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
Is there anyway you can make it optional to be abbreviated? I'm having people mistaken my channel with 109K subs but in reality its 1,901 :( Please make it an option instead of forcing it upon all channels.