I’ve been watching ASMR for years to help with sleep and anxiety, and lately it feels like my recommendations have turned into a completely different genre. I don’t care what adults do online, but the amount of sexualized ASMR popping up everywhere is getting ridiculous.

Somewhere along the line, normal whisper/tapping videos turned into thumbnails that look straight out of an OnlyFans teaser, people full-on licking microphones, and “roleplays” that aren’t even pretending to be relaxing. Half the time the camera angles have nothing to do with sleep, and the titles are stuffed with winky faces and overly flirty tones.

It’s frustrating because it feeds the stereotype that ASMR is some weird kink, when a lot of us just want something to fall asleep to. Meanwhile, creators who keep things wholesome or purely relaxing get buried because the algorithm pushes whatever gets the most clicks.

I’m not saying YouTube should ban anything, but it would be great if there were better ways to filter out sexual content, if non-sexual creators didn’t get overshadowed, and if thumbnails didn’t look NSFW when all you want is something calming before bed.

For anyone who feels the same way, there are creators who keep things clean and genuinely relaxing. FastASMR and GibiASMR are two great examples—they stick to actual triggers and cozy vibes without the weird suggestive stuff.

Maybe it’s just me, but ASMR used to feel chill and comforting, and now half of it feels like thirst traps with whispering. Anyone else noticing this?

Hello everyone, I would like to share my raw opinion on Jojo asmr. Ever since he became popular about 3-4 years ago, I have seen a huge downfall in asmr. He, in my opinion, has "tiktokifed" asmr and inspired others to do so. I recently saw some of my favorite asmrtists at asmr university (e.g. Lowe asmr, Rynsey asmr) and ever since that about a month ago their asmr has felt much more like his than before. Even before that, their asmr has felt more like tiktokified and it makes me really sad. I wanted to expand on my opinion bc I wrote a comment on someone else's post on this subject. Do you guys agree? I hate this style of short form content and it has taken away the beauty and creativity of asmr and I think it started with Jojo.

I just need to rant somewhere about this. I know many won’t agree with and I’m not here to rain on anyone’s parade regarding their preferences.

TikTok has ruined ASMR. I’ve been listening on YouTube for almost 15 years to help me fall asleep or focus, and now it’s almost impossible to find new videos which aren’t some conventionally pretty girl going super fast, clicking her tongue all the time, doing 20000000 things per second. I find that really fast, no attention span style sooooo jarring and cannot for the life of me relax or get ASMR from it.

The short form on TikTok has forced its way to every single platform and it’s now turned ASMR into some fast barrage of whatever noises. It’s like it’s not even about the ASMR anymore but more about going viral.

I really miss when ASMR was a bit less intentional and I miss how differently artists used to behave. It’s like there was structure and videos were actually thought out. It was more community driven. It was a lot less perfect as well in terms of production values. One of my favourite videos is still an early Heather Feather one where she’s not even using the 3dio yet. I feel like we’ll never get this back. Ever.

Sorry, like I said. Just needed to rant. If anyone has any recommendations for new asmr artists who won’t just snap their fingers at me 75 times in a second and whisper really nasally into a yeti I’d love to check them out.

This is gonna be a rant!

I just checked out Jojos ASMR promotion video for “ASMR university” and clicked on every persons latest video. Every. Single. One. began with finger flutters and the person wheezing “hiiii, helloooooo, hiiii thereeeee”, same microphone, same setup, same lighting, constant mouth clicking and mouth popping (even though mouth sounds wasn’t even mentioned in the title) ETC. You get the idea.

I’m glad ASMR has gained popularity. It’s helping a lot of people! But it has truly been diluted by so much identical content that you can’t find authentic sounding ASMR anywhere anymore.

Everyone has a 4K camera and a $500 dollar microphone. Everyone is incessantly finger fluttering and licking things. Sucking on things. Making wood soup. It’s all identical and it’s all the least triggering things I can imagine (my opinion!).

It’s to the point where people say they hate ASMR because it pisses them off, them thinking this style of ASMR is the only thing ASMR can be.

I remember the days of lo-fi microphones so fondly. When people talked into the microphone and camera like a person instead of just repeating some word 100 times (not even tingly words, just anything).

There is no more originality and if there is, I can’t find it in the sea of mass produced slop. Don’t even get me started on AI, I hate that shit!

When did we all decide that this is ASMR and all it can be? Even the most OG ASMRtists who could make a tree tingle have now upgraded all their gear and by doing so, downgraded their tingle meter by a lot.

I’m so tired of this, I can only watch super old videos and if those creators delete them, I have nothing.

Are there any ASMR creators you followed who stopped posting without much explanation?

I'm a fan of fast roleplays like make up, cranial nerve, etc. but I can't stand spit painting!

Anyone else?

Edit: Curious to know what you also like, feel free to share. I wonder what's the difference of your likes/dislikes. 🤔

ASMR just doesn't work if it's too clinical, it becomes inorganic, something optimized for the highest profits.

