How many AI-generated artists are on Spotify?

A 2025 estimate found that 28% of new uploads on Spotify were AI-generated — by now the real number is likely even higher. SlopTracker identified 50 AI artists in just one hour of searching. The true total across the platform is almost certainly in the tens of thousands. These AI artists collectively earn an estimated $2,676,475 from their top 10 songs alone.

How much money do AI artists drain from real musicians on Spotify?

The 50 AI artists tracked by SlopTracker alone earn an estimated $311,697 per month. Spotify uses a pro-rata payment model where all subscription revenue is pooled and divided by total streams — every stream going to an AI track is money taken directly from real artists.

How can I tell if a Spotify artist is AI-generated?

Common signs include: no songs before 2025, no social media presence or biography, their profile picture looks AI-generated, they have an unusually large catalog uploaded in a very short time, song titles and album art follow repetitive patterns, no live performances or interviews, and the music itself often sounds generic or formulaic. SlopTracker catalogs confirmed AI artists to help listeners identify them.

How do I block AI artists on Spotify?

Open the artist profile in your Spotify mobile app, tap the three dots (…) menu, and select "Don't play this artist". This won't remove them from the platform, but it stops Spotify from counting your streams toward their revenue.

Is AI-generated music legal on Spotify?

Currently, AI-generated music is allowed on Spotify, though policies are evolving. The key issue is transparency — most listeners have no idea whether they're streaming a real artist or an algorithm. AI models are often trained on the work of real musicians without their knowledge or consent, and the generated output then competes directly against those same artists for streaming revenue.

How does AI music affect Spotify streaming revenue for real artists?

Spotify pools all subscription revenue and divides it by total streams. When AI-generated tracks accumulate millions of streams, they dilute the per-stream payout for everyone. At approximately $0.004 per stream, the AI artists tracked on SlopTracker alone siphon significant revenue that would otherwise go to human musicians.

The AI Streaming Drain

AI-generated “artists” are flooding Spotify, racking up millions of streams, and siphoning revenue from real musicians.

Drained since you opened this page:$0.00(~$0.1203/sec · 50 AI artists)

🔍 Try this yourself

Find an AI artist on Spotify, then check the “Fans Also Like” section. You’ll often find AI profile after AI profile — many with millions of streams. It’s a rabbit hole.

Check any track. Is it AI?

How it works

Spectral analysis: Examines frequency patterns that differ between human and AI audio.
Temporal analysis: Analyzes timing and rhythmic micro-variations unique to human performance.
Classifies as Human Made, Processed AI, or Pure AI.
Pure AI detection is 99.9%+ accurate. Processed AI is harder to detect.

Important: Third-party mastering can affect results. This is one data point — not a final judgment.

AI Artists Found

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Over 60,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded every day — 39 % of all daily deliveries. These 50 artists were found in just one hour of searching — there are likely thousands, if not 10,000 + more.

Source: Deezer Newsroom, Jan 2026

Estimated Earnings

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Only counts the top 10 songs per artist — the real total is much higher. Calculated at $0.004 (0.4 ¢) per stream, the industry average.

Source: Business Insider

Expected Monthly Income

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Stream count is roughly 3 × monthly listeners — a standard ratio for active Spotify profiles.

Premium Subs Drained / Mo

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Spotify pays ~70 % of revenue to rights holders. 70 % of $12.99 ≈ $9.09 per premium sub goes into the royalty pool. This is how many subs are needed to fund the 50 AI artists listed here.

Source: Spotify, Wikipedia

Open the artist profile in your Spotify mobile app.
Tap the three dots (…) menu.
Select “Don't play this artist” .

This won't remove them from the platform, but it stops Spotify from counting your streams toward their revenue.

AI Artists Found(50 curated · 538 detected)

