The last few years have left many of us touch starved. For some, face-touching ASMR videos are helping fill that void.
Touch-based ASMR videos are helping some touch-deprived people better deal with being alone.
ASMR content saw huge growth on YouTube, but now creators are flocking to TikTok instead
ASMR content aims to soothe viewers and trigger pleasant sensations. It saw huge growth on YouTube, but creators say TikTok offers new opportunities.
Artist Turns Balloons Into Poppable Costumes
TikTokker @BalloonJosh creates wearable costumes made entirely out of balloons. Here he makes a costume inspired by Belle from "Beauty and the Beast."
Experts explain the rise of 'mean ASMR,' where YouTubers insult and criticize viewers who say it makes them feel good
Mean ASMR is a YouTube subgenre where creators gain millions of views with videos that are nasty to viewers to create ASMR tingles.
Artist creates ASMR Marvel makeup
Angelic creates bedazzled Marvel makeup looks. She has gained popularity from her ASMR videos where she removes the rhinestones from her face.
How 5 types of ASMR are made
ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, can be triggered with satisfying sounds and visuals. Here's how 5 types of ASMR are made.
How clay-cracking ASMR is made
The artist behind Mingtoo Art makes clay-cracking ASMR videos. She smashes plaster-coated clay sculptures to create satisfying sounds and visuals.
TikTokers can't get enough of pharmacy ASMR, where drugs are loudly poured, counted, and bottled
Videos that show pharmacy technicians sorting and pouring pills have millions of views on TikTok. Viewers say ASMR content helps them relax.
This artist bakes realistic desserts with slime
Jungmin Kang is the owner of Snoopslimes. She makes desserts that look real but are actually made of slime.
How animated ASMR ads are made
Lioncolony creates satisfying looping videos and animated ASMR ads for brands like Gucci, Hyundai, Fenty Beauty, and more.
Billie Eilish just won International Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards. Here's how she incorporates ASMR into her music.
A video analysis of how Gen Z prodigy Billie Eilish blends ASMR into her music to create a radically different brand of pop.
This is paint by numbers with resin rhinestones
Evelyn Benitez-Sorto is an artist who creates diamond paintings, which are a combination between paint by number and cross-stitching.
These paint-mixing videos will calm your nerves
Hayden Harsh's paint-mixing videos on Instagram are oddly satisfying. He mixes colorful acrylic paint, clear jelly, glitter, colored dust, and more.
Cutting kinetic sand reveals rainbow colors hidden inside
Sand.tagious is a popular sand-cutting Instagram account. The page features videos where kinetic sand is cut using a knife to reveal rainbow colors.
This horrifying YouTube short film starts out with relaxing ASMR and then includes a terrifying twist
In "Tingle Monsters," director Alexandra Serio plays an ASMR creator plagued by two types of male violence.
8 of the best YouTube channels to relax to and help you sleep
Whether you're into ASMR, or simply like hearing people talk in the background, there is bound to be a video that can help your mind settle down.
A YouTuber with over 3 million followers responded to backlash after eating live squids and octopuses on her channel, which critics call 'cruel'
Prominent YouTubers have accused popular mukbanger Ssoyoung of "torturing" animals in her videos and reveling in the brutality of her content.
How ASMR can be used as a 'mental tranquilizer' to help you sleep or feel less anxious and lonely
ASMR is a massive subculture on YouTube where creators whisper, eat, and flutter their fingers softly into a highly sensitive microphone.
A wax artist's mesmerizing videos are taking over TikTok and fans are calling her 'the next Bob Ross'
Annie Phillips' batik art has become a TikTok sensation, thanks in part to her soothing tutorials that fans are comparing to Bob Ross.
From 'periodt' to 'and I oop,' the most common stan culture and VSCO girl slang is rooted in cultural appropriation
Stan culture phrases like 'periodt,' 'wig,' and 'and I oop' originated in Black slang, while terms like 'sksksk' have less identifiable origins.