UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EQUITY (USD $)	Preferred Shares [Member]	Common Shares [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	YOU On Demand Shareholders' Equity [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 15,794	$ 67,417,025	$ (65,856,053)	$ (715,090)	$ 861,676	$ (1,397,322)	$ (535,646)
Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		15,794,762
Stock option compensation			718,969			718,969		718,969
Common shares issued for services (Shares)		73,600
Common stock and options issued for Sinotop acquisition earn-out		245	739,265			739,510		739,510
Common stock and options issued for Sinotop acquisition earn-out (Shares)		245,274
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into common stock		140	219,614			219,754		219,754
Conversion of Series C Preferred Stock into common stock (Shares)		140,000
Series D Preferred Stock cash dividends				(92,054)		(92,054)		(92,054)
Series E Preferred Stock issued	14,286		24,985,714			25,000,000		25,000,000
Series E Preferred Stock issued (shares)	14,285,714
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock	(6,726)	6,726
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock (Shares)	(6,725,716)	6,725,716
Issuance costs in connection with the issuance of Series E Preferred Stock			(4,552,347)			(4,552,347)		(4,552,347)
Valuation of warrants issued to placement agent in connection with the issuance of Series E Preferred Stock			2,166,296			2,166,296		2,166,296
Beneficial conversion feature of Series E Preferred Stock			16,388,572	(16,388,572)
Beneficial conversion feature related to convertible note modification			2,126,301			2,126,301		2,126,301
Sale of subsidiary and dissolution of variable interest entity					(633,984)	(633,984)		(633,984)
Common stock issued for services		74	179,926			180,000		180,000
Exercise of warrants		607	2,374,575			2,375,182		2,375,182
Exercise of warrants (Shares)		607,480
Exercise of options		12	1,040			1,052		1,052
Exercise of options (shares)		11,598
Net loss attributable to YOU On Demand shareholders				(9,956,711)		(9,956,711)	(696,708)	(10,653,419)
Foreign currency translation adjustments					(32,627)	(32,627)	10,720	(21,907)
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2014	$ 7,560	$ 23,598	$ 112,764,950	$ (92,293,390)	$ (1,381,701)	$ 19,121,017	$ (2,083,310)	$ 17,037,707
Ending Balance (Shares) at Sep. 30, 2014	7,559,998	23,598,430