Business & Basis of Presentation (Details) subscriber in Millions |
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Dec. 31, 2019
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satellite_radio_system
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| Number of reportable segments | segment | 2 |
| Number of satellite radio systems | satellite_radio_system | 2 |
| Equity Method Investee | Sirius XM Canada | |
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| Equity method investment, equity interest percentage | 70.00% |
| Equity method investment, voting interest percentage | 33.00% |
| Common Stock | Management | Liberty Media | |
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| Related party ownership percentage | 72.00% |
| Sirius XM | |
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |
| Number of subscribers | 34.9 |
| Pandora | |
| Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |
| Number of subscribers | 6.2 |
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