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

# Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated | TechCrunch Source: [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/](https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/) Deezer[announced](https://newsroom-deezer.com/2026/04/ai-generated-tracks-represent-44-of-new-uploaded-music/)on Monday that AI\-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform\. The company said it’s receiving almost 75,000 AI\-generated tracks per day and more than two million per month\. The consumption of AI\-generated music on the platform is still very low, at 1\-3% of total streams, and 85% of these streams are detected as fraudulent and demonetized by the company\. The latest figure from Deezer highlights a continuous surge in AI\-generated music uploads to 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 it first[launched its AI\-music detection tool](https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/deezer-starts-labeling-ai-generated-music-to-tackle-streaming-fraud/)\. Songs tagged 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 hi\-res versions of AI tracks\. The updated figure comes as an AI\-generated track[topped the iTunes charts](https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/04/17/the-no-1-song-on-us-itunes-and-several-other-countries-is-ai-generated/)last week in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, and New Zealand\. “AI\-generated music is now far from a marginal phenomenon and as daily deliveries keep increasing, we hope the whole music ecosystem will join us in taking action to help safeguard artists’ rights and promote transparency for fans,” said Deezer CEO Alexis Lanternier in a[press release](https://newsroom-deezer.com/2026/04/ai-generated-tracks-represent-44-of-new-uploaded-music/)\. “Thanks to our technology and the proactive measures we put in place more than a year ago, we have shown that it’s possible to reduce AI\-related fraud and payment dilution in streaming to a minimum\.” Today’s announcement comes as Deezer[conducted a survey](https://newsroom-deezer.com/2025/11/deezer-ipsos-survey-ai-music/)last November that found that 97% of participants couldn’t tell the difference between fully AI\-generated music and human\-made music\. Techcrunch event San Francisco, CA\|October 13\-15, 2026 The survey also found that 52% of respondents said 100% AI\-generated songs shouldn’t be included in charts alongside human\-made songs in the main charts\. Meanwhile, 80% said 100% AI\-generated music should be clearly labeled for listeners\. Deezer started tagging AI tracks at the platform level in June 2025, becoming the first streaming platform to do so\. Over the course of 2025, Deezer tagged more than 13\.4 million AI tracks on its platform\. In February, French streaming service Qobuz announced plans to[tag AI\-generated content](https://community.qobuz.com/press-en/qobuz-moves-to-protect-artists-and-listeners-from-ai-content)on its platform\. Other major streaming services, such as[Spotify](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/spotify-updates-ai-policy-to-label-tracks-cut-down-on-spam/)and Apple Music, take different approaches to AI\-generated music, often[combining](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/spotify-updates-ai-policy-to-label-tracks-cut-down-on-spam/)the use of filters to identify low\-quality AI music with other transparency[efforts](https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report/)left up to the distributors\. Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch\. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup\. Aisha holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree in journalism from Western University\. You can contact or verify outreach from Aisha by emailing[aisha@techcrunch\.com](mailto:[email protected])or via encrypted message at aisha\_malik\.01 on Signal\. [View Bio](https://techcrunch.com/author/aisha-malik/)