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
This sucks. This is absolutely useless and does way more harm than good. Keep the full sub count available for all to see.
#8888 I tweet a lot of politics!