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Equity - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Oct. 11, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | May 31, 2013
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage of common stock shares outstanding of chairman | 75.00%gaia_CommonStockSharesOutstandingOwnershipPercentage |  |  |
Class B Common Stock Converted Into Class A Common Stock |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stock conversion ratio | 1 gaia_ShareConversionRatio / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = gaia_ClassBCommonStockConvertedIntoClassACommonStockMember |  |  |
Class A Common Stock |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 19,084,958 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |  | 18,595,121 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |
Restricted stock award agreements, number of shares issued |  | 15,759 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesRestrictedStockAwardNetOfForfeitures / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember |  |
Class A Common Stock | Board of Directors Chairman |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 648,682 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = us-gaap_BoardOfDirectorsChairmanMember |  |  |
Class A Common Stock | Real Goods Solar |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Voting ownership percentage |  |  |  | 20.00%gaia_EquityMethodInvestmentVotingOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = gaia_RealGoodsSolarMember / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassAMember
Class B Common Stock |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 5,400,000 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassBMember |  | 5,400,000 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassBMember |
Class B Common Stock | Board of Directors Chairman |  |  |  |
Equity [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage of common stock shares outstanding of chairman | 100.00%gaia_CommonStockSharesOutstandingOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassBMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = us-gaap_BoardOfDirectorsChairmanMember |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 5,400,000 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = us-gaap_CommonClassBMember / us-gaap_TitleOfIndividualAxis = us-gaap_BoardOfDirectorsChairmanMember |  |  |

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