AWS outage takes down Snapchat, Reddit, Fortnite, and more

Technology Oct 20, 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage on Monday, causing big apps like Snapchat, Reddit, Fortnight, Canva, and Roblox to go down for users worldwide.
Even Amazon's own Prime Video and Alexa were affected.
Perplexity AI's CEO Aravind Srinivas confirmed on social media that the problem started on AWS's side.

Venmo, Robinhood also affected

The outage also hit Robinhood, Venmo and Whatnot—though some are bouncing back now as AWS works to fix things.
This whole episode is a reminder of how much we all depend on cloud services to keep our favorite apps running smoothly, and why backup plans are so important when things go sideways.