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Acquisitions Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
May 31, 2012
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Acquired goodwill $ 3,319us-gaap_Goodwill $ 2,655us-gaap_Goodwill $ 2,552us-gaap_Goodwill  
Net sales of acquired companies included in our consolidated financial statements since acquisition dates 40us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual      
Operating loss of acquired companies included in our consolidated financial statements since acquisition dates 30us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual      
Amortization expense for acquired intangibles 181us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 168us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 163us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets  
Twitch Interactive, Inc.        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition Sep. 25, 2014      
Aggregate purchase price 842us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= amzn_TwitchInteractiveInc.Member
     
2014 Acquisitions        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Aggregate purchase price 862us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= amzn_YearMember
     
Fair value of stock options that will be expensed over the remaining service period 39us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognizedStockOptions
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= amzn_YearMember
     
Acquired goodwill 707us-gaap_Goodwill
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= amzn_YearMember
     
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Aggregate purchase price 20us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
195us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
   
Acquired goodwill   103us-gaap_Goodwill
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= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
   
Acquired intangible assets   83us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesOfIndividuallyImmaterialBusinessAcquisitionsMember
   
Kiva Systems, Inc        
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Aggregate purchase price       678us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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= amzn_KivaSystemsIncorporatedMember
Acquired goodwill       $ 560us-gaap_Goodwill
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= amzn_KivaSystemsIncorporatedMember