South Korea
Hongyu (홍유) is a South Korean ASMR and mukbang creator who has built a multi-million subscriber following on YouTube through consistent, high-cadence eating-sounds content.
Total Followers +0.6%
16.9M
Across YouTube, TikTok
Primary Platform
YouTube
16.9M followers · 100% of audience
Engagement
1.4%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
| Window | YouTube | TikTok | Combined | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 7 days | +101K +0.6% | +118 +0.8% | +0 +0.0% | +102K |
| Last 30 days | +101K +0.6% | +425 +2.8% | +0 +0.0% | +102K |
| Last 90 days | +101K +0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +101K |
| Last 365 days | +101K +0.6% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +101K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
Hongyu (홍유) is a South Korean ASMR and mukbang creator who has built a multi-million subscriber following on YouTube through consistent, high-cadence eating-sounds content. Her videos divide naturally between two pillars: home-cooked Korean staples — spicy seafood stews, black bean noodles, kimchi preparations — recorded with close-up precision audio, and visually theatrical rainbow dessert sessions built around novelty gummies, imported candies, and colorful confections. The dual-lane approach sustains viewer variety while preserving the tactile, sensory aesthetic that defines the ASMR mukbang genre.
Hongyu ASMR 홍유 reaches an audience concentrated in South Korea primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, TikTok branded content. As an asmr creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Engagement on YouTube runs around 1.5%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Hongyu ASMR 홍유's tier (Mega, 16.9M combined followers, South Korea). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Yes — the word 레시피 (recipe) and the phrase 직접 만든 (made by herself) appear directly in many of her video titles, indicating she prepares a significant portion of the dishes featured in her mukbang videos at home. This homemade cooking element distinguishes her channel from ASMR mukbang creators who rely purely on takeout or pre-packaged food.
Rainbow-themed food content is a recurring signature series on her channel, featuring colorful items like rainbow burgers, gummy eyeball candies, novelty ice cream slushies, and assorted chocolates — all chosen as much for their vivid visual appeal as for the eating sounds they produce. These videos sit alongside her traditional Korean mukbang content and represent a distinctly playful, candy-store side of her channel.
Her TikTok bio states plainly that she lost access to her original official account and was forced to open a second one. Her primary platform has always been YouTube, where she has built the overwhelming majority of her audience, so the TikTok account loss had limited impact on her overall reach.
Her mukbang content regularly features spicy seafood stew (매콤 해물찜), octopus, squid, black bean noodles (짜파게티), homemade spicy chicken, and fresh-made kimchi including green onion kimchi (쪽파김치). She frequently mixes these hearty Korean staples into the same video alongside novelty snacks and desserts.
Yes — the word 레시피 appears in her video titles rather than just in descriptions, meaning the recipe content is a front-and-center part of the viewing experience, not an afterthought. Dishes like her homemade spicy chicken seasoning and kimchi are presented as instructional alongside the ASMR eating component.
Beyond traditional Korean food, her channel features candy-store and novelty items such as frozen Nik-L-Nip snacks, konjac jelly (코하쿠토), gummy eyeball candies, soccer ball chocolates, and Kinjo ice cream. These colorful treats are the foundation of her rainbow dessert series and are chosen partly for the satisfying sounds they produce when eaten.
Not really — ASMR mukbang is primarily an audio and visual format, and the crunching, slurping, and food-prep sounds at the heart of her videos translate across language barriers. This is why she draws meaningful viewership from outside South Korea, including audiences in the United States and Japan, even though her channel is produced in Korean.
홍유 is romanized as Hongyu and is pronounced roughly "hong-yoo" in Korean. It is her creator name and brand identity rather than an alias — she built her entire channel under this name, and the handle @hongyuasmr is consistent across platforms.
Hongyu ASMR has surpassed 16 million subscribers on YouTube, placing her firmly in the Mega tier of content creators globally. She is one of the largest dedicated ASMR mukbang channels on the platform, with a following that dwarfs most creators in her category.
Hongyu ASMR (홍유) is a South Korean creator, and the vast majority of her audience is also based in South Korea. Her content is produced in Korean and centers on Korean food culture, though the global appeal of ASMR has brought her viewers from the United States, Japan, and beyond.
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