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Sohu.com Limited Shareholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Sohu.com Limited's outstanding shares |
|  | Number of Outstanding Shares As of December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 39,229 |  |  |  | 39,269 |  |  |  | 39,306 |
Issuances: |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 37 |  |  |  | 44 |
Repurchases: |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (1,129 | )
Balance, end of year |  |  | 39,269 |  |  |  | 39,306 |  |  |  | 38,221 |
Sohu 2018 Share Incentive Plan [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Share option activity |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Weighted |  |  |  |
|  | Number |  |  | Weighted |  |  | Average |  |  | Aggregate |
|  | Of |  |  | Average |  |  | Remaining |  |  | Intrinsic |
|  | Shares |  |  | Exercise |  |  | Contractual |  |  | Value (1) |
Options |  | (in thousands) |  |  | Price |  |  | Life (Years) |  |  | (in thousands) |
Outstanding as of January 1, 2021 |  |  | 197 |  |  | $ | 0.001 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ |  |
Granted |  |  | 113 |  |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  |  | (39 | ) |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or expired |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 |  |  | 271 |  |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  | 5.87 |  |  |  | 4,412 |
Vested as of December 31, 2021 |  |  | 271 |  |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  | 5.87 |  |  |  | 4,412 |
Exercisable as of December 31, 2021 |  |  | 271 |  |  |  | 0.001 |  |  |  | 5.87 |  |  |  | 4,412 |
Note (1): The aggregated intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the difference between Sohu’s closing ADS price of $16.28 on December 31, 2021 and the nominal exercise price of the options.
Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member] |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Stock option assumptions |
Assumptions Adopted |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
Average risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.11 | % |  |  | 0.59 | %
Exercise multiple |  |  | 2.8 |  |  |  | 2.8 |
Expected forfeiture rate (post-vesting) |  |  | 5 | % |  |  | 2 | %
Weighted average expected option life |  |  | 1.0 |  |  |  | 0 |
Volatility rate |  |  | 57.3 | % |  |  | 97.3 | %
Dividend yield |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |
Fair value |  |  | 0.21 |  |  |  | 0 |

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