The hoarse whisperer: Maria, the 28-year-old Russian expat whose videos have drawn more than 87 million views (Washington Post) The pretty blonde woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with ...

On July 27, a 30-year-old Russian expat, known only to her followers as Maria, hit 1 million subscribers on her YouTube channel GentleWhispering–which features her doing just that. Maria is one of the ...

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 pretty blonde woman is plucking at the bristles of a hairbrush with gold-manicured fingertips, tapping her nails softly against the wood handle as she holds it close to a microphone. Bathed in ...

ASMR has been trending on popular websites like Facebook and Reddit, which has a section called Sounds That Feel Good, with over 88,000 subscribers, while one of the most popular ASMR channels on ...

YouTube, as a platform, isn’t exactly known for quiet or calm. Its most popular personalities, at least in terms of subscriber counts, tend to be over-the-top loudmouths, exceedingly broad comedians ...

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 ...

The YouTube channel, "GentleWhispering," features 180 videos that most people would consider slow-paced and boring. But for those who say they experience the neurological phenomenon ASMR, sounds of ...