Maria Viktorovna


Maria Viktorovna,, professionally known as Gentle Whispering, is a Russian-born ASMR practitioner and YouTuber. She has a YouTube channel called Gentle Whispering with over 1.8 million subscribers.

Career

In 2006, Viktorovna moved to the United States. In 2009, she watched her first ASMR video after experiencing depression while going through a divorce. She worked in administration at a medical company before starting her YouTube channel Gentle Whispering in February 2011. In her videos, Viktorovna often simulates different roles, including librarian, masseuse and hairstylist. She is known for whispering in both English and Russian., her channel Gentle Whispering has more than 1.8 million subscribers, making Viktorovna one of the most famous ASMR artists on the site. It is estimated that she makes $130,000 a year from her videos. Viktorovna generates money from Google advertisements that appear at the beginning of her videos. She has stated that some of her videos take three days to create.

Reception

Craig Richard, founder of the ASMR Research Project and a science professor at Shenandoah University, says Viktorovna has a maternal style. Because of her immense popularity, she has been called the "the de facto public face of ASMR" and the "Queen of ASMR".

Personal life

Viktorovna was born on July 22, 1986 in Russia. She first experienced ASMR symptoms when she was in kindergarten in central Russia, but did not know the cause. She resides in Granite Bay, California. Viktorovna gave birth to her first child, named Mila, on February 22, 2019.