ASMR, short for autonomous sensory meridian response, has ballooned in popularity over the past 15 years. Julie Luther, who built a massive YouTube and TikTok following with ASMR videos, offers in ...

WhisperWave, owned by Rebecca Benvie, opened in January with two locations — one in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan — focused on providing ASMR services such as gentle back scratching and ...

However, ASMR is most commonly described as a pleasurable "tingling" sensation that begins in your scalp and creeps its way down your neck and your back, sometimes spreading out to the limbs.

He told Newsweek: "My understanding of the limited literature regarding ASMR is that it emerged as a known experience going back about 15 years, and a community of those familiar with the ...

ASMR falls into the same sensory category as synesthesia, Smith said, where senses commingle and people taste shapes, see sounds in color, feel music as a touch on the back of the neck, or see ...

The first ASMR videos were uploaded to YouTube in 2009, but they weren't called ASMR back then. They were called whisper videos.

ASMR, explained: why millions of people are watching YouTube videos of someone whispering. This moment demands more than headlines. ... Back in 2009, there wasn’t a well-known term for ASMR.