UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY - USD ($)	Preferred Shares [Member]	Preferred Shares [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [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
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2013			$ 15,794	$ 67,417,025	$ (65,856,053)	$ (715,090)	$ 861,676	$ (1,397,322)	$ (535,646)
Beginning Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2013			15,794,762
Share-based compensation				718,969			718,969		718,969
Common stock issued for services			$ 74	179,926			180,000		180,000
Common stock 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
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
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2014		$ 7,365	$ 23,794	96,347,272	(78,356,567)	(66,032)	17,955,832	(1,982,119)	15,973,713
Beginning Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		7,365,283	23,793,702
Share-based compensation				300,797			300,797		300,797
Common stock issued for services			$ 121	216,985			217,106		217,106
Common stock issued for services (Shares)			120,755
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock		$ (110)	$ 110
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock (Shares)		(110,286)	110,286
Exercise of options			$ 3	(3)
Exercise of options (Shares)			3,181
Net loss attributable to YOU On Demand shareholders					(6,201,527)		(6,201,527)	(376,893)	(6,578,420)
Foreign currency translation adjustments						(200,710)	(200,710)	17,780	(182,930)
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2015		$ 7,255	$ 24,028	$ 96,865,051	$ (84,558,094)	$ (266,742)	$ 12,071,498	$ (2,341,232)	$ 9,730,266
Ending Balance (Shares) at Sep. 30, 2015		7,254,997	24,027,924