Business Acquisitions - ZenContent (Details Textual) - USD ($)								3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Nov. 01, 2019	Nov. 01, 2018	Jul. 17, 2018	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Jul. 31, 2019	Jul. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Oct. 21, 2016
ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred, payment period							3 years
Business combination , percentage of contingent liability paid in installments					33.00%
Payment for contingent consideration liability, investing activities				$ 9,818
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, number of shares							86,207
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, value assigned						$ 600,000	$ 600,000
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangement, target revenue rate of reduction							30.00%
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, description						three equal annual installment payments totaling $1,000,000
Contingent performance payments											$ 342,861
Business combination guarantee fee reduction amount										$ 300,000
Compensation expense, acquisition guaranteed payments								$ 5,209	$ 28,125	28,125	151,042
Guarantee purchase price basis spread on variable rate							2.00%
Interest expense, acquisition costs								$ 3,872	$ 6,572	15,567	22,616
Business combination, consideration transferred							$ 400,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability				$ 90,000		$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Number of months to maintain minimum revenue thresholds															36 months
Business combinations, separately recognized transactions, content only revenue													$ 3,500,000		$ 2,500,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, percentage paid in cash				1.00%		33.00%	33.00%										1.00%
Fair value assumptions, risk adjusted discount							17.00%
Number of simulation trials							250,000
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, change in amount of contingent consideration, liability										(485,747)						$ 324,000
Compensation expense, acquisition contingent payments										160,890
Increase in the fair value of the contingent performance payments											62,000
ZenContent [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, change in amount of contingent consideration, liability										(646,637)
Increase in the fair value of the contingent performance payments											184,444
ZenContent [Member] | Compensation Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Increase in the fair value of the contingent performance payments											$ 122,444
Estimated Gross Purchase Consideration [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	[1]						$ 400,000
Stock issued for payment of acquisition liability (shares)							86,207
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interests issued and issuable	[1]						$ 600,000
Contingent performance payments	[2]						2,500,000
Business combination, consideration transferred							4,433,565
Initial Present Value [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	[1]						400,000
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interests issued and issuable	[1]						600,000
Contingent performance payments	[2]						230,000
Business combination, consideration transferred							$ 1,796,547
Remaining Present and Fair Value [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	[1]									0				$ 0
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interests issued and issuable	[1]									0				0
Contingent performance payments	[2]									88,055				744,510
Business combination, consideration transferred										404,827				$ 1,350,923
Business combination, contingent consideration arrangements, change in amount of contingent consideration, liability										99,818
Working Capital Adjustment [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, provisional information, initial accounting incomplete, adjustment, consideration transferred										$ 66,435
First Installment Payment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred					$ 266,898
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability					333,333										333,333
Working capital adjustment					$ 66,435										$ 66,435
Subsequent Event [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment for contingent consideration liability, investing activities		$ 45,000	$ 45,000
Business combinations, separately recognized transactions, content only revenue												$ 4,500,000
Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability, measurement input						0.055	0.055
Measurement Input, Price Volatility [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability, measurement input						0.45	0.45
Maximum [Member] | ZenContent [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred							$ 4,500,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability						$ 2,500,000	$ 2,500,000

[1] The aggregate consideration paid at closing for the acquisition of ZenContent consisted of a cash payment of $400,000 and the issuance of 86,207 shares of IZEA common stock valued at $600,000.

[2] The contingent performance payments were subject to ZenContent achieving certain minimum revenue thresholds over 36 months. ZenContent was required to meet minimum revenues of $2.5 million, $3.5 million and $4.5 million in the first, second and third respective 12-month periods following the closing in order to receive any portion of the contingent performance payments. Of these payments, 33% of each such annual installment or contingent performance payment was to be in the form of cash and the remainder of such payment was to be in the form of either cash or additional shares of IZEA common stock, at the Company's option. The value of the Company's common stock would be valued using a thirty (30) trading day volume-weighted average closing price as reported by the NASDAQ Capital Market. These contingent performance payments were subject to downward adjustment of up to 30% if ZenContent's co-founder was terminated by IZEA for cause or she terminated her employment without good reason. On July 31, 2016, the Company initially determined the fair value of the $2,500,000 contingent payments to be $230,000. The fair value of the contingent performance payments is required to be revalued each quarter and is calculated using a Monte-Carlo simulation to simulate revenue over the future periods. Since the contingent consideration has an option like structure, a risk-neutral framework is considered appropriate for the valuation. The Company started with a risk-adjusted measure of forecasted revenue (using a risk-adjusted discount rate of 17%) and assumed it will follow geometric Brownian motion to simulate the revenue at future dates. Once the initial revenue was estimated based off of projections, payout was calculated for each year and present valued to incorporate the credit risk associated with these payments. The Company's fair value conclusion was based on the average payment from 250,000 simulation trials. The volatility used for the simulation was 45%. The interest rate used for the simulation was the Company's current borrowing rate of prime plus 2% at the time of valuation. Due to the adjustment in payments pursuant to the second amendment to the ZenContent Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company revalued its estimate of the contingent performance payment as of September 30, 2018 to be $99,818 and determined that current fair value of the contingent performance payments was $88,055 compared to $744,510 as of December 31, 2017. The change in the estimated fair value of contingent performance payable resulted in a $646,637 decrease in general and administrative expense in the Company's consolidated statement of operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Of this amount, $160,890 was allocated to compensation expense and $485,747 was allocated as a change in the fair value of the contingent performance payments. The Company revalued its estimate of the contingent performance payment as of September 30, 2017 based on actual results and projections at the time and determined that current fair value of the contingent performance payments was $342,861 compared to $324,000 as of December 31, 2016. The change in the estimated fair value of contingent performance payable resulted in a $184,444 increase in general and administrative expense in the Company's consolidated statement of operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Of this amount, $122,444 was allocated to compensation expense and a gain of $62,000 was allocated as a change in the fair value of the contingent performance payments.