YouTube crackles down on ASMR content
YouTube crackles down on ASMR content Rob Beschizza 6:17 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 ASMR content being made. Prathankarnpap / Shutterstock YouTube terminated the channels of several popular ASMR artists this week, telling them their content violated its policies against sexual material. 404 Media's Samantha Cole reports that those banned include ItsBunniiASMR, Slight Sounds, Nananightray, Roseasmr, Simoneasmr and Janina Wilhelmsen.
- ▪YouTube crackles down on ASMR content Rob Beschizza 6:17 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 ASMR content being made.
- ▪Prathankarnpap / Shutterstock YouTube terminated the channels of several popular ASMR artists this week, telling them their content violated its policies against sexual material.
- ▪404 Media's Samantha Cole reports that those banned include ItsBunniiASMR, Slight Sounds, Nananightray, Roseasmr, Simoneasmr and Janina Wilhelmsen.
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YouTube crackles down on ASMR content Rob Beschizza 6:17 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 ASMR content being made. Prathankarnpap / Shutterstock YouTube terminated the channels of several popular ASMR artists this week, telling them their content violated its policies against sexual material. 404 Media's Samantha Cole reports that those banned include ItsBunniiASMR, Slight Sounds, Nananightray, Roseasmr, Simoneasmr and Janina Wilhelmsen. Bunnii's channel, for example, had 227k subs and tens of millions of views. Several creators received the same notice from YouTube about their channels being removed on Wednesday and Thursday. "We have reviewed your content and found severe or repeated violations of our sex and nudity policy. Because of this, we have removed your channel from YouTube," the email said.
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