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Net Income per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Allocation of Net Income Available to Common Shareholders using Two-Class Method | The following table shows how net income is allocated using the “if converted” method for earnings per common share for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net income (loss) |  | $ | (25,588,478 | ) |  | $ | (25,588,478 | ) |  | $ | 30,021,018 |  |  | $ | 30,021,018 |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (5,552 | ) |  |  | (5,552 | ) |  |  | (42,377 | ) |  |  | (42,377 | )
Change in redeemable amount of noncontrolling interest |  |  | (121,046 | ) |  |  | (121,046 | ) |  |  | (349,911 | ) |  |  | (349,911 | )
Net income (loss) attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders corresponding to common stock |  | $ | (25,715,076 | ) |  | $ | (25,715,076 | ) |  | $ | 29,628,730 |  |  | $ | 29,628,730 |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net income |  | $ | 4,739,475 |  |  | $ | 4,739,475 |  |  | $ | 47,543,609 |  |  | $ | 47,543,609 |
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | (69,532 | ) |  |  | (69,532 | ) |  |  | (84,715 | ) |  |  | (84,715 | )
Change in redeemable amount of noncontrolling interest |  |  | 3,615 |  |  |  | 3,615 |  |  |  | (133,951 | ) |  |  | (133,951 | )
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders corresponding to common stock |  | $ | 4,673,558 |  |  | $ | 4,673,558 |  |  | $ | 47,324,943 |  |  | $ | 47,324,943 |
Net Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock | Net income (loss) per share of common stock is as follows for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net (loss) income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share |  | $ | (0.58 | ) |  | $ | (0.58 | ) |  | $ | 0.67 |  |  | $ | 0.67 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders |  | $ | (25,715,076 | ) |  | $ | (25,715,076 | ) |  | $ | 29,628,730 |  |  | $ | 29,628,730 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average of common stock outstanding for Basic earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,892 |  |  |  | 44,153,892 |  |  |  | 44,152,933 |  |  |  | 44,152,933 |
Adjustment for Convertible Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,776 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Adjusted weighted average of common stock outstanding for Diluted earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,892 |  |  |  | 44,182,668 |  |  |  | 44,152,933 |  |  |  | 44,152,933 |
|  | Six months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |  |  | Basic |  |  | Diluted |
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders per common share |  | $ | 0.11 |  |  | $ | 0.11 |  |  | $ | 1.07 |  |  | $ | 1.07 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to MercadoLibre, Inc. Shareholders |  | $ | 4,673,558 |  |  | $ | 4,673,558 |  |  | $ | 47,324,943 |  |  | $ | 47,324,943 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average of common stock outstanding for Basic earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,658 |  |  |  | 44,153,658 |  |  |  | 44,152,132 |  |  |  | 44,152,132 |
Adjustment for Convertible Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 14,468 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Adjusted weighted average of common stock outstanding for Diluted earnings per share |  |  | 44,153,658 |  |  |  | 44,168,126 |  |  |  | 44,152,132 |  |  |  | 44,152,132 |

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