Why there's a huge appetite for ASMR food videos on TikTok
ASMR-style videos showing chefs making and eating their dishes have emerged as one of the biggest trends on TikTok – with more than 23 billion views on the hashtag #asmrfood.
Content creators like Japanese chef Bayashi, who has 43 million followers on TikTok, and US-based Zach Choi (12 million followers) consistently rack up millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes.
Their TikToks follow a similar format, with fast-moving video edits, crisp sounds, and ending with them enjoying the food – like this lobster video from Bayashi which has been viewed 48 million times and got nearly five million likes:
And this video from Zach Choi has been viewed more than 55 million times and got more than four million likes:
South Korean content creator Bonggil has 2.5 million followers on TikTok for his ASMR "mukbang" eating videos.
People love his videos so much that fan account @bonggiltiktok has nearly one million followers. The videos they post get a huge response – like this one of him tackling a cookies and cream crepe which has been watched more than one-hundred-thousand times:
The popularity of accounts like this has inspired other content creators to use ASMR techniques, which are designed to trigger a tingling sensation in response to specific gentle sounds and visual stimulus. ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response.
A video showing Wallace from @w2sixpackchef finely chopping a Snickers bar in ASMR style has had more than 15 million views:
UK content creator Sam Way, who has more than nine million followers on TikTok, uses an ASMR style in his videos too – like this French onion soup recipe, which has had 4.4 million views:
And London-based food critic and blogger @notorious_foodie, who has 2.7m followers, uses ASMR techniques on TikTok too. This wagyu donburi video has had 29 million views and more than two million likes:
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