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Amazon layoffs

We've tracked 6 rounds of Amazon layoffs between Nov 2022 and Jan 2026, affecting 68,000 people in total. 21% of them lost their jobs in cuts that Amazon or credible reporting tied to AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

68K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

6

Nov 2022 → Jan 2026

AI-attributed

21%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −16,000(1.5% of workforce)

    Follow-on to late-2025's record cut, with AWS and technical roles hit disproportionately.

    Source: Computerworld

  2. −14,000(4% of workforce)AI · likely

    Largest corporate cut in Amazon's history; leadership cited a leaner org for the 'AI era'. Reports pointed to up to 30,000 planned.

    Source: Reuters

  3. −1,000

    Twitch cut 35% of staff; Prime Video and MGM Studios trimmed hundreds more.

    Source: CNBC

  4. −9,000

    Second wave (27,000 total across 2022–23), hitting AWS, advertising and Twitch.

    Source: CNBC

  5. −18,000(1.2% of workforce)

    Then the largest layoff in tech history: devices, retail and HR hit hardest.

    Source: Company blog

  6. −10,000

    Devices and books organisations hit first; grew to 18,000 by January.

    Source: New York Times

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Part of the WorkforceSignal tech layoff tracker , every event curated from public reporting with conservative AI attribution. See methodology.