What is ASMR and why people are watching these videos to relax online?

ASMR has evolved from a niche online trend into a widely used tool for relaxation. It shows promise in improving mood, reducing stress and encouraging calm through simple sensory triggers.
Healthline

What Are ASMR Triggers?

Common ASMR triggers include whispering, hair play, and ear brushing. Not all people experience a positive response or any response to these triggers, though. ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian ...
BBC

ASMR: The big business of making super soft sounds

A spate of YouTube videos that use crinkling, crunching and whispering sounds to trigger tingling sensations may seem odd but the videos and performers have become not only a social phenomenon, they ...
Psychology Today

What We Really Know About ASMR

If you spend time on YouTube or TikTok, you may have come across videos of someone whispering into a microphone, carefully slicing stacks of slime, or slowly ripping strips of paper. These videos are ...
The Verge

Test your sensitivity to ASMR with this skin-tingling sound generator

Some of these videos were intentionally made as ASMR triggers — others, like episodes from Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting, just happened to include the triggers by accident. The dude has a weird, ...
PopSugar

I Can't Sleep Without ASMR — These Videos Are Better Than Melatonin

Don't expect me to fall asleep without my nightly cranial nerve exam. At this point, ASMR videos are a staple in my bedtime routine, and I swear they work better than melatonin. I can't tell you how ...
Business Insider

There's a massive internet community that's obsessed with videos of 'brain-tingling' sounds, and the people who make them earn thousands of dollars a month

This search recently edged out "cake" in popularity on YouTube: "autonomous sensory meridian response." ASMR, as it's called, refers to "head tingles" that result from hearing interesting sounds — ...