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
No, it's obvious that everyone wants to see the exact sub count, not an abbreviation. 15.1M and 15.9M subs is still 15M but the difference is in 800000 fraking people. How will we see how close someone is to 16M then?