Deezer reports AI-generated music now exceeds 50% of daily uploads as platform cracks down

Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated

Music streaming company Deezer has been tracking the number of AI-generated tracks uploaded on the platform since last year, and the number has constantly gone up. Today, the company said that AI music now represents more than 50% of downloads. Deezer said that AI-generated track uploads were at a peak in June 2026, representing a monthly average of 90,000 tracks per day. The rapid rise of AI-generated music has forced streaming services to decide how much of it they want on their own platforms. There is no single consensus yet on that front. Some take strict steps, like Bandcamp banning such tracks or Tidal cutting off monetization. Meanwhile, Apple Music has a voluntary AI-tagging system, and Spotify developed its own policy about how much AI was used in music-making. Deezer's latest move on this front will involve taking down AI-generated tracks that haven't been streamed in the past six months or are involved in fraudulent streams to drive up revenue. "Deezer has been at the frontline of fighting fraud and reducing payment dilution related to AI music for almost two years. Now that half of all daily uploads are AI-generated tracks, we are taking additional steps to safeguard the rights of artists and songwriters, while maintaining focus on music that fans actually love," Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier said in a statement. The streamer first released stats around AI music uploads in January 2025, when the daily upload volume was around 10,000 tracks or 10% of daily uploads. The number grew to 20,000 tracks, or 18% of daily uploads, in April 2025. It then climbed to 30,000 tracks, representing 28% of daily uploads in September 2025, followed by 50,000 daily uploads, or 34% of daily uploads, in November 2025. This year, it grew again to 60,000 tracks, or 39% of daily uploads, in January 2026. As of April 2026, the figure reached 75,000 tracks, or 44% of daily uploads. Deezer started labeling AI music on its platform last year, and said that its detection tech can also identify tracks generated with models from Suno and Udio, AI-music startups that are embroiled in copyright lawsuits. Earlier this year, Deezer made its detection tech available to other platforms, but it's not clear if any of the major platforms are using the tool just yet. Last month, it also released a tool that can sift through Apple Music and Spotify playlists for AI-generated tracks.

Over half of all new music on streaming sites is now AI-generated, and the number is growing rapidly -- but one platform is bringing the hammer down hard

* Deezer announces over half of all daily music uploads are AI-generated * The platform also announces stricter exclusion criteria for AI slop * Deezer says AI slop is used largely for 'streaming fraud', and it's cracking down If you haven't seen an AI slop commercial, social media post or minions meme then you're lucky. I can't say I've heard much AI-generated music (at least, that I'm aware of) but I try very hard to actively avoid it. Despite this, major streaming service Deezer has announced that over half of all tracks uploaded to its library in June 2026 were slop songs. That's over 90,000 new tracks, all of which weren't made by people. This is a big increase in a few months, as we heard in April that 44% of tracks were AI-made, and in December 30% of tracks were AI. That's a rough rate of 3.3% increase every month, suggesting that October 2027 is when we could see Deezer hit the musical singularity. Deezer knows all this because it's been pioneering AI-detection tools, as seen in its AI slop playlist scanner. It also automatically detects and tags AI-made music, and excludes it from recommendations and playlists. And the hammer is coming down harder going forward... First steps in countering the tide When the company shared these AI figures, Deezer also confirmed a few extra steps it was taking to counter the rising AI tide. The streaming service has announced: "Moving forward, Deezer will systematically take down AI-tracks used for streaming fraud, and those that haven't been streamed for at least 6 months", which implies, perhaps optimistically, that there's AI music not used for this purpose. Streaming fraud is the bulk upload of low-quality churned-out music, to earn some quick cash. Think people scripting computers to generate songs -- and I mean 1000s of songs at once -- then uploading them in batches. Why do this? To overwhelm, flood and replace whatever human-made music might otherwise be there for your ears to discover, and rake in the streaming royalties because you just became a big fish. To explain, artist payout from streaming services usually involves everyone getting a share of a large pie, with more streams ensuring you get a larger slice of the pie (money). Beyonce gets a bigger slice of the pie than, say, The Bedford Band (a bad example since we haven't written a single track yet, but you get the idea). Fraudsters upload massive amounts of AI music in the hopes that, if they even get a tiny number of listens on each track, the slice of the pie will scale up due to just how many AI slop tracks they put out. It's not clear how Deezer will identify AI-generated tracks as being used for streaming fraud, as opposed to... whatever other reason you'd create AI music for. It also remains to be seen whether this move will have a significant impact on the amount of AI tracks uploaded, or if it'll be like scratching a layer of ice off a glacier. But it's still good to see a music streaming service try to contend with AI slop, instead of embracing it or just, well... ignoring it. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds.