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Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory

Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM) refers to a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective. Many people who have r/Aphantasia have SDAM.

14k subscribers51 posts / mo in Sep 202641 authors / mosince 2017

r/SDAM has 14k members (+28% over the last 12 months). It gets about 51 posts a month from 41 people. Top topics: Digital Journaling Apps, Reading Challenges & Series and Job Interviews.

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Size and growth

How r/SDAM has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+28%in 12 months · +4.8% in 3 months · +1.4% in 1 month
Oct 202614k
Growing14k subscribers
Data since Jun 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+183%vs Sep 2025 · +1.5% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 202651
BusierPeaked at 54 in Aug 2023
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/SDAM

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Digital Journaling Apps0.2%
  2. Reading Challenges & Series0.2%
  3. Job Interviews0.2%
  4. Journaling Tips and Starters0.2%
  5. Pet Grief Support0.1%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. WIRED
  2. Weebly
  3. Medium
  4. ScienceDirect
  5. Doi

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Posts and activity for Sep 2026. Members from Reddit's subscriber counts. Read from the same data the app runs on. Our research