Maria Viktorovna
| Maria Viktorovna | ||||||||||
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| Born | Maria Viktorovna July 22, 1986 | |||||||||
| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Autonomous sensory meridian response | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 1.9 million[2] | |||||||||
| Total views | 716 million[2] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 31 December 2019 | ||||||||||
Maria Viktorovna, (born July 22, 1986), professionally known as Gentle Whispering, is a Russian ASMR practitioner and YouTuber.[3][4] She has a YouTube channel called Gentle Whispering with over 1.8 million subscribers.
Career
In 2006, Viktorovna moved to the United States.[citation needed] In 2009, she watched her first ASMR video after experiencing depression while going through a divorce.[3] She worked in administration at a medical company[where?] before starting her YouTube channel Gentle Whispering in February 2011.[3][5][6] In her videos, Viktorovna often simulates different roles, including librarian, masseuse and hairstylist.[3] She is known for whispering in both English and Russian.[4] As of 2020[update], her channel Gentle Whispering has more than 1.8 million subscribers, making Viktorovna one of the most famous ASMR artists on the site.[7] It is estimated that she makes $130,000 a year from her videos.[8] Viktorovna generates money from Google advertisements that appear at the beginning of her videos.[9] She has stated that some of her videos take three days to create.[10]
Reception
Craig Richard, founder of the ASMR Research Project and a science professor at Shenandoah University, says Viktorovna has a maternal style.[11] Because of her immense popularity, she has been called the "the de facto public face of ASMR"[12] and the "Queen of ASMR".[13]
Personal life
Viktorovna was born on July 22, 1986 in Russia.[3][4] She first experienced ASMR when she was in kindergarten in central Russia, but did not know the cause.[14] She resides in Granite Bay, California, and formerly lived in Baltimore, Maryland until 2017.[14] Viktorovna gave birth to her first child, named Mila, on February 22, 2019.
References
- ^ ""Draw My Life :) ASMR". YouTube. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "About Gentle Whispering ASMR". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e Gibson, Caitlin (2014-12-16). "GentleWhispering and ASMR: The voice that triggers euphoria and seven". The Independent. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ a b c White, Sophie (November 23, 2017). "'It's a kind of orgasm of the brain' - the new relaxation phenomenon". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Hood, Cameron (2018-05-31). "The Brain-Tingling Sounds of ASMR". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ McKeown, Sylvia (October 2, 2018). "What is ASMR and why do some people react to it?". Business Live. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ Shah, Allie (February 7, 2018). "Scientists have found out why voices like Bob Ross' is so soothing". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Premack, Rachel (July 6, 2018). "There's a massive internet community that's obsessed with videos of 'brain-tingling' sounds, and the people who make them earn thousands of dollars a month". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ Miller, Jenni (2015-06-08). "Whispering on The Internet Is Paying This Woman's Rent". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ Castillo, Michelle (2017-02-19). "Inside the bizarre world of YouTube ASMR videos". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ Schonfeld, Zach (2018-08-30). "Inside the whispery, wonderful, inexplicably relaxing golden age of ASMR". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Downs, Ella. "Where to Find the Best ASMR Videos on YouTube". Thrillist. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ Leclaire, Annemiek (November 22, 2014). "Fluistermeisjes". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ a b Gibson, Caitlin (December 15, 2014). "A whisper, then tingles, then 87 million YouTube views: Meet the star of ASMR". Washington Post.