Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Net revenues	$ 476,894	$ 386,110	$ 1,292,827	$ 1,140,331
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ 147,310	$ 136,309	$ 418,973	$ 419,862
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 85,946	$ 66,749	$ 234,429	$ 216,361
Corporate expenses	26,028	17,266	64,431	52,507
Depreciation and amortization	84,300	61,237	205,671	187,548
Gain on disposition of assets	(26)	(1,304)	(1,922)	(4,823)
Total operating expenses	343,558	280,257	921,582	871,455
Operating income	133,336	105,853	371,245	268,876
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	7,051	21,604	25,235
Equity in earnings of investee	1,141	0	1,141	0
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	108,550	63,982	270,698	137,200
Income tax expense	1,712	1,224	5,922	2,520
Net income	106,838	62,758	264,776	134,680
Total comprehensive income (loss)	106,250	63,088	264,692	134,152
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Net revenues	$ 476,894	$ 386,110	$ 1,292,827	$ 1,140,331
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ 147,310	$ 136,309	$ 418,973	$ 419,862
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 85,947	$ 66,749	$ 234,115	$ 216,361
Corporate expenses	25,891	17,129	64,048	52,141
Depreciation and amortization	84,300	61,237	205,671	187,548
Gain on disposition of assets	(26)	(1,304)	(1,922)	(4,823)
Total operating expenses	343,422	280,120	920,885	871,089
Operating income	133,472	105,990	371,942	269,242
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	7,051	21,604	25,235
Interest expense (income), net	25,927	34,820	80,084	106,441
Equity in earnings of investee	(1,141)		(1,141)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	108,686	64,119	271,395	137,566
Income tax expense	1,712	1,224	5,922	2,520
Net income	106,974	62,895	265,473	135,046
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	(588)	330	(84)	(528)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	106,386	63,225	265,389	134,518
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Reportable Legal Entities | Lamar Media
Net revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Corporate expenses	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Gain on disposition of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	0	0	0	0
Operating income	0	0	0	0
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries	(132,727)	(104,769)	(366,556)	(265,353)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	7,051	21,604	25,235
Interest expense (income), net	25,753	34,823	79,479	105,072
Equity in earnings of investee	0		0
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	106,974	62,895	265,473	135,046
Income tax expense	0	0	0	0
Net income	106,974	62,895	265,473	135,046
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	0	0	0	0
Total comprehensive income (loss)	106,974	62,895	265,473	135,046
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Reportable Legal Entities | Guarantor Subsidiaries
Net revenues	$ 466,222	$ 378,652	$ 1,266,818	$ 1,116,947
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ 140,641	$ 130,496	$ 402,260	$ 402,033
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 85,077	$ 65,340	$ 231,091	$ 211,090
Corporate expenses	25,366	16,918	62,897	51,526
Depreciation and amortization	82,577	60,751	202,660	186,201
Gain on disposition of assets	115	(1,304)	(1,774)	(4,878)
Total operating expenses	333,776	272,201	897,134	845,972
Operating income	132,446	106,451	369,684	270,975
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	0
Interest expense (income), net	(4)	(92)	(30)	(151)
Equity in earnings of investee	(1,141)		(1,141)
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	133,591	106,543	370,855	271,126
Income tax expense	1,943	1,449	5,826	3,373
Net income	131,648	105,094	365,029	267,753
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	0	0	0	0
Total comprehensive income (loss)	131,648	105,094	365,029	267,753
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Reportable Legal Entities | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Net revenues	$ 11,216	$ 7,825	$ 27,326	$ 24,514
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ 7,213	$ 6,180	$ 18,030	$ 18,959
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 870	$ 1,409	$ 3,024	$ 5,271
Corporate expenses	525	211	1,151	615
Depreciation and amortization	1,723	486	3,011	1,347
Gain on disposition of assets	(141)	0	(148)	55
Total operating expenses	10,190	8,286	25,068	26,247
Operating income	1,026	(461)	2,258	(1,733)
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	0
Interest expense (income), net	178	89	635	1,520
Equity in earnings of investee	0		0
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	848	(550)	1,623	(3,253)
Income tax expense	(231)	(225)	96	(853)
Net income	1,079	(325)	1,527	(2,400)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	(588)	330	(84)	(528)
Total comprehensive income (loss)	491	5	1,443	(2,928)
LAMAR MEDIA CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES | Eliminations
Net revenues	$ (544)	$ (367)	$ (1,317)	$ (1,130)
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
Operating expenses (income)
Direct advertising expenses	$ (544)	$ (367)	$ (1,317)	$ (1,130)
Cost, Product and Service [Extensible List]	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising	Advertising
General and administrative expenses	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Corporate expenses	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Gain on disposition of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	(544)	(367)	(1,317)	(1,130)
Operating income	0	0	0	0
Equity in (earnings) loss of subsidiaries	132,727	104,769	366,556	265,353
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	0
Interest expense (income), net	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investee	0		0
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)	(132,727)	(104,769)	(366,556)	(265,353)
Income tax expense	0	0	0	0
Net income	(132,727)	(104,769)	(366,556)	(265,353)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	0	0	0	0
Total comprehensive income (loss)	$ (132,727)	$ (104,769)	$ (366,556)	$ (265,353)