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
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Replying to @321gofast @TeamYouTube
We get our data from YouTubes API which should continue to show accurate data for subscriber count.
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Upon closer look, it might affect our data display, but only time will tell.
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To confirm, third parties that use YouTube API Services will also get the same abbreviated public counts as you'll see on YouTube. Read the full announcement here: http://yt.be/help/abbrev-count …
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @SocialBlade and
I know it is annoying to a lot of people, but youtube is massive and all those numbers cause a massive bog down of the system it might not seem like simple numbers do much, but calculations on millions of channels every second probably costs millions per year just for that.
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If anything instead of removing the freature altogether they should just implement charges for those that want to use that feature at a dollar a creator.
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