Mid-Year 2025 Survey Results

Thank you so much for all the responses! 

Here's the results 💜 

There were some questions I didn't include, as I deemed them more for my personal use. Thank you for choosing to support me. Your responses help future works (and I already have started applying them!) 

What do you think of the results? 

• I find it very interesting that hard yandere is divisive 

• Soft Yandere & Gentle is universally adored

• An almost equal appreciation for story heavy ASMR and not story heavy ASMR

• Almost equal preference to Flirting/Romantic ASMR & Supportive/Romantic Romance

• There's less preference to Familial/Platonic ASMR, but there's still a good # of you interested in it

• And surprisingly, almost taboo is quite accepted

• As for the themes, "battle" stood out as being more than half not caring or not liking it as much, while other themes were things most look forward to 

• Nature & Urban settings have similar results, while Space is lukewarm in comparison. Medieval's a pretty popular theme. As for Medieval, it's something I also want to do more of, but my room's soundproofing is still incomplete. I've spent a pretty penny and it's still not enough... But I hope some near future arrangements can help further improve my recording environment. 

As for your comments... 

• I meant to include Sci-Fi under Space, but I realize now that Sci-Fi also covers things such as Time Travel, and even to an extent, Magic (depending on the media). That's my miss!

• For ASMR Ambience: I'd rather include them than exclude them, but I may lower its volume even more when there's a focus on the trigger such as personal care/personal attention. 

• Noted on the disconnected story-trigger-story approach. Several of my past works had varying # of changing scenes, and I understand now it can throw someone off a loop, especially when they're already getting used to the scene and the triggers. In non-story ASMR it makes sense as usually it's a 30 minute or so compilation of different triggers and no dialogue (or minimal) but for a story heavy ASMR, going from one scene to the next in a matter of a couple of minutes can be confusing and stop the listener from settling in. I'll be paying attention to future scripts and ASMRs to lessen frequent scene changes, unless absolutely necessary. 

• one character/concept for more than one audio: i know in the asmr rp scene, it's much more common to leave a character behind then move on to the next. as a listener myself, i don't like it when i find out that there's no more continuation. sometimes, i just NEED that part 2. while not every ASMR gets a part 2 from my performances, I make it a point to make an ASMR series every now and then. I'm glad you're of the same opinion as I am. 

• As for no roleplay remark, thank you, that is something I'm definitely open to doing! I'm not sure in what form yet, so no promises. 

• flirty/sensual ASMR: i agree on this. It's either full on NSFW spicy, or wholesome. Rarely are there ASMRs these days released where there's romantic & sensual tension between the listener and the speaker without going over the line. Well, at least the ones I listen to or find. It's been difficult to find new ASMR because personally I avoid ASMR with AI art cover, or if the ASMRtist didn't credit the illustrator. If you listen to ASMRtists who do though, I wouldn't hate/dislike you for it, it's just a personal preference. 

• For metal sounds, would metal earpicks suffice? I sometimes use them. Maybe I should use them more often. 

• For echo sound effects, there might be on in the future. I received a commission that involves echo! And I believe it turned out very tingly around the mid-point. It was weird to me that early on, it didn't feel special but it started being tingly around the mid-point. 

• New sounds/triggers: i hear you. There's a few unpopular things I have lying around, I might play with them sometime in the distant future. One thing I absolutely adore and miss playing with is the wooden frog. 

• As for hairplay, I know what you mean. I've tried simulating it with just ear rubs or gently touching the 3DIO, but it is just not the same. I recently ordered a wig and mannequin head, I'm not sure if the sound im looking for will be picked up by the 3DIO easily or if I should use my portable recorder