Deezer’s Shocking Revelation! 44% of Daily Uploads Are AI-Generated, 75,000 Songs Flooding In Every Day

📰 News Summary

• Surge in AI-Generated Tracks: A staggering 44% of new uploads to Deezer are now AI-generated. That’s about 75,000 songs a day, totaling over 2 million tracks a month, folks!
• The Reality of Streams and Revenue: While the total playtime of AI tracks only accounts for 1-3% of overall streams, a whopping 85% of those have been flagged as fraudulent, resulting in their monetization being halted (demonetized).
• Platform’s Countermeasures: AI-generated songs are being excluded from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists, with a decision not to save high-resolution versions of these tracks.

💡 Key Points

• From just 10,000 songs a day in January 2025, we’ve seen a staggering 7.5-fold increase to 75,000 songs in just over a year—a phenomenal explosion!
• A survey indicates that 97% of users can’t distinguish between human and AI-generated tracks, suggesting the technology is nearly “perfected.”
• 80% of listeners believe that there should be clear labels on AI-generated songs, highlighting the need for transparency moving forward.

🦈 Shark’s Eye (Curator’s Perspective)

The remarkable aspect of this news is how AI music has transitioned from a “niche experiment” to a full-blown “flood inundating platforms!” Deezer’s decision to halt the storage of high-res versions of AI tracks and exclude them from recommendation algorithms is a concrete defensive move to prevent resource wastage and protect the rights of human artists. If 75,000 tracks that can fool 97% of people are flooding in every day, the existing streaming model could face collapse. Deezer’s proactive steps in “tagging” and “strict exclusions” represent a groundbreaking move to protect the music ecosystem!

🚀 What’s Next?

Following Deezer’s lead, it’s highly likely that Spotify and Apple Music will impose stricter filtering and labeling requirements for AI-generated content. Additionally, as AI-generated tracks begin to dominate the iTunes charts, discussions about implementing a “human-only” framework in major chart aggregation methods are expected to accelerate.

💬 A Quick Word from Haru Shark

75,000 songs a day is a mountain of music longer than the distance I swim in my entire life! It’s time for platforms to develop the savvy to smartly differentiate high-quality “human” music from AI-generated noise! 🦈🔥

📚 Terminology Explained

• Demonetized: The cessation of ad revenue or royalty payments from content, typically applied in cases of suspected violations or fraud.

• Algorithmic Recommendations: A system where AI automatically suggests tracks that might suit a user’s tastes based on their past listening history. If a song isn’t featured here, it’s likely to go unheard.

• Hi-res Versions: High-definition audio data that exceeds CD quality. Deezer has decided not to allocate this high-quality storage space to AI-generated tracks.

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