Thousands of websites and apps like Snapchat, Roblox, Ring and more were down or experiencing issues Monday morning as a major cloud computing service went offline.

An issue with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the ubiquitous internet hosting service, took down many of the world's most popular online games in the early hours of Monday morning. Fortnite, Roblox, and Nintendo all reported that their services were unavailable.

Reddit, Roblox and Ring are just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of sites and services that were impacted when AWS went down, causing a major internet blackout.

A problem with Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food delivery, streaming and financial platforms.

Amazon Web Services, a major provider of cloud hosting that underpins much of the web and everyday online tools, went offline because of a problem with one its core database products.

Reddit, Roblox and Ring are just a tiny fraction of the hundreds of sites and services that were impacted when Amazon Web Services went down.

Snapchat, Fortnite, Roblox, Canva, Duolingo and more are experiencing issues after an Amazon Web Services outage

An Amazon Web Services outage Oct. 20, has caused websites and social media platforms to crash, leaving customers with nearly 12 hours of delays.