YouTube Displaying Video View Counts Using 'Lakhs' and 'Crores' in India

YouTube has started displaying the View count on its videos using the Indian numbering format that includes units such as 'lakhs' and 'crores' rather than millions and billions. With the new format, videos with 15,00,000 views will now be displayed equally 15 lakh views instead of one.5M (1000000), while videos with 500,000 views volition be displayed every bit 5 lakh views instead of 500K.

The characteristic is very probable still in an experimental stage, given that it doesn't seem to exist available very widely. It'due south not available for me either on the website or on the Android app, although, some of my colleagues seemed to have got it on their devices. Equally you'd imagine, the new format will non be applicable globally, but but in Bharat, and possibly in other South Asian countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh that also use the same system.

For the uninitiated, in the South Asian numbering system, a 'lakh' (or lac) refers to 100,000, while a 'crore' refers to 10 meg. That means a million is referred to as 'x lakh' in the region, while a billion would translate to '100 crore'. The system is used across the board in the subcontinent to count coin, people or annihilation else.

Meanwhile, some users who are already seeing the new format are upward in artillery nearly the modify, and are lament on YouTube'due south back up forums. Many of them, however, seem to be challenge that irresolute the location to UK or the language to English language (Uk) is reverting the format to 'millions and 'billions'. Either way, if the new organization bachelor for yous, do let usa know if yous like it or if you prefer the older format.