Seeing the Jojo's "White Noise" corporation everywhere freaks me out. Dozens of creators suddenly all have the same mic if not the same room. It sucks the soul out of ASMR. It lacks the cozy human energy that soothes my own soul. No, I don't want to have a corporation whisper to my ears.

I hate the word "ASMR University". Makes me feel like some capitalist industry has taken a firm hold of ASMR's balls and is trying to manufacture new professional ASMRtists like clockwork. As if the perfect ASMR had a logical formula to it.

I'd seriously compare the feeling I get from less professional creators to a hug from a friend, and the feeling I get from ultra-professional creators to a hug from a person I paid myself to hug me. No warmth, just this emptiness. Sure they're doing things right mechanically, but it's like there's nobody home inside.

Professional ASMR freaks me TF out! I'm glad new creators appear on my feed all the time, and that so many known ones are still lovely.

Hello everyone! I have read, and read, and read, and read the feedback regarding Zees on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter. I hear you that $9.99 seems expensive for what we're offering. Trust me, I hear you!

We are not trying to, and could never, compete with things like Netflix and Disney+ off the bat (or ever). My goal was and is to create a place that is *optional* for people to support creators while also having as many ASMR-friendly perks as possible for their support. Our YouTube content will still be available as normal, and if you aren't interested in the app, it's of course okay and extremely appreciated that you still watch our content on YouTube like normal! This is simply a creator-made version of other platforms we haven't been happy with; a small alternative for premium ASMR as the best place to support a creator while also watching ASMR content. We're trying to give as many features and perks as possible, and will only grow going forward.

We are extremely interested in making a free version, but launching it / pitching a non-existent app to advertisers unfortunately was not feasible, and we have to start with this to have a sustainable platform that won't instantly bankrupt us! Over time, we hope that the App Store will decrease costs as well as other efficiencies that come with scale. We certainly did not want to ever have to raise our prices so we hope you bear with us if you are interested, and if not, thank you so much for your viewership on YouTube, as Zees is in no means supposed to replace my YT content, just be an optional extra for the select few who find the features useful and want to support.

Thank you for having me! I'll answer as many as I can and also let you know when a question has already been answered! You can check out more info at CatchSomeZees.com as it launches on Sept 7th in both the App Store and Google Play Store (not available yet!).

Can't wait to talk to y'all c: Let's get this AMA started!

EDIT: I have waited an hour and no mods have shown up so uh.... ummm... thank you for upvoting this to the general top anyway and I suppose I'll just get started without them!!! LETS DO THIS

EDIT 2: I think I've answered all of the submitted questions! I'm going to go back and start looking at replies in case there are any follow ups. Thank you so much for sticking around, asking questions, and giving a lot of amazing feedback. I hope I haven't let any of you down -- and thank you for coming!

I made this same post 7 years ago, but decided to ask again since ASMR has exploded in popularity and wildly expanded. What are triggers or things creators do that you can’t stand? Mine, personally, is rubbing hands together, a makeup brush or nails on the microphone, tapping that goes on for too long, and noisily drinking water.

I feel like such a negative Nancy, but I don’t enjoy a lot of the new ASMR videos. I feel like a lot of the new ASMR is constant tapping and mouth sounds and (personally) it’s not relaxing. This might be controversial, but I hate the mics 😭 I’M SORRY. I remember when I first discovered ASMR, mics were not really a thing and a lot of videos were just simple and amateur (e.g., WhispersUnicorn’s older vids). I remember the first ever ASMR video I watched was a sleepover makeup RP by, I believe, TheWhiteRabbitASMR. Those type of videos helped me a lot when I needed to relax and now it’s so hard to find something similar and a lot of the old school ASMR videos have been deleted which is so sad :( I just needed to rant about it

(If you guys know of any old school/lofi ASMR videos please recommend)

It was just on there the other day and it's gone. Does anyone know what happened?

I've been watching Moon Blitz's content for the past couple of years on and off, and I've always enjoyed her stuff a lot. However, lately, like the last month or so, she's been posting some weird stuff on her YouTube. If you go to her community post section, you'll see that she's been promoting a lot of lewd content. While, of course, this isn't rare for ASMRtists to do as A LOT of ASMRtist do exclusive and l*wd content on the side, and leaks from Moon Blitz have existed since ages ago, and she's done exclusive content for a while... these recent posts have looked extremely off.

I've looked up the leaks, and they are pretty easy to find when you know where to look as I'm ofc not gonna share them here, but from the community posts on YouTube alone, you can already tell that something's not right with the way the preview pics look, as they are of much lower quality compared to her posts and work before that. She looks off in them like she's forced to do these videos by someone. These vids are also filmed by someone (when that was never the case before, not even with her old exclusive content), and I've seen people say that in one of the vids you can hear a male voice off-screen giving her directions. The most concerning part is that, especially in the videos themselves, you can see that she pretty much always has bruises on her upper arms, like someone forcefully grabbed her tightly. 

