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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Property and equipment per unit value, minimum $ 1,000akam_PropertyAndEquipmentPerUnitValueMinimum    
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful life, minimum (in years) 1 year    
Advertising expense 2,700,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 2,700,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 2,800,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Minimum percentage of tax benefit to be recognized (in percentage) 50.00%akam_MinimumPercentageOfTaxBenefitToBeRecognized    
Historical useful life | Computer and networking equipment      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives (in years) 3 years    
Service life | Computer and networking equipment      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Property, plant and equipment, estimated useful lives (in years) 4 years    
Reduced depreciation      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Change in accounting estimate, financial impact 21,100,000akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpact
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ReducedDepreciationMember
45,700,000akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpact
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= us-gaap_ReducedDepreciationMember
 
Increased net income      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Change in accounting estimate, financial impact $ 15,500,000akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpact
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= akam_IncreasedNetIncomeMember
$ 33,600,000akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpact
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= akam_IncreasedNetIncomeMember
 
Increased basic net Income per share      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Change in accounting estimate, financial impact (in dollars per share)   $ 0.19akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpactPerShare
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= akam_IncreasedBasicNetIncomePerShareMember
 
Increased diluted net Income per share      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Change in accounting estimate, financial impact (in dollars per share) $ 0.09akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpactPerShare
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= akam_IncreasedDilutedNetIncomePerShareMember
$ 0.18akam_ChangeInAccountingEstimateFinancialImpactPerShare
/ us-gaap_ChangeInAccountingEstimateByTypeAxis
= akam_IncreasedDilutedNetIncomePerShareMember
 
Sales | Customer concentration risk      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers (in whole numbers) 0akam_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
0akam_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
0akam_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Concentration risk, percentage (in percentage) 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_SalesMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
Accounts receivable | Customer concentration risk      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]      
Concentration risk, number of customers (in whole numbers) 0akam_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
1akam_ConcentrationRiskNumberofCustomers
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
 
Concentration risk, percentage (in percentage) 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember
10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis
= us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember