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Business & Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Business & Basis of Presentation (Details)
subscriber in Millions, $ in Millions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 16, 2020
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2020
USD ($)
segment
subscriber
satellite_radio_system
Jun. 30, 2019
USD ($)
Feb. 10, 2020
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2019
USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Number of reportable segments | segment   2      
Number of satellite radio systems | satellite_radio_system   2      
Loss on restructuring   $ 24 $ 0    
Simplecast          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Consideration for acquisition $ 28        
SoundCloud Holdings, LLC          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Equity method investments       $ 75  
Equity Method Investee | Sirius XM Canada          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Equity method investment, equity interest percentage   70.00%      
Equity method investment, voting interest percentage   33.00%      
Equity method investments   $ 314     $ 321
Common Stock | Management | Liberty Media          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Related party ownership percentage   73.00%      
Sirius XM          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Number of subscribers | subscriber   34.3      
Pandora          
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]          
Number of subscribers | subscriber   6.3