AI-Generated Music Floods Deezer; 28% of Daily Uploads
Deezer reported that fully AI-generated music now makes up 28% of tracks delivered daily to the platform, up sharply from 10% in January 2025. The company detected that up to 70% of plays for these AI tracks constitute fraudulent streaming activity. Suno and Udio, among the AI music models being detected, are facing copyright lawsuits from major music companies.
What happened
Deezer reported in September 2025 that fully AI-generated songs comprise 28% of all tracks delivered daily to the platform, over 30,000 songs per day, up from 18% in April and 10% in January.
According to Deezer, up to 70% of plays for fully AI-generated tracks have been detected as fraudulent streaming activity, which the company filters from royalty payments.
Deezer said it can detect AI music from popular models including Suno and Udio, which are facing copyright lawsuits from major music companies, and has excluded such content from algorithmic recommendations and editorial playlists since January.
Reported impact
Despite AI-generated music making up 28% of daily uploads, it accounts for only around 0.5% of all streams on Deezer, suggesting the primary purpose is fraudulent activity rather than legitimate creative expression.
Index analysis
Deezer's detection figures improved over the year; the company attributed increases partly to refinements in its AI detection and tagging system rather than solely to growth in AI music submission.
Deezer reported that it can only detect AI music from a limited set of popular AI music models and does not count songs partially assisted by AI, meaning the true proportion of AI-involved content may be higher.
Governance controls
Deezer removed fully AI-generated content from algorithmic recommendations and excluded it from editorial playlists starting in January 2025, and rolled out a tagging system in June to label AI-generated albums.
Other major streaming services including Spotify, Amazon, and Apple have not publicly established specific rules for AI music, instead relying on existing policies against impersonation, spam, and artificial streaming.
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Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.