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
and you're changing the API as well. wonderful! your website has so many goddamn issues and this is what you choose to address: something no-one wanted changed. thanks youtube!