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
"Hey guys! I just hit my head with a hammer 5 times on purpose! I just came up with another way to further ruin our site with another terrible idea no one wants!!!!" - YouTube designers every few months