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Segment and Geographic Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment	1
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 416,837	$ 289,081
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	287,787	208,218
International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	129,050	80,863
Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	123,902	75,965
Other geographies
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 5,148	$ 4,898

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8672-108599

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