# Deezer

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/deezer/

14 people recommended Deezer in Hacker News comments, 5 had mixed feelings and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 10 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its quality, clear labels on AI-generated tracks, and as an alternative to Spotify. Common caveat: buggy apps, and critics call it good but far from great.

Summary written by Claude from 29 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 27 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Labels and excludes AI-generated music (5 comments in the sample): "they have some really neat feature. Including uploading your own MP3s and labelling of AI tracks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844200)) "They label AI-generated music and do not recommend them or include them in radio playlists." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46609449)) "Deezer will tag it and refuse to promote it once it's tagged as such." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838609))
- Good alternative to Spotify (4 comments in the sample): "From Deezer to Spotify many years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49850143)) "Switched from Spotify to Deezer." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49849259)) "Deezer is a great alternative." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209144))

## What people warn about

- Buggy, awkward apps (2 comments in the sample): "the UI was awful and confusing and once I got around it, there was a lot of my tracks that couldn't be imported" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46713846)) "The Tidal and Deezer apps on Windows were absolute dogshit and would constantly bug out" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49526315))
- Imports miss many tracks (1 comment in the sample): "has in its onboarding flow a pretty cool "get your lists from spotify" feature…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46712579))

## Other music streaming services people recommend

- [Spotify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spotify/): 148 recommend, 127 mixed, 680 criticize
- [Apple Music](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-music/): 65 recommend, 56 mixed, 252 criticize
- [YouTube Music](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-music/): 39 recommend, 19 mixed, 58 criticize
- [Tidal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tidal/): 29 recommend, 17 mixed, 38 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.deezer.com/us/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Deezer", https://hackerapproved.com/p/deezer/ (14 recommend, 5 mixed, 8 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.