GentleWhispering triggers tingles, calms anxiety, puts some to sleep. April 8, 2014— -- The YouTube channel, "GentleWhispering," features 180 videos that most people would consider slow-paced and ...

The one common theme across pretty much all ASMR content these days is the sound of gentle whispering.(iStock) The sound hits home when I close my eyes: I can sense the feeling of someone running ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A video of someone whispering, running their fingers over a brush and blowing smoke doesn't sound like a classic viral hit. Where are the cats? Where is the hilarious fail? Where is the thing that I ...

However, companies are not the only ones cashing out on the ASMR phenomenon – individuals can also profit off ASMR content. The woman behind Gentle Whispering ASMR, one of the ASMR channels with the ...

If you came across a video by Maria, known to her more than 430,000 subscribers as GentleWhispering, without real knowledge of what she was doing, you might assume you’d entered a fetishistic YouTube ...

Can YouTube videos be intimate? ASMR video content may very well show that they can be. ASMR is a non-scientific term that stands for ‘Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response’, which specifically refers ...

You’ve heard about Cardi B tried it. You saw the Zoe Kravitz beer ad. But what is ASMR, exactly? Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a heady way of saying “brain tingles.” For lots of ...

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ASMR - a strange tingle in the head caused by certain sights and sounds - is a growing YouTube subculture. Now scientists are starting to investigate what the possible causes might be. Just over a ...

Even in the bizarre world of ASMR, Sarah Toth’s videos stand out. Her YouTube channel is wildly successful; she has over a million subscribers, 300 million video views, and enough sponsorships and ad ...