Music streaming service Deezer has revealed that AI-generated tracks now account for more than half of all daily uploads to its platform, marking a sharp escalation in a trend the company has tracked since early 2025. The milestone underscores the growing challenge streaming services face in balancing openness to AI-made music with protecting artists' royalties, as fraudulent or low-quality AI tracks risk diluting payments meant for human creators. In response, Deezer is stepping up efforts to remove AI-generated tracks that have gone unstreamed for six months or that are linked to fraudulent streaming activity designed to inflate revenue.

Deezer's data shows the surge has been rapid: AI uploads made up around 10% of daily uploads (roughly 10,000 tracks) in January 2025, rising to 44% (75,000 tracks) by April 2026 and peaking at a monthly average of 90,000 tracks per day, or over half of uploads, in June 2026. The company, which has spent nearly two years combating fraud linked to AI music, has also introduced detection technology capable of identifying tracks made with tools such as Suno and Udio, both currently facing copyright lawsuits, and has offered this technology to other platforms, though uptake is unclear. Rivals have taken differing approaches, with Bandcamp banning AI tracks outright, Tidal blocking their monetisation, and Apple Music and Spotify opting for tagging and policy-based systems instead.