Experience the ultimate ASMR relaxation with personal attention and ear-to-ear whispering. This video is designed to give you ...

Have you ever stumbled upon an hourlong online video of someone folding napkins? Or maybe crinkling paper, sorting a thimble collection, or pretending to give the viewer an ear exam? They’re called ...

"ASMR is a deeply relaxing and comforting feeling, usually accompanied by tingling sensations in the head," says Craig Richard, PhD, an ASMR researcher and founder of ASMR University. The"tingling" ...

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On the recommendation of a colleague, I put the letters “ASMR” into the search bar for YouTube. Many videos came up, some with a great number of views. One had over 15 million. I clicked on the first ...

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If you've ever fallen into a rabbit hole of ASMR videos, you might wonder how the peculiar sensation comes about. Here's what we know. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Watch as a filthy carpet undergoes a relaxing ASMR glow-up in this satisfying timelapse! The dirt and stains vanish, leaving behind a fresh, clean surface. Enjoy the peaceful sounds of the cleaning ...

In June, China banned and excised videos of sound effects while claiming to cleanse its internet of pornography. YouTube had already demonetized the genre in a sex panic; now PayPal is banning people ...

When 22-year-old college student Abby Webster watches ASMR to fall asleep, she takes special precautions. "I have a roommate, and I angle my laptop away because I'm like, 'I don't want anyone to see ...

Recently, PayPal came under fire for banning ASMR artists and freezing their accounts, under the impression, fuelled by trolls, that the content was sexual. This was around the same time YouTube ...