Ventilation noise has become a familiar sound online because it is instantly recognisable as the background of offices, classrooms, hospitals, and other indoor spaces. Creators use recordings of fans and air conditioning units as practical room tone, to cover edits, or to suggest a stuffy, enclosed environment without adding dialogue or music. The sound also appears in ASMR and sleep videos, where its steady, unchanging character helps mask sharper noises. Its continued use comes from that versatility: it is ordinary, believable, and easy to place under almost any indoor scene.