While it was being made, the show was popular with preschoolers and fans of puppetry. It won awards from groups like and the . In the mid-2000s, there was a cult following of small filmmakers who used Oobi-style puppets in short movies. In 2012, a spin-off of "Oobi" called "Dasdasi" was made in Iran. The entire original show is currently included on Amazon Prime Video.