Abbreviated Subscriber Count

Abbreviated Subscriber Count was an update that was announced by YouTube on May 21, 2019 and was launched on September 17, 2019. This update changed the looks of how users will see the channels' subscriber count. The update was scheduled to be released in August 2019 but was delayed until September. This change only shows on channels with 1,000 subscribers or more.
Example's of the abbreviation can include;
*1,243 subscribers will be 1.24K until reaches 1,250 (1.25K).
*10,486 subscribers will be 10.4K until reaches 10,500 (10.5K).
*536,862 subscribers will be 536K until reaches 537,000 (537K).
*1,783,744 subscribers will be 1.78M until reaches 1,790,000 (1.79M).
*53,324,899 subscribers will be 53.3M until reaches 53,400,000 (53.4M).
*103,538,378 subscribers will be 103M until reaches 104 million (104M).
The reasoning for the change is for the creator concerns about ​stress and ​wellbeing, specifically around tracking public subscriber counts in real-time and to eliminate experiences of pressure​ about the numbers.
On September 17, 2019, YouTube has abbreviated the subscriber count fully alongside the data API showing the abbreviated count as well.
==Controversy==
The announcement to the up-coming update has been heavily controversial due to live subscriber count websites (such as SocialBlade and Livecount.net) will no longer be able to keep track of subscriber counts and let YouTubers react to a certain subscriber milestone once reached.https://socialblade.com/blog/abbreviated-subscriber-counts-on-youtube/ Users have also claimed that the subscriber count that they can view on YouTube Studio is not accurate when checking the live count, which shows the same number to when you check the YouTube channel as well.
==SocialBlade's New Layout==
Because of the abbreviation, SocialBlade, a website that tracks stats for YouTube channels, changed their statistic layout for YouTube channels on September 9, 2019 to support the abbreviation of subscriber counts. The new detailed statistics feature now shows how much a channel got each week over the past 3 years, but not daily as it used to be. The new statistic shows an abbreviation of how much a channel has gained the following day, rather than the whole number unless if the channel has gained/lost less than 1,000 subscribers on that day to support the abbreviation. However, the total number remains un-abbreviated. The video view statistics has made no change, other than it's detailed statistics only shows much a channel has gained in a week. The daily detailed statistics, however, is still available via SocialBlade premium.
==References==
Category:History of YouTube