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Acquisitions, Goodwill, and Acquired Intangible Assets - Additional Informaiton (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Cash paid, net of cash acquired $ 298us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired  
Indemnification holdback 43us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredOther1  
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred 341us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1  
Goodwill 3,491us-gaap_Goodwill 3,319us-gaap_Goodwill
2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Goodwill 211us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Intangible assets 154us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
[1]  
Property and equipment 1us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedPropertyPlantAndEquipment
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Deferred tax assets 27us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxAssetsNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Other assets acquired 20us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedOtherNoncurrentAssets
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Deferred tax liabilities (53)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedDeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Other liabilities assumed (19)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Business acquisition, allocation 341us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
 
Acquired intangible assets weighted-average amortization period 5 years  
Contract-based | 2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 1us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_ContractBasedIntangibleAssetsMember
[1]  
Technology-based | 2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets 149us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TechnologyBasedIntangibleAssetsMember
[1]  
Customer-related | 2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Intangible assets $ 4us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibles
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= amzn_YearMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
[1]  
Minimum | 2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Acquired intangible assets estimated useful lives 1 year  
Maximum | 2015 Acquisitions    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Acquired intangible assets estimated useful lives 6 years  
[1] Acquired intangible assets have estimated useful lives of between one and six years, with a weighted-average amortization period of five years.