The show has made it to the list of Business Insider 's 20 TV Shows of 2016.
The show has become popular in other parts of Asia, and has gained online popularity among Hallyu fans, having been fansubbed into various languages, such as English, Persian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Burmese, Arabic, Russian, and Turkish. It has garnered attention as being the comeback program for Yoo Jae-suk, the main MC of the program, after leaving Good Sunday 's Family Outing in February 2010. The show has since shifted to a more familiar reality- variety show concept focused on games. The MCs and guests were to complete missions at a landmark to win the race. Running Man was originally classified as an 'urban action variety' a genre of variety shows in an urban environment. Running Man ( Korean: 런닝맨 RR: Reonning maen MR: Rŏnning man) is a South Korean variety show, formerly part of SBS' Good Sunday lineup.
