Similarities and Differences in the order in which electrons are filled in s and d subshells.

Each orbital is found on different areas of the periodic table. The s sublevels are found on the first(left) and last(right) columns of the period table which hold a maximum of two electrons since it only has one orbital. First, each orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons. The other three sublevels: p, d, and f respectively have more orbitals, which is why they can hold more electrons. These sublevels of orbitals stand for sharp(s), principle(p), diffuse(d), and fundamental(f) (these are simply the categories of orbitals).

p has 3 orbitals so it can hold 6 electrons max. d has 5 orbitals so it can hold 10 electrons max. f has 7 orbitals so It can hold 14 electrons max.

Here is a picture of these orbital groups so you can understand a little better: