r/aws

Amazon Web Services (AWS): S3, EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, VPC and more

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.

Members: 397,372
Created: 2008
Posts a day: 5
Avg comments, top posts this week: 15

r/aws is a Reddit community with 397,372 members, created in 2008. It averaged about 5 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts had a median score of 3 and an average of 15 comments each. Aws, amazon and access are the words that show up most in recent titles. This month's top posts went up most often around 23:00 UTC, and most often on a Friday.

Only approved members can post in r/aws.

Data checked October 18, 2026 · Open on Reddit

What people ask

54How is working at AWS as a Solutions architect?46 comments · October 6, 2026
53Is support no longer a thing?45 comments · October 8, 2026
56Seeking your feedback: How can we improve /r/AWS?43 comments · September 25, 2026
7How are you keeping Bedrock costs from turning into a shared mystery bill?23 comments · October 13, 2026
80AWS spending limits?21 comments · September 21, 2026
0Any experience with cloud formation10 comments · October 14, 2026

Common words in titles

aws 30
amazon 10
access 5
account 5
bedrock 5
cloud 4
network 4
support 4
experience 3
functions 3
lambda 3
login 3

Best time to post

23:00 UTC · 5 top posts
18:00 UTC · 3 top posts
22:00 UTC · 3 top posts
Friday · 7 top posts
Tuesday · 6 top posts

These are counted from the timestamps of this month's 25 top posts. They show when popular posts went up and don't guarantee reach.

Rules

No rules listed.

How to post in r/aws without breaking its rules

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Member growth

We started recording r/aws member counts on October 18, 2026. Growth will show here once we have a few weeks of history.

Get this data from the API

Every number on this page comes from ChatterAPI's Reddit endpoints and is refreshed about once a week. You can pull the same data for any subreddit from your own code or AI agent.

curl "https://chatterapi.com/v1/reddit/subreddits/aws" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CHATTERAPI_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/",
    "name": "aws",
    "nsfw": false,
    "title": "Amazon Web Services (AWS): S3, EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, VPC and more",
    "createdAt": "2008-01-26T01:09:36.000Z",
    "description": "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.",
    "subscribers": 397372
  },
  "credits": {
    "charged": 2
  }
}

Recorded response, October 18, 2026, trimmed.

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Questions about r/aws

How many members does r/aws have?

r/aws had 397,372 members when we last checked on October 18, 2026.

How active is r/aws?

Based on its newest posts, it got about 5 new posts a day over the last month. This week's top posts averaged 15 comments each.

When is the best time to post in r/aws?

This month's top posts in r/aws went up most often around 23:00 UTC, and most often on a Friday. That's when popular posts were published, so use it as a starting point, not a rule.

Can I get r/aws data through an API?

Yes. Call GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/aws for members, rules and description, and GET /v1/reddit/subreddits/aws/posts for its posts. Each call costs 2 credits, and new accounts get 100 free credits.