[1] Running for over eight years, Jake and Amir was CollegeHumor's longest-running series and has amassed approximately one billion views as of April 2017.

The series generally takes place at Jake and Amir's desks, but some episodes are filmed in other parts of the office or different locations entirely.

Dan Frommer of Business Insider explains how "a trip to Florida became a four-part miniseries...broken-arm casts become props...[and] girlfriends become actresses".

[7] Three of The Gregory Brothers appeared in an episode and released an accompanying song featuring Amir on their own YouTube channel.

[12] Its plot involves the fictitious new CEO of CollegeHumor, Alan Avery – played by Matt Walton – promoting Jake and firing Amir.

[17] Though the latter show was sold out and extra dates were added,[18] the performance was poorly received by local media: The Guardian's Brian Logan said Jake and Amir "cackle a lot, as they find various ways to repackage tales of puerile behaviour as comedy.

"[19] In June 2012, at the International Student Film Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel, the pair gave a lecture at the New Media Conference.

[4] On March 31, 2020, a new episode titled Jake and Amir: Social Distance Scroll was uploaded to the HeadGum YouTube channel.

Jake and Amir has received praise as its style and viewership have evolved and expanded, particularly within the field of free online content.

In 2008, PC Magazine listed the series among its "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites", saying: "Considering it's mainly a hobby they do after work, the webisodes at JakeAndAmir.com are better than some of the stuff they get paid to do for CollegeHumor.