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
Well this is dumb. Literally no one wants this. Viewers won't be able to see Live Subscriber Counts from @SocialBlade or anyone. Viewers don't care about what creators see on YouTube Studio because the viewers can't see what they see.