Last week, streaming platform Deezer announced that more than 50% of all new tracks released in June 2026 are generative AI music.
“It’s evident that the primary purpose of uploading these tracks to streaming platforms is fraudulent,” the announcement continued. “Deezer has found that up to 85% of the streams generated by fully AI-generated tracks were in fact fraudulent in 2025.”
Unlike other streaming platforms, Deezer has been upfront about these figures as they develop, and about its efforts to counter the rising tide of slop. The company is already identifying and tagging generative AI tracks, and removing those it determines are fraudulent. As a result, Deezer offers the reassurance that, “fully AI-generated music accounts for only a small fraction of listening activity, between 1 and 3% of total streams.”
If 1-3% of total streams sounds inconsequential to you, consider that in 2023, during her Eras tour, Taylor Swift’s streaming volume broke all records by reaching 1.7% of tota…
