Fall asleep faster.

Still awake?

It's late, you're tired, and your head won't switch off. You don't need a course or a new habit tonight — you need something calm to listen to that doesn't ask anything of you. That's what these sleep sounds are for: steady rain playlists that last all night. Press play, put the phone down, and let the rain do the settling for you.

How to use it tonight

Three small things, then lights out.

1. Set the playlist to repeat. The rain should start over instead of stopping mid-night.
2. Set the volume now — about the level of a soft shower heard through a wall — so you're not reaching for a bright screen in the dark.
3. Put the phone down, screen away. The playlist runs on its own until morning. Your only job is to lie there and listen to the rain.

Made to help you fall asleep — nothing else

Every playlist here passes the same three checks before we'll put our name on it: steady (the sound is the same in minute forty as in minute one), no fades (no pocket of silence between tracks to pull you back to the surface), and loopable (set it to repeat and it holds until your alarm). Any track that fails gets pulled — the sound you fall asleep to stays the sound you know.

Want the longer answer — why rain helps, how to pick a recording, and when rain honestly isn't your sound? Start with the deep-dive: Rain Sounds for Sleeping: What Works Tonight, see how to tell a good rain sound, or browse all the guides.

More sounds in curation

Ocean and fan sounds are going through the same steady / no-fades / loopable checks now. We don't link playlists before they're real — when they pass, they'll appear here.