Quick Facts
Biography
Maria Viktorovna, (born July 22, 1986), professionally known as Gentle Whispering, is a Russian-born ASMR practitioner and YouTuber. She has a YouTube channel called Gentle Whispering with over 1.78 million subscribers.
Career
In 2006, Maria 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 videos, Maria often simulates different roles, including librarian, masseuse and hairstylist. She is known for whispering in Russian. As of 2018, her channel Gentle Whispering had more than 1.4 million subscribers, making Maria one of the most famous ASMR artists on the site. It is estimated that she makes $130,000 a year from her videos. Maria 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, a biopharmaceutical sciences professor at Shenandoah University, says Maria has a maternal style. She has been called the "Queen of ASMR".
Personal life
Maria 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 suburban California. Maria gave birth to her first child, named Mila, on February 22, 2019.