Breaking Rust

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2025

Monthly Listeners1,547,776

Top 10 Streams74,392,661

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$297,571

Expected Monthly Income$18,573

Premium Subs Drained / Mo2,043

Enlly

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,944,262

Top 10 Streams50,197,074

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$200,788

Expected Monthly Income$23,331

Premium Subs Drained / Mo2,566

Cain Walker

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,030,644

Top 10 Streams44,318,868

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$177,275

Expected Monthly Income$12,368

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,360

Jerry's Sound Room

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,721,556

Top 10 Streams40,362,412

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$161,450

Expected Monthly Income$20,659

Premium Subs Drained / Mo2,272

Doc Raven

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners674,474

Top 10 Streams28,694,324

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$114,777

Expected Monthly Income$8,094

Premium Subs Drained / Mo890

ZionRay

Screenshot: Mar 22, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,095,389

Top 10 Streams27,936,560

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$111,746

Expected Monthly Income$13,145

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,446

Let Babylon Burn

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners465,166

Top 10 Streams23,433,566

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$93,734

Expected Monthly Income$5,582

Premium Subs Drained / Mo614

Drew Meadows

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners323,970

Top 10 Streams21,282,997

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$85,132

Expected Monthly Income$3,888

Premium Subs Drained / Mo428

Georgia Phantom

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners312,207

Top 10 Streams20,572,233

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$82,289

Expected Monthly Income$3,746

Premium Subs Drained / Mo412

Enlly Blue

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners299,398

Top 10 Streams19,435,139

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$77,741

Expected Monthly Income$3,593

Premium Subs Drained / Mo395

Red Village

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,341,094

Top 10 Streams18,868,994

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$75,476

Expected Monthly Income$16,093

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,770

Lone Star Lyric House

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,070,050

Top 10 Streams18,401,800

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$73,607

Expected Monthly Income$12,841

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,412

Aventhis

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners448,559

Top 10 Streams17,196,557

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$68,786

Expected Monthly Income$5,383

Premium Subs Drained / Mo592

Frontier Heart

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners495,675

Top 10 Streams16,658,089

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$66,632

Expected Monthly Income$5,948

Premium Subs Drained / Mo654

The Soulful Gentlemen

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners329,973

Top 10 Streams16,493,181

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$65,973

Expected Monthly Income$3,960

Premium Subs Drained / Mo435

Orion7

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners427,476

Top 10 Streams14,053,500

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$56,214

Expected Monthly Income$5,130

Premium Subs Drained / Mo564

Nick Hustles

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners516,045

Top 10 Streams12,959,975

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$51,840

Expected Monthly Income$6,193

Premium Subs Drained / Mo681

Let Babylon Burn

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners40,181

Top 10 Streams12,213,946

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$48,856

Expected Monthly Income$482

Premium Subs Drained / Mo53

Aven

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners309,686

Top 10 Streams12,056,149

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$48,225

Expected Monthly Income$3,716

Premium Subs Drained / Mo409

Shifty Brent

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners330,308

Top 10 Streams10,554,470

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$42,218

Expected Monthly Income$3,964

Premium Subs Drained / Mo436

King Willonius

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners342,363

Top 10 Streams10,313,312

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$41,253

Expected Monthly Income$4,108

Premium Subs Drained / Mo452

The Naughty Jukebox

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners698,200

Top 10 Streams10,159,547

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$40,638

Expected Monthly Income$8,378

Premium Subs Drained / Mo921

Soul Blues Icon

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners353,953

Top 10 Streams10,047,848

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$40,191

Expected Monthly Income$4,247

Premium Subs Drained / Mo467

Abel Abaddon

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners490,032

Top 10 Streams8,925,457

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$35,702

Expected Monthly Income$5,880

Premium Subs Drained / Mo647

Unbound Music

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners284,274

Top 10 Streams8,800,907

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$35,204

Expected Monthly Income$3,411

Premium Subs Drained / Mo375

David Allen

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners325,332

Top 10 Streams8,353,771

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$33,415

Expected Monthly Income$3,904

Premium Subs Drained / Mo429

Vowless

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners521,614

Top 10 Streams8,075,990

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$32,304

Expected Monthly Income$6,259

Premium Subs Drained / Mo688

Broken Trails

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners1,005,709

Top 10 Streams7,925,078

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$31,700

Expected Monthly Income$12,069

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,327

19s Soulers

