>>2722209There's a lot of ASMR that doesn't necessarily have whispering; western artists have a tendency to focus more on a variety of triggers for example. I'm like the above anon, I got into ASMR through some random video on YT recommendations, then my enjoyment kind of just spread from there. I do get the tingles, but primarily my enjoyment of ASMR comes from the sensation of audio alternating between my ears.
I think it helps if you listen to ASMR done by a VTuber or streamer that you regularly watch, since generally it is intimate and I can understand that people may not like randoms whispering in their ears.