Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI-generated
TechCrunch Ivan Mehta
Deezer says over half its daily uploads are now AI-made music, peaking at 90,000 tracks a day in June 2026. It's now purging unstreamed AI tracks to fight fraud and protect artist payouts.
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Fifteen months ago, AI-generated tracks made up one in ten uploads on Deezer. Now they're the majority. The French streaming service confirmed this week that more than 50% of everything uploaded daily is synthetic, with volume peaking at 90,000 AI tracks a day back in June 2026. That's not a blip — it's the end result of a steady climb Deezer has been documenting publicly since January 2025, when the number sat at just 10,000 tracks daily.
The trajectory tells its own story: 20,000 tracks in April 2025, 30,000 by September, 50,000 in November, then 60,000 in January 2026 and 75,000 by April. Each jump represented a growing share of total uploads too, climbing from 10% to 44% before finally crossing the halfway mark. Deezer's CEO Alexis Lanternier framed the milestone bluntly, saying the company has spent nearly two years fighting fraud tied to AI music and payment dilution, and that hitting 50% means it's time to do more.
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