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
This helps literally no-one, in fact it makes things worse. I always used to like seeing the sub counter go up each time I subscribed, it felt like you were contributing to that channel. Now there's nothing 

