Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated

Deezer announced connected Monday that AI-generated tracks present correspond 44% of each caller euphony uploaded to its platform. The institution said it’s receiving astir 75,000 AI-generated tracks per time and much than 2 cardinal per month.

The depletion of AI-generated euphony connected the level is inactive precise low, astatine 1-3% of full streams, and 85% of these streams are detected arsenic fraudulent and demonetized by the company.

The latest fig from Deezer highlights a continuous surge successful AI-generated euphony uploads to the platform. Deezer reported receiving astir 60,000 AI tracks per time successful January, up from 50,000 successful November, 30,000 successful September, and conscionable 10,000 successful January 2025, erstwhile it archetypal launched its AI-music detection tool.

Songs tagged arsenic AI-generated connected Deezer are automatically removed from algorithmic recommendations and not included successful editorial playlists. The institution announced contiguous that it volition nary longer store hi-res versions of AI tracks.

The updated fig comes arsenic an AI-generated way topped the iTunes charts past week successful the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, and New Zealand.

“AI-generated euphony is present acold from a marginal improvement and arsenic regular deliveries support increasing, we anticipation the full euphony ecosystem volition articulation america successful taking enactment to assistance safeguard artists’ rights and beforehand transparency for fans,” said Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier successful a press release. “Thanks to our exertion and the proactive measures we enactment successful spot much than a twelvemonth ago, we person shown that it’s imaginable to trim AI-related fraud and outgo dilution successful streaming to a minimum.”

Today’s announcement comes arsenic Deezer conducted a survey past November that recovered that 97% of participants couldn’t archer the quality betwixt afloat AI-generated euphony and human-made music.

The survey besides recovered that 52% of respondents said 100% AI-generated songs shouldn’t beryllium included successful charts alongside human-made songs successful the main charts. Meanwhile, 80% said 100% AI-generated euphony should beryllium intelligibly labeled for listeners.

Deezer archetypal started tagging AI tracks astatine the level level successful June 2025, becoming the archetypal streaming level to bash so. Over the people of 2025, Deezer tagged much than 13.4 cardinal AI tracks connected its platform.

In February, French streaming work Qobuz announced plans to tag AI-generated content connected its platform. Other large streaming services, specified arsenic Spotify and Apple Music, instrumentality antithetic approaches to AI-generated music, often combining the usage of filters to place low-quality AI euphony with different transparency efforts near up to the distributors.