008. It uses a forum format for communication. It is the 3rd largest community in the DevOps topic page.

Roughly 45K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Aws, Cloud, and Monitoring. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests. Product recommendations often mention aws vpc networking and s3 storage class.

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Established 2008
386K Members

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Yearly: +45K members
Growth: +13.2% / 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: 19K 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: 2K members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    19 posts in the past month
    1. Global route53 API outage
    2. Is Amazon Cognito a good choice long term? Alternatives?
    3. I built a proxy that signs outbound requests from AWS workloads with short-lived JWTs from AWS STS
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Global route53 API outage · Is Amazon Cognito a good choice long term? Alternatives? · I built a proxy that signs outbound requests from AWS workloads with short-lived JWTs from AWS STS
    19
  • Advice Requests
    8 posts in the past month
    1. What is the best way to learn AWS for DevOps?
    2. Noob here, is closing an account enough to terminate all resources? for no more costs.
    3. Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    #2
    Advice Requests
    What is the best way to learn AWS for DevOps? · Noob here, is closing an account enough to terminate all resources? for no more costs. · Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    8
  • Pain & Anger
    5 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored.
    2. Existing Bedrock customer, lost Opus 4.7 quota April 1st, can't get backaccess despite $1K/mo spend
    3. Disappointing experience with AWS Nova Act
    #3
    Pain & Anger
    AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored. · Existing Bedrock customer, lost Opus 4.7 quota April 1st, can't get backaccess despite $1K/mo spend · Disappointing experience with AWS Nova Act
    5
  • 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
    268 posts in the past month
    1. I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty.
    2. The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud
    3. AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models
    #1
    Aws
    I bypassed AWS API Gateway auth with a trailing slash. Got $12K bounty. · The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud · AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models
    268
  • Cloud
    59 posts in the past month
    1. Anyone moved away from a monolith to modern cloud architecture without an 18 month migration?
    2. Is Cloud/DevOps/Data Engineering a Better Career Path Than Traditional Software Development in 2026?
    3. Cloud architecture option A vs option B, how do you compare them with real numbers?
    #2
    Cloud
    Anyone moved away from a monolith to modern cloud architecture without an 18 month migration? · Is Cloud/DevOps/Data Engineering a Better Career Path Than Traditional Software Development in 2026? · Cloud architecture option A vs option B, how do you compare them with real numbers?
    59
  • Monitoring
    26 posts in the past month
    #3
    Monitoring
    26
  • Iam
    24 posts in the past month
    #4
    Iam
    24
  • Tools
    24 posts in the past month
    #5
    Tools
    24

Flair

  • discussion
    68 posts in the past month
    1. AWS things you wish somebody had told you earlier
    2. Are you finding AWS quality of docs going down?
    3. Confused About AWS Long-term Bedrock Strategy
    #1
    discussion
    AWS things you wish somebody had told you earlier · Are you finding AWS quality of docs going down? · Confused About AWS Long-term Bedrock Strategy
    68
  • technical question
    21 posts in the past month
    1. Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture?
    2. Is anyone else seeing weird latency spikes with DynamoDB Global Tables recently?
    3. Is gpt 5.5 available on aws? I keep reading it is but I cant seem to find it
    #2
    technical question
    Moving crons out of our backend to AWS Lambda to fix duplicate triggers on Spot Instances. Sanity check our architecture? · Is anyone else seeing weird latency spikes with DynamoDB Global Tables recently? · Is gpt 5.5 available on aws? I keep reading it is but I cant seem to find it
    21
  • general aws
    16 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models
    2. AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored.
    3. Any update on UAE datacenter?
    #3
    general aws
    AWS Bedrock to require sharing data with Anthropic for Mythos and future models · AWS Business Support is a scam. 10 days. Zero help. We're paying to be ignored. · Any update on UAE datacenter?
    16
  • security
    14 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. Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication
    #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) · Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication
    14
  • article
    13 posts in the past month
    1. The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud
    2. CDK now can revert drifts
    3. Performance evaluation of the new m9g instance family against previous Graviton generations (m8g, m7g, and m6g)
    #5
    article
    The radical network redesign that led AWS to forge a more resilient cloud · CDK now can revert drifts · Performance evaluation of the new m9g instance family against previous Graviton generations (m8g, m7g, and m6g)
    13

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 386K 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?
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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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