As of February 2022[update], his YouTube videos had been viewed over 84 million times and he has 400 thousand subscribers.

His videos gradually gained popularity, particularly after Bill Simmons from ESPN.com featured Jenkees and asked him to record his podcast theme, and again after being "thumbed up" by members of the StumbleUpon community.

A selection of music from his first two albums is included in the Iridium Studios's game "Before the Echo" (previously known as "Sequence").

Jenkees is distinguished in his videos by the array of hats he wears, his thick glasses, and his distinctive voice.

(Variations and updated versions of some songs on Straight Laced can be found on Jenkees' first album as instrumentals.)