I think his channel only hit 100k subscribers last year, so it looks like he might finally be getting some well-deserved recognition.

No kidding. Even if he hit 100K subscriber 2 years ago or at the beginning of 2015, he is at 500K subscribers now. If his growth hasn't slowed too much, he could be looking at [close] to a million subscribers before this decade is done.

His videos are pretty cool so far. Happy he is able to do this for a living.