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
Listen team of youtube, Your platform is facing huge problems already, adding another annoyance wont help either, everyone WANTS the old yt back, many can agree, youtube would slowly but surely die under these conditions, growth already has stagnated, just listen to the community