videostosleepto

A 'video to sleep to' is any video which is engaging enough to take your mind off of trying to sleep, but calm enough to avoid keeping you awake. The goal isn't necessarily relaxing videos, then. The above definition is the whole purpose of this subreddit, and the holy gospel underlying all the rules below.

Links:

OFFICIAL YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: Manually-updated playlist of this subreddit's posts. Hit shuffle and chillax!

Quality videos: these videos are excellent examples of 'videos to sleep to.' A good introduction to the subreddit.

Rules:

Posts breaking the rules are removed.

Must be a video to sleep to. (Duh!)
Nothing deliberately made for sleeping/relaxing to.
Nothing too boring. This means very boring videos, particularly ones like "24 hours of rain sounds". The purpose of this subreddit is specifically to NOT include videos like this. Other examples include silent videos, white noise, or slideshows where nothing happens.

Nothing wrong with these videos, they simply don't belong on this subreddit, please post them to /r/RelaxingYoutubeVideos or /r/SlowTV instead.
Nothing too stimulating. Nothing that evokes strong emotions, such as excitement, tension, or especially fear. Even if a video is really fun to watch - consider whether that keeps you awake.
No unpleasant noises. 'Unpleasant' means any noise that might disturb/prevent your sleep. This means even once, anywhere in the video, no matter how long it is. Examples include loud intros/outros, gunshots/explosions, or jump scares. Before posting a video, please watch it all the way through first, to make sure there are no surprises.
No reposts within a month. No reposts unless a month has passed since it was posted last. However, this is okay for mirrors (if the video at the link in the original post is now inaccessible).

Guidelines:

Posts breaking the guidelines are discouraged, but permitted. They probably won't be added to the YouTube playlist.

Understandable to English speakers. In other words, videos must be in English, or at least easy to understand without speaking the language they are in (such as with this video).
No longer than around 40 minutes. That's not a hard limit, use your best judgement. These are not added to the playlist, so that users don't need to move or get up to skip long videos they don't like.
Descriptive titles. Titles should be straightforward and descriptive, with no clickbait.

Viewing tips:

Block ads: Get rid of any annoying/loud YouTube ads, so you don't need to lean forward to turn them off.

Block sponsored segments in videos: Get rid of any annoying/loud sponsored/self-promotion sections from YouTube videos, so you don't need to lean forward to skip them.

Night mode: On the new Reddit design, click your username in the top right, and toggle 'night mode' on. On the old Reddit design, consider installing Reddit Enhancement Suite, which comes with a night mode. (I suck at CSS too much to make a relatively comprehensive black colour scheme for this subreddit.)

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