Abbreviated public subscriber counts are gradually rolling out starting next week. We heard a lot of feedback from the community following our announcement in May – we’ve updated our original post with more info here → https://yt.be/help/LF4J
It is a big deal. YouTube is completely changing something that has been on the site SINCE IT WAS CREATED. The majority of people want to see subscriber number go from example: 149,999 to 150,000 instead of seeing it as 100k