Maria GentleWhispering ASMR

Maria "Masha" Viktorovna She has an older sister, Olga. During her childhood, Maria was active in theatre, and participated in several school plays.

Career Maria recalls her first ASMR experiences taking place while in kindergarten in central Russia, and says she felt similar relaxing and "ticklish" sensations throughout her life. In 2009, Maria had depression and anxiety during a divorce from her husband. While watching massage and meditation videos to relax, she clicked on a video of a woman whispering that was recommended by YouTube's suggestion algorithm. This video triggered the same relaxed feeling she had experienced in her youth, and she continued watching similar videos to relax. Her channel reached one million subscribers in 2017, the first ASMR channel to do so.

One of Maria's videos was sampled in the 2014 song, "Terrors in My Head," by Canadian electronic musician Deadmau5. Maria has additionally been described as "queen of the ASMR genre," and Thrillist.

Maria has said that she tries "to protrude a motherly, comforting atmosphere in my videos," and make her audience feel "safe and protected." She describes receiving thank-you messages from viewers with anxiety, stress, or sleep disorders. and married in September 2017. Maria gave birth to her first child, a daughter, in 2019. As of February 2020, she resides in El Dorado County, California.