What if ASMR content creators could filter their videos precisely?
Jay from ASMRtags.com explains the search revolution...
I've been watching ASMR videos since 2013. Back then, there were only a few ASMRtists, types of videos and triggers.
As the genre expanded, the video supply grew extensively and I quickly discovered what triggers worked for me, but searching for new videos and discovering new artists became a mammoth task; YouTube’s search function was not enough.
YouTube's algorithm highlights popular channels. It’s also hard to filter out what triggers and types of videos you don't like.
This made me think, what if ASMR content creators could filter their videos precisely. Wouldn’t it be great if viewers could filter videos by their favourite triggers and filter out the triggers that do not induce relaxation.
And it dawned on me...
Tags!
Yes, ASMRtists can tag their videos on YouTube, but they're mainly used to help the video rank higher in the platform's search results and often don't say enough about the video from the viewers perspective.
I created a Tumblr blog in May 2018 and started to experiment with creating specific tags for some of my favourite ASMR videos. I did this for over a year, but the Tumblr blog wasn't meant to be the final product. My aim was to create a web application that would allow users to tag ASMR videos.
In July 2018, I started to programme such an application in my spare time. After a year of finalising the design, I finally gathered the courage to purchase web space and deployed the application ASMRtags.com.
So what can ASMRtags offer you?
Search for videos using; tags, YouTube channel names, video titles, video length and the year the video was published
When searching tags, you can choose to either include or exclude your chosen tag from the results. This way you can, for example, find videos by ASMRrequests containing tapping, but not scratching, that are shorter than 30 minutes and were uploaded before the year 2014
If you register on the website, you can also save your searches and set up a site-wide filter, that will prevent videos with selected tags from appearing in search results
Registered users can also suggest new videos and channels to be added to the catalog as well as suggest tags for the individual videos
Users who want to contribute to the site more frequently can then be granted further permissions to add new videos or tags themselves
Owners of YouTube ASMR channels can also be set as a channel owner on the website. This will let them add their ASMR videos as well as tag them, thus creating a catalogue of their videos tagged specifically for the ASMR community. Here's some more information for ASMRtists
The website does not profit from the videos listed. It is a free catalogue of ASMR videos made by and for the ASMR community.
The videos are not hosted on the website and the thumbnails link directly to the video's YouTube URL.
There are basic rules for channels and videos that can be listed in the catalogue.
Poetic ASMR has been instrumental in maintaining the website; she has helped to expand the collection of videos on the site on behalf of other ASMRtists and also included her own back-catalogue of videos so be sure to check them out! She has also helped me to debug the website.
I hope to find more ASMRtists who would like to add and tag their videos as well as other active users to help turn this website into a useful tool.
In October 2019, we have exceeded 600 videos from almost 90 channels tagged with over 1000 tags in 11 categories!
Please give it a try at ASMRtags.com. If you have any questions, please contact asmrtags@asmrtags.com.
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