CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Revenue (notes 4, 6, 7 and 19)	$ 7,491.4	$ 7,195.7	$ 10,311.3
Operating costs and expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization, shown separately below):
Programming and other direct costs of services (note 12)	2,384.7	2,085.7	3,017.6
Other operating (notes 12 and 15)	1,207.1	1,088.2	1,484.6
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (notes 12 and 15)	1,761.0	1,618.5	2,154.1
Depreciation and amortization (note 10)	2,315.2	2,171.4	2,353.7
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net (notes 12 and 16)	67.9	85.1	(19.0)
Operating costs and expenses	7,735.9	7,048.9	8,991.0
Operating income (loss)	(244.5)	146.8	1,320.3
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest expense	(907.9)	(589.3)	(882.1)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net (note 8)	(526.3)	1,213.1	537.3
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net	(70.8)	1,407.2	1,324.5
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) due to changes in fair values of certain investments, net (notes 7 and 9)	(557.3)	(323.5)	820.6
Gains (losses) on debt extinguishment, net (note 11)	(1.4)	2.8	(90.6)
Share of results of affiliates, net (note 7)	(2,019.3)	(1,267.8)	(175.4)
Gain associated with the Telenet Wyre Transaction (note 5)	377.8	0.0	0.0
Gain on Telenet Tower Sale	0.0	700.5	0.0
Other income, net	225.5	134.4	44.9
Non-operating income (expense)	(3,479.7)	1,277.4	12,680.5
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(3,724.2)	1,424.2	14,000.8
Income tax expense (note 13)	(149.6)	(318.9)	(473.3)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(3,873.8)	1,105.3	13,527.5
Discontinued operations (note 6):
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of taxes	0.0	34.6	82.6
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes	0.0	846.4	0.0
Discontinued operations	0.0	881.0	82.6
Net earnings (loss)	(3,873.8)	1,986.3	13,610.1
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests	(177.9)	(513.1)	(183.3)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders	$ (4,051.7)	$ 1,473.2	$ 13,426.8
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 3):
Continuing operations (in USD per share)	$ (9.52)	$ 1.21	$ 24.01
Discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0	1.80	0.15
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (in USD per share)	(9.52)	3.01	24.16
Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (note 3):
Continuing operations (in USD per share)	(9.52)	1.19	23.45
Discontinued operations (in USD per share)	0	1.77	0.14
Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to Liberty Global shareholders per share (in USD per share)	$ (9.52)	$ 2.96	$ 23.59
U.K. JV Transaction
Non-operating income (expense):
Gain (adjustment to gain) on JV Transaction	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 10,873.8
AtlasEdge JV
Non-operating income (expense):
Share of results of affiliates, net (note 7)	(31.1)	(23.3)	(5.8)
Gain (adjustment to gain) on JV Transaction	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	$ 227.5