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The installments of share options granted

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The number of shares contractually granted for awards under the equity-based compensation plan.

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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, options, grants in period, grant date fair value.

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Sohu.com Limited Shareholders' Equity (Sohu's 2018 Share Incentive Plan, Share Option Activity, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Nov. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	May 31, 2016	Feb. 28, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense	$ 8,578	$ 14,480	$ 2,350
Sohu.com Limited [Member] \| Sohu 2010 Stock Incentive Plan [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares under contractually granted share options								6,000	32,000	13,000	1,068,000
Exercise prices of option granted								$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Sohu.com Limited [Member] \| Sohu 2018 Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Installments of share options granted	four equal installments
Award vesting period	4 years
Number of options granted in period	113,000
Total fair value of stock options granted	$ 28,500
Share-based compensation expense	1,800	2,600	(1,900)
Total fair values of share options vested	2,100	1,000	2,500
Total intrinsic value of share options exercised	$ 800	$ 700	$ 600
Sohu.com Limited [Member] \| Sohu 2018 Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Stock Options [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares under contractually granted share options				5,000	34,000	477,500	20,000
Exercise prices of option granted				$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Number of options granted in period	927,788