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
"we'll make this more consistent by obscuring more data" Yay, I love when companies obfuscate and deprecate useful things to help me out with the trouble of having too much useful information available to me. Thanks google.