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Acquisitions, Goodwill, and Acquired Intangible Assets Goodwill (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Goodwill - January 1, 2015 $ 3,319us-gaap_Goodwill
New acquisitions 211us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Other adjustments (39)us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges [1]
Goodwill - March 31, 2015 3,491us-gaap_Goodwill
North America  
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Goodwill - January 1, 2015 1,978us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_NorthAmericaSegmentMember
New acquisitions 40us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_NorthAmericaSegmentMember
Other adjustments (3)us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_NorthAmericaSegmentMember
[1]
Goodwill - March 31, 2015 2,015us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_NorthAmericaSegmentMember
International  
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Goodwill - January 1, 2015 735us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_InternationalSegmentMember
New acquisitions 17us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_InternationalSegmentMember
Other adjustments (36)us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_InternationalSegmentMember
[1]
Goodwill - March 31, 2015 716us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_InternationalSegmentMember
AWS  
Goodwill [Line Items]  
Goodwill - January 1, 2015 606us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_AmazonWebServicesSegmentMember
New acquisitions 154us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_AmazonWebServicesSegmentMember
Other adjustments 0us-gaap_GoodwillOtherChanges
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_AmazonWebServicesSegmentMember
[1]
Goodwill - March 31, 2015 $ 760us-gaap_Goodwill
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= amzn_AmazonWebServicesSegmentMember
[1] Primarily includes changes in foreign exchange rates.