The rapid growth of AI-generated music has left streaming platforms scrambling to develop new ways to manage and monitor content.
According to Billboard, Suno produces around 7 million tracks daily, generating Spotify's entire catalog every two weeks.
However, this boom has sparked controversy and copyright disputes.
In November, Suno co-founder Mikey Shulman revealed the platform has 2 million paid subscribers and more than 100 million total users creating music.
Meanwhile, Deezer reported more than 60,000 AI-generated tracks uploaded daily in January 2026 – six times the rate from a year earlier.
Synthetic content now accounts for roughly 39% of Deezer's uploads, and over 13.4 million AI tracks have been flagged by its detection system since 2025.
Deezer has focused on detecting AI tracks independently at the platform level to prevent fraud, which it says drives the majority of uploads.
CEO Alexis Lanternier stated, "We know that the majority of AI-music is uploaded to Deezer with the purpose of committing fraud, and we continue to take action." Up to 85% of AI streams in 2025 were deemed fraudulent compared to just 8% across the platform's entire catalog.
Deezer has licensed its AI detection tool to other organizations, including French collecting society Sacem.
Spotify has taken a different approach, tightening policies in September 2025 to remove tracks that impersonate artists without consent and filter spam.
The platform also removed 75 million spam tracks over the past year.
Apple Music's newly announced framework introduces Transparency Tags, which allow record labels and distributors to flag AI usage across four elements: Artwork, Track, Composition, and Music Video.
This approach contrasts with Deezer's technical enforcement.
"Proper tagging of content is the first step in giving the music industry the data and tools needed to develop thoughtful policies around AI," Apple said.
The contrast highlights the broader challenge facing the industry: balancing transparency, artist rights, and the flood of AI-generated content.