What Is WikiSleep?

WikiSleep is a sleep app designed to help you find a bit of better sleep. Humans are story-driven—from being read to as children to the different stories we fall into as adults, there’s something soothing and comforting about stories.

The idea is simple: give listeners something to help distract them from the stresses of life—do it without ads—and make it fun.

Founded by Adrien Sala during the dark days of the pandemic, it began with Adrien reading Wikipedia pages over meditation music and evolved rapidly from there. Today, it is a boot-strapped, scrappy start-up with an ever-growing catalogue of content designed for sleep.

Who is Adrien?

Adrien is a friendly Canadian guy who had legitimate sleep challenges for years—which he was (mostly) able to overcome through a series of steps that included a lot of hot baths, a bit of exercise and some really great stories. He’s passionate about sleep and helping others sleep better.

A writer and content producer by trade, Adrien does pretty much everything for WikiSleep, except when he has help from some great developers and narrators.

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  • Sure does. You can set it to play as long as you like and when it’s time to turn off, it will fade out rather than stopping abruptly. Timer can be found on each episode card or in settings.

  • Almost every week!

  • There are! Wikisleep has a growing list of contributors and I am working hard to create more content in different voices and languages.

  • That would be Adrien (me). It’s one of my favourite things about making WikiSleep.

  • The quick answer is that WikiSleep is a one-person operation, created and run by me (Adrien). I’m doing my best to boot-strap this project in order to avoid shareholder responsibilities or other factors that affect the cost.

  • Most people are surprised at how effective the diversion principle is, believing at first that the stories will keep them awake. But soon, they discover how quickly they doze off lost in story. Remember: our bodies want us to sleep. It’s our brains that often keep us awake.

  • Honestly, I needed something to help myself sleep and had been listening to podcasts—but then podcasts got infiltrated with ads. As a content producer, it was easy for me to create something I need and so voila… Wikisleep.

  • Absolutely! While I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to produce an episode of your suggestion, I am certainly open to ideas.

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