AI floods music uploads
- Deezer says AI‑generated tracks now make up almost half of daily song uploads, creating platform noise. (techcrunch.com) - Specifically, 44% of daily uploads are AI‑made, yet those songs account for only about 1–3% of total streams. (techcrunch.com) - Platforms flagged roughly 85% of AI‑generated streams as fraudulent and demonetized many uploads, keeping listener engagement low. (arstechnica.com)
Deezer says almost half the songs uploaded to its service each day are now made with artificial intelligence, not people. (newsroom.deezer.com) The streaming company said on April 20 that it is receiving nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks a day, equal to roughly 44% of daily uploads. In January 2025, when Deezer launched its detection tool, that figure was about 10,000 tracks a day, or 10% of uploads. (newsroom.deezer.com) Those tracks are piling up faster than people are playing them. Deezer told TechCrunch that AI-made songs account for only about 1% to 3% of total streams on the platform. (techcrunch.com) A music upload is the file an artist or distributor sends to a streaming service so it can appear in search, playlists, and recommendations. Deezer said it now tags AI-generated tracks, removes them from algorithmic recommendations, and has stopped storing high-resolution versions of those files. (newsroom.deezer.com) The company says the bigger problem is not just volume but manipulation. Deezer said 85% of streams tied to AI-generated music were detected as fraudulent and demonetized, meaning those plays did not earn royalties. (techcrunch.com) Deezer has tried to turn that policing into a product. In March 2026, Music Business Worldwide reported that Deezer licensed its AI-music detection technology to Hungary’s Bureau for the Protection of Performers’ Rights, known as EJI. (musicbusinessworldwide.com) The company has said its detector can identify songs made with models including Suno and Udio, two popular AI music generators. Deezer announced the tool in January 2025 as a way to tag synthetic tracks and “safeguard the rights of creators.” (live.euronext.com) Other services have been slower to show users how much AI music is arriving each day. Deezer said it is “the only streaming platform in the world transparently tagging AI-generated music,” a claim that reflects how publicly it is disclosing the scale of the uploads. (newsroom.deezer.com) For now, Deezer’s numbers show a catalog being flooded more quickly than listeners are following. The service is getting close to 75,000 AI tracks a day, while the company says most of the streams attached to that music are either tiny or fake. (newsroom.deezer.com; techcrunch.com)
