Currently, public sub counts are abbreviated in most but not all places across YouTube. In August, we’ll make this more consistent by always showing abbreviated sub counts publicly. Creators: You’ll still see your full sub count in Studio! Learn more → http://yt.be/help/abbrev-count …pic.twitter.com/pmaKk4EU4k
I did this with a quick "onmouseenter" and "onmouseleave" with HTML inspect in 2 minutes. Adding an animation should take another 2. Stop updating things no one asked to have updated. Listen to your users.