Comprehensive Income (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Comprehensive Income	Comprehensive IncomeComprehensive income equaled net income attributable to Charter shareholders for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.

The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income.

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