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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 391K 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 44K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Aws, Cloud, and Monitoring. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Pain & Anger. Product recommendations often mention aws vpc networking and s3 storage class.

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Established 2008
391K Members

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Yearly: +44K members
Growth: +12.8% / 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: 24K members

Past year (monthly)

  • 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: 3K members
  • Jul: 3K members
  • Aug: 138 members

Themes

  • Solution Requests
    6 posts in the past month
    1. Is it possible to to set hard budget in AWS per month.
    2. AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust)
    3. What are MSPs using for AWS EC2 backups in 2026?
    #1
    Solution Requests
    Is it possible to to set hard budget in AWS per month. · AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust) · What are MSPs using for AWS EC2 backups in 2026?
    6
  • Pain & Anger
    4 posts in the past month
    1. I owe $7 trillion, what now?
    2. HELP! My bill skyrocketed from around 5 cents per month to 2.5 billion USD!!!!
    3. AWS Billing Error traumatized me
    #2
    Pain & Anger
    I owe $7 trillion, what now? · HELP! My bill skyrocketed from around 5 cents per month to 2.5 billion USD!!!! · AWS Billing Error traumatized me
    4
  • Money Talk
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Aws 5 million dollar bill attack
    2. AWS thinks my 95MB Selenium package is worth $1.6 BILLION. Should I sell it and retire?
    3. After GCP issues, now AWS??
    #3
    Money Talk
    Aws 5 million dollar bill attack · AWS thinks my 95MB Selenium package is worth $1.6 BILLION. Should I sell it and retire? · After GCP issues, now AWS??
    3
  • Advice Requests
    3 posts in the past month
    1. Seeking Advice: AWS Developer Associate or AWS SAP?
    2. Question about calculating an AWS RDS Savings Plan hourly commitment
    3. I wrote my first technical blog post on AWS serverless webhook ingestion, looking for honest technical and editorial feedback
    #4
    Advice Requests
    Seeking Advice: AWS Developer Associate or AWS SAP? · Question about calculating an AWS RDS Savings Plan hourly commitment · I wrote my first technical blog post on AWS serverless webhook ingestion, looking for honest technical and editorial feedback
    3

Topics

  • Aws
    103 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust)
    2. AWS engineer here; Ask me anything (technical question, bugs, AI etc)
    3. Is my understanding correct, that AWS SES is more expensive now?
    #1
    Aws
    AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust) · AWS engineer here; Ask me anything (technical question, bugs, AI etc) · Is my understanding correct, that AWS SES is more expensive now?
    103
  • Cloud
    29 posts in the past month
    #2
    Cloud
    29
  • Monitoring
    25 posts in the past month
    #3
    Monitoring
    25
  • Iam
    24 posts in the past month
    #4
    Iam
    24
  • Tools
    24 posts in the past month
    #5
    Tools
    24

Flair

  • discussion
    45 posts in the past month
    1. HELP! My bill skyrocketed from around 5 cents per month to 2.5 billion USD!!!!
    2. AWS Billing Error traumatized me
    3. AWS’s billing incident was an example of how important communication and clarity can be to minimise customer impact
    #1
    discussion
    HELP! My bill skyrocketed from around 5 cents per month to 2.5 billion USD!!!! · AWS Billing Error traumatized me · AWS’s billing incident was an example of how important communication and clarity can be to minimise customer impact
    45
  • billing
    14 posts in the past month
    1. I owe $7 trillion, what now?
    2. What a ducking way to start the day.
    3. Aws 5 million dollar bill attack
    #2
    billing
    I owe $7 trillion, what now? · What a ducking way to start the day. · Aws 5 million dollar bill attack
    14
  • technical question
    13 posts in the past month
    1. AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust)
    2. What would AWS CloudFront know about a host if Tor is involved somewhere in the architecture?
    3. aws discovery tool
    #3
    technical question
    AWS Lambda Function URL returns Forbidden despite AuthType NONE and public Resource Policy (Rust) · What would AWS CloudFront know about a host if Tor is involved somewhere in the architecture? · aws discovery tool
    13
  • article
    8 posts in the past month
    1. Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars | TechCrunch
    2. Major outage on Amazon Web Services disrupts access to dozens of popular websites, online services
    3. AWS CloudFront outage serves errors instead of websites
    #4
    article
    Amazon fixing bug that billed some AWS customers billions of dollars | TechCrunch · Major outage on Amazon Web Services disrupts access to dozens of popular websites, online services · AWS CloudFront outage serves errors instead of websites
    8
  • technical resource
    7 posts in the past month
    1. I created a starter kit for Agent Core + Strands Agents SDK + AG-UI + CopilotKit
    2. How do you handle stale JWT claims when user's group membership changes mid-session?
    3. Best setup for on prem backend
    #5
    technical resource
    I created a starter kit for Agent Core + Strands Agents SDK + AG-UI + CopilotKit · How do you handle stale JWT claims when user's group membership changes mid-session? · Best setup for on prem backend
    7

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 391K 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.
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What are the DevOps communities like?
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