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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Pre-tax unrecognized compensation cost $ 145.1us-gaap_EmployeeServiceShareBasedCompensationNonvestedAwardsTotalCompensationCostNotYetRecognized    
Weighted average period for recognizing compensation cost (in years) 1 year 2 months    
Closing stock price (in dollars per share) $ 62.96us-gaap_SharePrice    
In the money options exercisable (in shares) 2,700,000akam_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsInMoneyVestedAndExercisableNumber    
Prolexic      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Stock options acquired in acquisition 328,000akam_BusinessCombinationStockOptionsAcquiredinAcquisition
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Capitalized Internal Use Software      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Additional stock based compensation 10.3akam_AmortizationOfCapitalizedInternalUseSoftware
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8.1akam_AmortizationOfCapitalizedInternalUseSoftware
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7.7akam_AmortizationOfCapitalizedInternalUseSoftware
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Stock options      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted (in dollars per share) $ 49.67us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 14.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 25.20us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Total pre-tax intrinsic value of options exercised 45.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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47.2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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47.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodTotalIntrinsicValue
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Total fair value of vested options 16.9akam_TotalFairValueOfVestedOptions
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12.4akam_TotalFairValueOfVestedOptions
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16.6akam_TotalFairValueOfVestedOptions
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ESPP      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Weighted average fair value of equity instruments other than options granted (in dollars per share) $ 12.64us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 11.34us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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$ 8.71us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Deferred Stock Units      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Weighted average fair value of equity instruments other than options granted (in dollars per share) $ 54.06us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Each DSU receives this number of shares of common stock upon vesting (in whole numbers) 1akam_StockRatioForEachDsuToCommonStock
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Holder elect to defer vested shares period, minimum (in years) 1 year    
Holder elect to defer vested shares period, maximum (in years) 10 years    
The amount typically vested by anniversary grant date (percentage) 100.00%akam_DeferredStockUnitsTypicallyVestedByAnniversaryGrantDatePercentage
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Number of years from date of grant DSUs are fully vested (in years)   2 years  
Director's minimum period of service before vesting accelerates (in years) 1 year    
Total pre-tax intrinsic value end of year 1.4akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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3.8akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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2.3akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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Total fair value of vested and distributed 0.8us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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1.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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2.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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Unvested deferred stock units (in shares) 57,000akam_UnvestedDeferredStockUnits
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Aggregate intrinsic value 3.6akam_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsUnvestedOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue
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Weighted average contractual remaining life (in years) 6 years 2 months    
Deferred Stock Units | First Anniversary      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Vesting percentage   50.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Deferred Stock Units | Remaining After First Anniversary      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Vesting percentage   50.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Deferred Stock Units | Equal Installments After First Anniversary      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Vesting percentage   12.50%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Deferred Stock Units | Director Vesting Acceleration      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Vesting percentage 100.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Weighted average fair value of equity instruments other than options granted (in dollars per share) $ 59.72us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Total pre-tax intrinsic value end of year 145.6akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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117.5akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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98.3akam_IntrinsicValuePreTaxOtherThanOptions
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Total fair value of vested and distributed 86.9us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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89.2us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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71.4us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue
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Aggregate intrinsic value 285.7akam_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsUnvestedOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue
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Weighted average contractual remaining life (in years) 5 years 7 months    
Each RSU receives this number of shares of common stock upon vesting (in shares) 1akam_StockRatioForEachRSUToCommonStock
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Restricted stock unit vesting provision, minimum (in years) 3 years    
Restricted stock unit vesting provision, maximum (in years) 4 years    
Number of equity instruments other than options unvested (in shares) 4,500,000akam_UnvestedRestrictedStockUnits
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2009 Plan      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Common stock available for grant (in shares) 3,800,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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2013 Plan      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Common stock approved for issuance under plan (in shares) 8,000,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAuthorized
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Common stock available for grant (in shares) 10,200,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNumberOfSharesAvailableForGrant
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1999 ESPP      
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]      
Maximum amount of shares available for issuance (in shares) 1,500,000akam_MaximumAmountOfSharesAvailableForIssuance
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Aggregate amount of shares available, maximum (in shares) 20,000,000akam_AggregateMaximumAmountOfSharesAvailable
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Discount on fair market value for purchase of stock (in percentage) 15.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardDiscountFromMarketPricePurchaseDate
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Share purchase interval term (in months) 6 months    
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (in shares) 700,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
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600,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
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700,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesEmployeeStockPurchasePlans
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Weighted average purchase price (in dollars per share) $ 41.76us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased
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$ 34.26us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased
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$ 24.76us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPerShareWeightedAveragePriceOfSharesPurchased
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Total cash proceeds from shares purchased 29.3us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlans
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22.1us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlans
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16.8us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSharesUnderIncentiveAndShareBasedCompensationPlans
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Amount withheld from employees for future purchases $ 3.0akam_StockBasedCompensationAmountWithheldFromEmployeesForFuturePurchases
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