ASMRtist

plural ASMRtists

1. informalneologismA person who creates ASMR audiovisual material.

   You might say [Bob] Ross was the first ASMRtist, as those who produce ASMR videos like to be called.

   2015 April 21, Tanis Fowler, “Relax, you may have ASMR: YouTube videos sparking pleasurable, hypnotic-like sensation result in millions of views”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2017

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   It's still a business, particularly for ASMRtists who hold to a strict programming schedule, solicit PayPal donations or offer one-on-one Skype sessions for a fee.

   2014 December 15, Caitlin Gibson, “A whisper, then tingles, then 87 million YouTube views: Meet the star of ASMR”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2017

   Some ASMRtists, such as Maria, report that they began producing videos after perceiving their own psychological benefits from viewing the videos of other producers […]

   2016, Marisa A. del Campo, Thomas J. Kehle, “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and Frisson: Mindfully Induced Sensory Phenomena that Promote Happiness”, in International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, pages 99–105

   In this study, I conducted an intertextual analysis of the comments posted to videos uploaded by 25 of the most popular ASMRtists on YouTube.

   2026 May 28, Joshua F. Hoops, ““Your Videos are Like Medicine”: An Intertextual Analysis of ASMR Discourse”, in Health Communication, volume 41, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, page 737