UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash	$ 2,403,761	$ 3,768,897
Restricted cash	0	2,994,364
Accounts receivable, net	3,094,770	1,689,415
Licensed content, current	711,683	556,591
Prepaid expenses	512,445	362,421
Deferred issuance cost	0	551,218
Other current assets	159,482	157,594
Total current assets	6,882,141	10,080,500
Property and equipment, net	93,589	154,434
Licensed content, non-current	17,726,840	21,085
Intangible assets, net	2,591,122	2,412,591
Goodwill	6,648,911	6,648,911
Long term investments	6,118,445	450,115
Other non-current assets	2,124,417	58,089
Total assets	42,185,465	19,825,725
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable (including accounts payable of consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) without recourse to the Company of $651,254 and $44,867 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	651,254	45,788
Deferred revenue (including deferred revenue of VIEs without recourse to the Company of $1,232 and $15,080 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	1,232	15,080
Accrued expenses (including accrued expenses of VIEs without recourse to the Company of $390,176 and $280,038 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	1,440,228	1,196,066
Accrued salaries (including accrued salaries of VIEs without recourse to the Company of nil and $10,861 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	1,344,883	1,058,124
Other current liabilities (including other current liabilities of VIEs without recourse to the Company of $361,908 and $298,422 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	521,374	312,170
Accrued license content fees (including accrued license content fees of VIEs without recourse to the Company of $1,518,112 and $933,532 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)	1,518,112	933,532
Convertible promissory notes	3,000,000	3,000,000
Warrant liabilities	251,611	395,217
Deposit payable	0	2,994,364
Total current liabilities	8,728,694	9,950,341
Deferred income taxes	312,900	330,124
Total liabilities	9,041,594	10,280,465
Commitments and contingencies	0	0
Equity:
Common stock $0.001 par value; 1,500,000,000 shares authorized, 38,170,204 and 24,249,109 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	38,170	24,249
Additional paid-in capital	125,179,330	97,512,542
Accumulated deficit	(90,182,400)	(86,457,840)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(632,980)	(414,910)
Total YOU On Demand shareholder's equity	34,409,275	10,671,296
Non-controlling interest	(2,527,399)	(2,388,031)
Total equity	31,881,876	8,283,265
Total liabilities, convertible redeemable preferred stock and equity	42,185,465	19,825,725
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Convertible redeemable preferred stock:
Series A - 7,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, liquidation and deemed liquidation preference of $3,500,000 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	1,261,995	1,261,995
Series E Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity:
Series E Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value; 16,500,000 shares authorized, 7,154,997 and 7,254,997 shares issued and outstanding, liquidation preference of $12,521,245 and $12,696,245 as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	$ 7,155	$ 7,255