Deezer Reports Nearly Half of All Daily Music Uploads Are AI-Generated
French streaming platform Deezer published new data on April 20, 2026, revealing that close to 75,000 AI-generated tracks are now being uploaded to its platform every day — representing 44% of all new daily deliveries. That translates to over two million synthetic compositions per month.
The growth trajectory is stark. When Deezer launched its proprietary AI detection tool in January 2025, the figure stood at 10,000 tracks per day. By September it had reached 30,000, by November 50,000, and by January 2026 it had climbed to 60,000. The volume has grown 7.5 times in fifteen months. Deezer positions itself as the first major streaming service to independently identify and tag AI-generated content at the platform level, having marked more than 13.4 million AI tracks since June 2025.
Despite the scale of uploads, actual consumption of this content remains minimal. AI-generated tracks account for just 1–3% of total streams, and 85% of those plays are classified as fraudulent and stripped of monetisation. Tagged tracks are automatically removed from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists. The company has also announced it will stop storing hi-res versions of AI-generated files. Deezer is additionally licensing its detection technology to third parties, with French copyright society Sacem and Hungarian performers' rights body EJI among the first to sign on.
A Deezer survey from November 2025 found that 97% of listeners cannot tell the difference between human-made and fully AI-generated music. Meanwhile, 80% of respondents said AI music should be clearly labelled, and 52% opposed its inclusion alongside human artists in mainstream charts.
