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[Bug]: YouTube subscriber count is hardcoded and outdated #1954

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Describe the bug

The YouTube subscriber count shown on the website is hardcoded to "265k", but the actual subscriber count has increased to "266k+". This causes the displayed value to be inaccurate over time.

To Reproduce

  1. Go to the home page of the site.
  2. Scroll down to the stats section where social media metrics are shown.
  3. Observe the YouTube subscriber count value.

Expected behavior

The subscriber count should update dynamically by fetching the latest count from the YouTube Data API instead of being hardcoded.

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Additional context

This could be fixed by integrating YouTube's public Data API (v3) to fetch subscriber count from the backend periodically or at runtime and display the actual value.

API reference: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/channels/list

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