Document and Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Nov. 04, 2020
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2020
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Entity Registrant Name	Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II
Entity Central Index Key	0001801169
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Shell Company	true
Common Class A
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share
Trading Symbol	IPOB
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		41,400,000
Common Class B
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		10,350,000
Unit of redeemable warrant
Document Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50
Trading Symbol	IPOB WS