Deezer was announced As of Monday, AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of new music uploaded to its platform. The company said it receives nearly 75,000 AI-generated tracks per day and more than two million per month.
Consumption of AI-generated music on the platform is still very low, at 1-3% of total streams, and 85% of those streams are detected as fraudulent and harvested by the company.
Deezer’s latest insight highlights the continued growth of AI-generated music uploads on the platform. Deezer reported receiving around 60,000 AI tracks per day in January, up from 50,000 in November, 30,000 in September and just 10,000 in January 2025, when the AI music discovery tool first launched.
Songs flagged as AI-generated on Deezer are automatically removed from algorithmic recommendations and not included in editorial playlists. The company announced today that it will no longer store high-resolution versions of AI tracks.
The updated shape comes as an AI-generated track topped the iTunes charts last week in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada and New Zealand.
“AI-generated music is far from a marginal phenomenon, and as daily deliveries continue to grow, we hope the entire music ecosystem will join us in taking action to protect artists’ rights and promote transparency for fans,” said Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier. press release. “Thanks to our technology and the proactive measures we put in place more than a year ago, we have shown that it is possible to minimize AI-related fraud and reduce in-flow payments.”
Today’s announcement comes as Deezer conducted research last November found that 97% of participants couldn’t tell the difference between fully AI-generated music and human-made music.
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The survey also found that 52% of respondents said that songs created by 100% artificial intelligence should not be included in the charts alongside human-made songs in the main charts. Meanwhile, 80% said 100% AI-generated music should be clearly labeled for listeners.
Deezer began tagging AI tracks at the platform level in June 2025, becoming the first streaming platform to do so. During 2025, Deezer tagged more than 13.4 million AI tracks on its platform.
In February, French streaming service Qobuz announced its plans AI generated content tag on its platform. Other major streaming services, such as Spotify and Apple Music, take different approaches to AI-generated music, often combining the use of filters to spot low-quality AI music with other transparency efforts left up to distributors.
