Thanks to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon ended 2025 with unprecedented financial numbers. They had their best quarterly growth rate in over three years. Amazon’s cloud division recently announced a quarterly and annual revenue run rate of $142 billion. Overall, this accomplishment highlights its important role in the cloud computing industry. During the fourth quarter, AWS brought in a staggering $35.6 billion in revenue. This was a stunning 24% YoY increase, highlighting the best growth rate the company has seen in 13 quarters.
The fourth-quarter revenue reflects not only AWS’s robust market position but the ongoing demand for cloud services across various sectors. Revenue is booming due to recent contracts with some of world’s biggest corporations. That includes our recent partnerships with Salesforce, BlackRock, Perplexity and the U.S. Air Force. In a word, these strategic partnerships have been absolutely essential to fueling AWS’s explosive growth and helping customers realize their strategic objectives.
AWS’s revenue growth wasn’t the only interesting point. Their operating income soared, increasing nearly $2 billion from $10.6 billion in Q4 of 2024 to $12.5 billion in the same quarter of 2025. This profitability increase highlights the impressive efficiency and scalability of AWS’s cloud business.
During Amazon’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Andy Jassy emphasized the company’s commitment to enhancing its infrastructure. He stated that AWS is adding significant easy-to-core computing capacity each day, further solidifying its position as a leader in the cloud industry.
“It’s very different having 24% year-over-year growth on a $142 billion annualized run rate than to have a higher percentage growth on a meaningfully smaller base, which is the case with our competitors,” – Andy Jassy
Jassy highlighted AWS’s number one role in the U.S. startup ecosystem. He noted how more of the top 500 U.S. startups use AWS as their default cloud provider than the next two competitors combined. This trend is a huge encouragement, showing the level of trust and reliance that these emerging companies are beginning to place in AWS for their cloud computing needs.
“We consistently see customers wanting to run their AI workloads where the rest of their applications and data are,” – Andy Jassy
This strong performance signals a promising future for AWS as it continues to adapt to the evolving demands of the tech landscape. Artificial intelligence and data governance are key to that future. As the leading cloud provider, AWS is uniquely positioned to help organizations on their digital transformation journey.