CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY - USD ($)	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	Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
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		727,363			727,363		727,363
Common stock issued for services	$ 74	142,426			142,500		142,500
Common stock issued for services (Shares)	73,600
Common stock and options issued earn-out for YOD Hong Kong business acquisition	$ 245	739,265			739,510		739,510
Common stock and options issued earn-out for YOD Hong Kong business acquisition (Shares)	245,275
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		24,985,714			25,000,000		25,000,000	$ 14,286
Series E Preferred Stock issued (Shares)								14,285,714
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock	$ 6,921							$ (6,921)
Conversion of Series E Preferred Stock into common stock (Shares)	6,920,431							(6,920,431)
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 related to convertible note modification		2,126,301			2,126,301		2,126,301
Disposal of consolidated entities				716,918	716,918		716,918
Exercise of warrants	$ 608	2,374,575			2,375,183		2,375,183
Exercise of warrants (Shares)	607,480
Exercise of options	$ 12	1,040			1,052		1,052
Exercise of options (Shares)	12,154
Net loss attributable to YOU On Demand shareholders			(12,408,460)		(12,408,460)	(615,683)	(13,024,143)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of nil tax				(67,860)	(67,860)	30,886	(36,974)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 23,794	96,347,272	(78,356,567)	(66,032)	17,955,832	(1,982,119)	15,973,713	$ 7,365
Ending Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2014	23,793,702							7,365,283
Share-based compensation	$ 121	640,494			640,615		640,615
Share-based compensation (Shares)	120,755
Common stock issued for settlement of liability	$ 221	524,779			525,000		525,000
Common stock issued for settlement of liability (Shares)	221,185
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			(8,101,273)		(8,101,273)	(439,648)	(8,540,921)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of nil tax				(348,878)	(348,878)	33,736	(315,142)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 24,249	$ 97,512,542	$ (86,457,840)	$ (414,910)	$ 10,671,296	$ (2,388,031)	$ 8,283,265	$ 7,255
Ending Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2015	24,249,109							7,254,997