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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended										12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 CNY	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] CNY	Apr. 20, 2015 Subsequent Event [Member] Lawsuits	Apr. 20, 2015 Xunlei Kankan and online game business [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Lawsuits	Dec. 31, 2014 Rental commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Rental commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Rental commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Bandwidth Lease Commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Bandwidth Lease Commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Bandwidth Lease Commitments [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Content Copyrights [Member] USD ($)	Apr. 20, 2015 Content Copyrights [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Lawsuits	Mar. 31, 2015 Content Copyrights [Member] Xunlei Kankan and online game business [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Lawsuits	Mar. 31, 2015 Content Copyrights [Member] Online video services [Member] Subsequent Event [Member] Lawsuits	Dec. 31, 2014 Online game licenses [Member] USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Total lease expenses									$ 3,068,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_RentalCommitmentsMember	$ 2,786,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_RentalCommitmentsMember	$ 2,390,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_RentalCommitmentsMember	$ 40,373,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_BandwidthLeaseCommitmentsMember	$ 35,454,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_BandwidthLeaseCommitmentsMember	$ 22,211,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = xnet_BandwidthLeaseCommitmentsMember
Irrevocable purchase obligations															5,789,600us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationPurchases / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CopyrightsMember
Legal and litigation related expenses	1,073,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense		263,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense	760,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense
Number of lawsuits pending							24us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember	2us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = xnet_XunleiKankanAndOnlineGameBusinessMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember								22us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CopyrightsMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember	12us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CopyrightsMember / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = xnet_XunleiKankanAndOnlineGameBusinessMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember	10us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = us-gaap_CopyrightsMember / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = xnet_OnlineVideoServicesMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Aggregate amount of claimed damages	310,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue	1,880,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue			1,370,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember	8,400,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Accrued litigation related expenses	451,000us-gaap_LitigationReserveCurrent		288,000us-gaap_LitigationReserveCurrent
Additional aggregate amount of claimed damages					$ 350,000xnet_LossContingencyAdditionalDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember	2,170,000xnet_LossContingencyAdditionalDamagesSoughtValue / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember

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