I’ve exhausted things I can sleep to on Netflix, and it’s literally impossible to sleep to things on Prime (so I barely watch anything there; it’s not worth falling asleep to something I like, since I might be punished for it), so I’ve started putting on YouTube in the evenings since it won’t wake me with silence at 4am.
I’ve a few voices I love listening to, but I’d like even more.
Which YouTubers do you recommend who:
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Have smooth, hypnotic voices,
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have content that won’t give me uncomfortable dreams (I’m a very visual, realistic, and impressionable dreamer), and
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have channels I’ll want to listen to when awake? (eta I like sciences and news mostly, a bit of fiction (scifi, horror, nf), gaming, other nerdy things, but never romance, pop culture , or reality tv).
I kinda need all 3.
I love Technology Connections. Something about his voice, the old tech he covers, and the well informed delivery is really good. Sometimes he luls me.
PBS Space Time is also really fucking good because I don’t really understand much of it as someone with a background in healthcare and not astrophysics/physics, and as soon as my ADHD drifts off his voice hits me on the side of my head and puts me in the fetal position.
Technology Connections sounds straight up my alley, thanks!
PBS Spacetime is already a standby. I’ve seen all of them at least twice. I’m always up for more watches.
If Technology Connections is up your alley check out LGR if you haven’t. He has a very smooth voice, talks mostly about 90’s and early 2000’s computer nostalgia, with smooth jazz in the background. We fall asleep watching him regularly as it’s just a calm, chill time.
Technology Connections is awesome. He’s the one who got me to understand how old CRT televisions could put a picture on a radio signal that could be picked up by both color and B&W TV’s.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned VaatiVidya yet. His voice is so calm and relaxing, he’s a fantastic narrator. His content is mainly lore about FromSoftware games like Dark Souls and Elden Ring.
This! I had to search for Vaatividya in order to find this comment.
His prepare to cry series as well as all of his lore videos could keep me going for ages!
has one of the most smooth voices I’ve fond. Very chill process even to watch.
I also find very soothing.
My big two are long form chemistry videos (codyslab, nilered) and old archived hours of the first version of the AI show Nothing Forever. Very easy listening IMO and should hit most of your bases. Maybe also look for podcasts on a topic you like, those can be hours long
Seconding NileRed. If I’m tired and watching his videos I can fall asleep, but they’re great amusement awake as well
https://www.youtube.com/@Luetin09 and https://www.youtube.com/@baldermort for Warhammer 40K stuff. But that may break rule 2
https://www.youtube.com/@ScottsThoughtsPokemon for Pokemon Yellow playthrough with every Pokemon and back porting some gen 2 Pokemon to gen 1.
If you prefer red and blue there is https://www.youtube.com/@Jrose11 but his voice may not be rule 1.I have slept through hours of Luetin
I like how recently he knows we do this and will shout us out. Too bad we are asleep and don’t hear it.
Pete Complete, in particular his RimWorld series. His voice, relaxed tone and slow pacing with a lot of pause in his speech puts me to sleep even when I’m not trying to.
The narrator from the game the Stanley parable
Steve from GN Nexus
Are you sure it isn’t just all the charts and data putting you to sleep? ^^^/s
If you like video games, try a search for a video game of choice and add the words “role play”.
I was playing a lot of Kenshi and I found some YouTubers who make long playthroughs of games. Specifically I enjoyed Rycon Roleplays Kenshi which was something like 80 videos and each about an hr long. It would put me to sleep.
Didn’t see Baumgartner Restoration here yet. Incredibly soothing art restoration
Let’s talk religion. Barely sociable. Lemmino
I’ve heard there are a lot of people who listen to PBS Space Time to fall asleep.
Ethoslab and Docm77 are both older Minecraft YouTubers who have a pretty chill voice and calm demeaner, Etho especially.
Honestly Kitboga is just so soothing to listen to
If you like D&D then I can suggest D&D Deep Dive - roughly hour long videos building weird combos for D&D play but with the smoothest voice ever!
