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On May 21, 2019, YouTube announced an update to the way subscriber counts were shown on the site, which would later be titled '''subscriber count abbreviations'''. Not only was the site changed to show these new subscriber counts, the public [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API API] was also updated to only return truncated counts up to 3 digits. | On May 21, 2019, YouTube announced an update to the way subscriber counts were shown on the site, which would later be titled '''subscriber count abbreviations'''. Not only was the site changed to show these new subscriber counts, the public [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API API] was also updated to only return truncated counts up to 3 digits. | ||
This update was heavily disliked by creators, especially in the [[Statistics Community|statistics community]], due to YouTube's unusual | This update was heavily disliked by creators, especially in the [[Statistics Community|statistics community]], due to YouTube's unusual reasoning and the fact that it made live subscriber counts such as [[Social Blade]] and Livecounts.net no longer being able to track live subscriber counts. | ||
==First announcement== | ==First announcement== | ||
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==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
The announcement was heavily controversial, especially in the statistics community, mostly due to live subscriber count websites such as [[Social Blade]] and Livecounts.net, would no longer be able to | The announcement was heavily controversial, especially in the statistics community, mostly due to live subscriber count websites such as [[Social Blade]] and Livecounts.net, would no longer be able to track live subscriber counts.<ref>https://socialblade.com/blog/abbreviated-subscriber-counts-on-youtube/</ref><ref>https://x.com/jaubreyYT/status/1174172975714713600</ref> One creator stated that they "appreciate seeing 1207 and then later 1208 and not 1.2K."<ref>https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/6543166?hl=en&msgid=15889455</ref> SMii7Y, a popular creator on YouTube, stated on Twitter that "YouTube's abbreviated [subscriber count] update is actually the dumbest [...] thing I have ever seen."<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://x.com/SMii7Y/status/1179254786434244608|name=SMii7Y}}</ref> | ||
The decision to truncate the counts on the public API was also heavily criticized,<ref>{{Cite YouTube|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=i5XjFEKb4u8&t=60|t=60|title=The moment Live SubCounts got abbreviated|author=Subscriber Battles|date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> with creators in the statistics community stating that it was completely unnecessary. | The decision to truncate the counts on the public API was also heavily criticized,<ref>{{Cite YouTube|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=i5XjFEKb4u8&t=60|t=60|title=The moment Live SubCounts got abbreviated|author=Subscriber Battles|date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> with creators in the statistics community stating that it was completely unnecessary. | ||