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 get what you're doing about controversies but it might be disappointing to just see your sub count go from 100 to 200 instead of seeing it go up by ones. also if you subscribe to a youtube channel its satisfying to see the sub count go up by one knowing you did that.