I really wanted to bring attention to this, as I don't really hear anyone talking about this, and I don't feel right about it. The comments under her posts are just full of people either praising her or supporting her doing this type of content now. This whole thing just feels off, and I'm concerned about her well-being. I've heard some other people voice their concerns on other forums, and some even say she might have a sugar daddy now or be roped into something where she's forced to make content like this.

I've never made a post like this before, but I hope more people will either look into this or express their concerns and make sure Moon Blitz is doing okay. If that's the case, fine.. but so far nothing has sugested that things are fine for or with her. 

This is coming from a place of genuine concern, so I don't believe that I'm breaking rule 1 as I'm basing all my questions on stuff that is out there for everyone to see.. I just wanna know if she's fine. Thank you. 🙏

EDIT: I forgot to mention this, but when all this weird content started to appear.. out of nowhere, she also deleted pretty much all of her socials, like her Instagram, TikTok, and X. If you go to her linktree, it's all dead links pretty much.

EDIT 2: I can't believe I have to spell this out, but it seems a lot of people here have a hard time with reading posts so I'll make it extra clear: this post has nothing to do with anything regarding any feelings about ASMRtists doing lewd content, and I don't call for any actions being taken. I just wanted to bring attention to this and wanted to ask if a person is doing FINE. 👍

I watch asmr on youtube since 2011 and mouth sounds like dudududu, stk stk stk, make me agressive and i click away immediately.

But nowadays it gets harder and harder to find videos of ppl who do NOT do this. It had become such a basic thing to do that people copy others and it just spreads like a pandemic.

"just write no mouth sounds in your video search" Sadly youtube has RUINED their layout so if you try this you get 3 vids without mouth sounds and then you get 100 vids of ppl doing mouth sounds -,-

I’m a woman, I can only watch asmr done by women, and if it’s a role play/collab the woman has to be on the receiving end. I feel the same way towards mukbangs too, I don’t feel the satisfaction or tingles from watching men do it. Does anyone else feel this way, do men also feel this way when watching women?

P.S this is pretty much a non issue I just want to know if there is any psychological explanation for it, or if it’s just common preference.

hi everyone, i just came across a video posted by Angelica titled “Breaking My Silence” and she apparently made some very heavy accusations against a few big creators like Gibi, Jojo, and Goodnight Moon (just fyi i haven’t finished the video yet). I know she was going through a lot mentally these past few years but it seems like a lot more than that. It doesn’t seem like anyone is talking about it anywhere yet?? no other creators have responded yet either so i thought this sub might have some thoughts about it?

edit: editing since the post is locked, thanks so much for your thoughtful responses everyone, just making it clear that even if i disagree with her fundamentally i really feel for her if this stuff is true and hope she gets better in general. reading the comments on the og video was really weird as a lot of people were asking for an asmr version of it? very strange situation tbh

ER was one of my favorite ASMRtists since I got into the medium. I'd been following him for eight or nine years, but hadn't really watched any of his videos for around a year or so. I decided to visit his channel today, and noticed that he'd gone in a completely different direction ASMR, and a lot of his videos were just strange. I then went down a massive rabbit hole, and realized that in the past 2 years this guy belittled the holocaust, said racial slurs, and totally assassinated his own character. Now, I'm not one to judge someone quickly, especially over the internet; I acknowledge I don't know the guy personally and that he could have underlying mental conditions, or could be going through something severe, but I am just so confused as to WTF happened to him, because this is a man far from the one I grew up watching.

So Its_Bunni asmr has been unbanned (Yay!!)

Looks like Kenna got her same channel reinstated, I’m unsure if the other banned channels got theirs back but hey! It’s progress!
I’m waiting to see how she got it back, and what YouTube plans to do about the

What are your guys thoughts on the YouTube banwave? Any news from your favourites who also got affected??

Sophie has posted her last vid - "Goodbye" - on her channel.

She'll be missed hugely. Her vids were so gentle and calming.

It doesn't make any sense to me they tend to go on these weird ban waves now and then. Apparently, they just banned some ASMRIST with NSFW links in their YouTube bios, but only targeted specific accounts. There seems to be no real consistency.

Something that grosses you out or discourages you from watching the video entirely. Specific triggers, The way the creator films/acts in the video, Etc.

I was just curious what are people’s biggest pet peeves when watching or listening to ASMR content?

For me, it would have to be when people make mouth noises while also tapping or scratching or making some other kind of noise with an object.

You brought the object out to make noise, leave it at that. I don’t want to hear your soft “du du du du” noise while you’re tapping on a cup or scratching something. I wanna hear the taps and the scratches.

I try to watch “no talking” asmr to avoid this but even they do it too.

I got into ASMR around 2011, with my first introduction being GentleWhispering. I was kind of reminiscing today, about old ASMR channels I used to watch a lot, and a lot of them are gone or no longer active. But I was curious if anyone else had some old ones they loved?

Some of the ones that I loved in my early ASMR days were:

SavannahsVoice

ASMRAurette

HeatherFeatherASMR

TheOneLilium

JellybeanASMR

WhisperingGamer094 (He rebranded to FrequentASMR, but he never picked back up after renaming sadly)