| Gibi ASMR | ||||||||||
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| Born | Gina December 19, 1994 | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
| Website | gibiofficial | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 5.13 million [1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 2.27 billion [1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 23 February 2025 | ||||||||||
Gibi ASMR ( /ˈdʒiːbiː/ ; born December 19, 1994) [2] [ non-primary source needed ] [3] is an American ASMR performer, YouTube personality, Twitch streamer, and cosplayer.
Gibi has a background in theater and film, and graduated with the class of 2017 from Northwestern University's School of Communication with a Bachelor of Science in Film. [4] [5]
During the early years of ASMR content, Gibi was a high school sophomore with anxiety and insomnia when YouTube's recommendation algorithm introduced her to the genre. [5] [6] After watching and listening to ASMR for years, Gibi created her YouTube channel in June 2016, before her senior year of college. [4] [5] That summer, she began cosplaying and attending anime conventions; inspired by earlier creators, she incorporated these interests into role-play ASMR videos, which feature both existing and original characters. [7] From the start, Gibi intended to treat video-making as a full-time job, which included taking her winter quarter off from college to focus on production. [4] [7] Within six months of graduating, she was earning enough to create videos full-time, and after a year reached one million subscribers. [4] [5] [8]
At the suggestion of her editor, Gibi created her Twitch channel in 2017, on which she streams ASMR and plays video games. [7] In 2019, she hosted a web miniseries by Rooster Teeth called Encounter Culture. [9] [ non-primary source needed ]
Polydor Records contacted Gibi in 2019 and asked if she would perform an ASMR read-through of Billie Eilish's album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?. Gibi recorded the project for free; since its upload it has amassed over 3 million views. [10] [11] That summer, Gibi was hired to star in Reese The Movie: A Movie About Reese, an official feature-length ASMR project about Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. [12]
In August 2022, Gibi and two other popular YouTube personalities, Charles "MoistCr1TiKaL" White and Tyler "Jimmy Here" Collins, formed their own talent agency, Mana Talent Group, focused on online creators. [13]
Gibi is considered one of YouTube's top ASMR creators. [5] Her videos have been recommended by authors for Bustle , [14] Den of Geek, [15] Heavy.com , [16] and Insider. [17] Writing for The New York Times Magazine , Jamie Lauren Keiles called Gibi "the LeBron James of touching stuff," and wrote favorably of her genuine online persona. [5]
Gibi takes strict privacy precautions for the sake of friends and family. [4] [7] In the past, she refrained from sharing her relationship status or city of residence. [5] In 2019, Gibi married her husband, Ben, whom she met at Northwestern and today manages her business affairs. [4] [7] The couple relocated in January 2020, revealing their former residence was in a suburb of Chicago. [18] In November 2020, Gibi revealed her first name as Gina. [19]
Gibi appeared in the 2023 documentary film Another Body to recount her experiences with finding deepfake pornography of herself online. [20]
On July 6, 2024, Gibi revealed she was pregnant with her first child. [21]
