{"id":596522,"date":"2026-07-21T09:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/596522\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:29:11","slug":"ai-generated-music-is-now-more-than-half-of-deezers-uploads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/596522\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-generated music is now more than half of Deezer\u2019s uploads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deezer has published its latest figures<\/a> on the increasing torrent of AI-generated music \u2013\u00a0and it\u2019s a significant tipping point. At its peak in June, more than 50% of its daily uploads were AI tracks.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an average of 90,000 new AI-generated tracks every single day, with the usual implication that if this is the case for Deezer, it\u2019s likely also the kind of volume being seen by its bigger rivals including Spotify and Apple Music.<\/p>\n

The milestone has spurred a change in Deezer\u2019s policies regarding this music. It will now be removing GenAI tracks that \u201chaven\u2019t been streamed for six months or more\u201d as well as those that it detects are being used for streaming fraud.<\/p>\n

The number of fully AI-generated tracks being uploaded to Deezer is growing. 90k a day is up from 75k in April, and a ninefold increase from the 10k a day that were being uploaded in January 2025 \u2013 just 16 months ago.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s important to note that the share of Deezer\u2019s streams for this music is not increasing. The company says it\u2019s still between 1% and 3% of its total streams, with up to 85% of the AI-music streams being \u201cfraudulent\u201d. Both of these figures are unchanged from previous recent updates.<\/p>\n

Deezer is continuing to tag tracks that it detects as AI music, and keep them out of its algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists. However, removing the songs that aren\u2019t being played at all is a key step towards declogging its catalogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have reached a pivotal moment, but we have the technology to keep track of the development, and an ambition to do what\u2019s right,\u201d said CEO Alexis Lanternier.<\/p>\n

Spotify said last September that it had removed more than 75 million \u201cspammy\u201d tracks<\/a> from its service in the previous year \u2013\u00a0a figure that includes AI music but also other things: duplicated tracks, or tracks using \u201cSEO tricks to manipulate search or recommendation systems\u201d.<\/p>\n

Apple Music recently said<\/a> that \u201cmore than a third\u201d of its monthly uploads of new music were \u201c100% AI\u201d, but that this music accounted for \u201cmuch lower\u201d than 0.5% of the service\u2019s streams.<\/p>\n

Deezer\u2019s latest numbers will increase the music industry\u2019s desire to ensure AI music is transparently labelled, although as we reported last week<\/a>, the industry bodies behind the idea have some work to do to persuade Spotify, Apple Music and their fellow DSPs to adopt its proposed labelling system rather than their own.<\/p>\n

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