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

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Date the equity-based award expires, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of options vested.

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Sohu.com Limited Shareholders' Equity (Sohu Video Share-based Awards, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 04, 2012	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense		$ 8,578	$ 14,480	$ 2,350
Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Installments of share options granted		four equal installments
Sohu Video [Member] \| Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Share Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Plan expiration date		Jan. 04, 2022
Sohu Video [Member] \| Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Ordinary Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for future issuance	25,000,000
Sohu Video [Member] \| Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Ordinary Shares [Member] \| Share Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares under contractually granted share options		16,368,200
Installments of share options granted		four equal installments
Number of shares purchased on vested options		4,972,800
Share-based compensation expense		$ (1,000)	$ (700)	$ (900)
Sohu Video [Member] \| Sohu Video Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Ordinary Shares [Member] \| Share Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum term of share rights granted under share incentive plan	10 years
Sohu Video [Member] \| Video 2011 Share Incentive Plan [Member] \| Ordinary Shares [Member] \| Share Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares under contractually granted share options		16,368,200
Installments of share options granted		four equal installments
Number of shares purchased on vested options		4,972,800