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners860,500

Top 10 Streams7,347,285

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$29,389

Expected Monthly Income$10,326

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,136

Sons of Ashes

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners167,975

Top 10 Streams6,843,793

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$27,375

Expected Monthly Income$2,016

Premium Subs Drained / Mo222

Soul'd Out

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners249,191

Top 10 Streams6,460,301

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$25,841

Expected Monthly Income$2,990

Premium Subs Drained / Mo329

Caleb Raines

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners769,858

Top 10 Streams6,253,594

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$25,014

Expected Monthly Income$9,238

Premium Subs Drained / Mo1,016

Backroad Raised

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners174,596

Top 10 Streams5,997,016

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$23,988

Expected Monthly Income$2,095

Premium Subs Drained / Mo230

Shea

Screenshot: Mar 22, 2026

Monthly Listeners329,357

Top 10 Streams4,982,384

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$19,930

Expected Monthly Income$3,952

Premium Subs Drained / Mo435

starletste_official

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners252,310

Top 10 Streams4,936,575

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$19,746

Expected Monthly Income$3,028

Premium Subs Drained / Mo333

True Roots Blues

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners209,082

Top 10 Streams4,878,775

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$19,515

Expected Monthly Income$2,509

Premium Subs Drained / Mo276

Domus Made

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners184,231

Top 10 Streams4,866,893

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$19,468

Expected Monthly Income$2,211

Premium Subs Drained / Mo243

Mason Jar Moonshine

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners153,158

Top 10 Streams4,715,200

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$18,861

Expected Monthly Income$1,838

Premium Subs Drained / Mo202

Morgan Luna

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners254,404

Top 10 Streams4,689,808

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$18,759

Expected Monthly Income$3,053

Premium Subs Drained / Mo336

JD Steel

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners232,525

Top 10 Streams4,424,119

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$17,696

Expected Monthly Income$2,790

Premium Subs Drained / Mo307

Whiskey Circuit

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners194,654

Top 10 Streams4,212,858

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$16,851

Expected Monthly Income$2,336

Premium Subs Drained / Mo257

Nina Blaze

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners304,296

Top 10 Streams3,730,111

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$14,920

Expected Monthly Income$3,652

Premium Subs Drained / Mo402

Colter Rayne

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners190,361

Top 10 Streams3,708,966

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$14,836

Expected Monthly Income$2,284

Premium Subs Drained / Mo251

Damon Price

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners756,129

Top 10 Streams3,507,847

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$14,031

Expected Monthly Income$9,074

Premium Subs Drained / Mo998

Lana Rosewood

Screenshot: Mar 22, 2026

Monthly Listeners244,688

Top 10 Streams3,275,913

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$13,104

Expected Monthly Income$2,936

Premium Subs Drained / Mo323

Nolan Graves

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners213,700

Top 10 Streams3,250,731

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$13,003

Expected Monthly Income$2,564

Premium Subs Drained / Mo282

Owen James

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners700,732

Top 10 Streams2,801,469

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$11,206

Expected Monthly Income$8,409

Premium Subs Drained / Mo925

Black River Whiskey

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners365,548

Top 10 Streams2,269,989

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$9,080

Expected Monthly Income$4,387

Premium Subs Drained / Mo482

Ash Reed

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners118,931

Top 10 Streams1,779,468

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$7,118

Expected Monthly Income$1,427

Premium Subs Drained / Mo157

Eli Creed

Screenshot: Mar 21, 2026

Monthly Listeners303,158

Top 10 Streams1,501,133

Est. Earnings (Top 10 Songs Only)$6,005

Expected Monthly Income$3,638

Premium Subs Drained / Mo400

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about AI-generated music on Spotify

: A 2025 estimate found that 28% of new uploads on Spotify were AI-generated — by now the real number is likely even higher. SlopTracker identified dozens of confirmed AI artists in just one hour of searching. The true total across the platform is almost certainly in the tens of thousands.
: Spotify uses a pro-rata model where all subscription revenue is pooled and divided by total streams. Every stream that goes to an AI-generated track takes money directly from real artists. The AI artists tracked here alone earn hundreds of thousands of dollars per month.
: Look for these red flags: no songs before 2025, no social media presence or biography, AI-looking profile pictures, an unusually large catalog uploaded in a very short time, repetitive song titles, no live performances or interviews, and generic or formulaic music. SlopTracker helps you identify confirmed AI artists.
: Open the artist profile in the Spotify mobile app, tap the three dots (…) menu, and select "Don't play this artist". This prevents your streams from counting toward their revenue.
: Currently, AI-generated music is allowed on most streaming platforms including Spotify. However, there are growing concerns about copyright (AI models trained on copyrighted music), transparency (listeners not knowing they're streaming AI), and the economic impact on real musicians.
: As of now, Spotify does not consistently label AI-generated content. This means most listeners have no idea whether the artist they're streaming is a real person or an algorithm. SlopTracker exists to fill that transparency gap.