Amazon S3 Storing 762 Billion Objects
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Wed, February 1st, 2012
At the end of 2011, up 192% from 2010
This information was published on Amazon Web Services blog.
As of the end of 2011, there are 762 billion objects in Amazon S3.
We process over 500,000 requests per second for these objects at peak times.
Here's the annual growth chart:
Total Number of Objects Stored in Amazon S3

This represents year-over-year growth of 192%; S3 grew faster last year than it did in any year since it launched in 2006.
As of the end of 2011, there are 762 billion objects in Amazon S3.
We process over 500,000 requests per second for these objects at peak times.
Here's the annual growth chart:
Total Number of Objects Stored in Amazon S3
This represents year-over-year growth of 192%; S3 grew faster last year than it did in any year since it launched in 2006.
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