Is Amazon Web Services dead?
Deaditude Score:
35.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Zero drama, zero surprises, zero reasons to update your LinkedIn.
*Data last collected: 8 Jan 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad
Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2006
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
33
Answer Rate
30%
Acceptance Rate
15%
Growth
-7%
Recent Questions
When updating different attributes on an item in multiple requests are race conditions still possible?
Answered43 views
amazon-web-servicesamazon-dynamodb
AWS CDK multi-account deploy: "Could not assume role in target account … not authorized to perform: sts:AssumeRole on cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role"
Unanswered34 views
amazon-web-servicesaws-organizationsaws-cdk-typescript
AWS Glue Connection for BigQuery gives "SparkProperties is missing but it is required" and "secretId is not defined in the schema" when using Go SDK
Unanswered27 views
amazon-web-servicesgogoogle-bigquery
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit
Community Size
368,152
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
290
Posts
10.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+210.6%
Explosive growth!
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Amazon Web Services detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
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183(97%)32
Docker just made hardened container images free and open source
r/aws23 days ago
162(81%)42
AWS Kiro is very impressive
r/aws26 days ago
165(81%)70
What has happened to AWS support recently?
r/aws21 days ago
138(95%)78
AWS SES announces email validation
r/aws21 days ago
126(100%)16
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Amazon Web Services on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
7,683🇮🇳India
3,926🇩🇪Germany
468🇬🇧United Kingdom
424🇨🇦Canada
297🇫🇷France
132Market Summary
12,930
Total Jobs
🏢
325,174
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Amazon Web Services is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Amazon Web Services gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
13
Posts
Community Interest
Average points43.3
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
How much Anthropic and Cursor spend on Amazon Web Services
2 months ago
164163
Amazon Web Services Outage Hits Major Sites and Apps
2 months ago
31
Amazon Web Services raised GPU prices
1 days ago
11
Ask HN: Is AWS down again?
2 months ago
8537
Show HN: See the carbon impact of your cloud as you code
24 days ago
113
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Amazon Web Services content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
31
Videos
154.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-25.0%
Average Engagement
5.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Amazon Web Services:
TrainWithShubham
Growing Channel
Maruchin Tech
Hobby Channel
Intellipaat
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
553105
1 months ago
2144
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Tutorial - Build AI Agents on AWS
Architecture Bytes - AI
1 months ago
361
1 months ago
343
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 8 Jan 2026 | 35.0% |
| 25 Dec 2025 | 39.0% |
| 11 Dec 2025 | 36.4% |
| 28 Nov 2025 | 15.0% |
| 14 Nov 2025 | 22.7% |
| 1 Nov 2025 | 23.5% |
| 19 Oct 2025 | 35.4% |
| 5 Oct 2025 | 23.9% |
| 21 Sept 2025 | 30.8% |
| 8 Sept 2025 | 22.5% |
| 25 Aug 2025 | 36.2% |
| 11 Aug 2025 | 19.8% |
| 29 Jul 2025 | 23.7% |
| 15 Jul 2025 | 23.7% |
| 1 Jul 2025 | 27.7% |
| 18 Jun 2025 | 45.5% |
| 4 Jun 2025 | 55.4% |
| 10 May 2025 | 39.5% |
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