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Organization and Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Organization and Description of Business	Jan. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Description of Business	Organization and Description of Business Description of Business Yext, Inc. ("Yext" or the "Company"), a search experience cloud company, puts businesses in control of their facts online by delivering brand-verified answers. The Yext platform lets businesses structure the facts about their brands in a database called a Knowledge Graph. The Yext platform is built to leverage the structured data stored in the Knowledge Graph to power direct answers on a business' own website, as well as across approximately 175 service and application providers, which the Company refers to as its Knowledge Network, and includes Amazon Alexa, Apple Maps, Bing, Cortana, Facebook, Google, Google Assistant, Google Maps, Siri and Yelp. The Yext platform powers all of the Company's key features, including Listings, Pages, and Answers, along with its other features and capabilities. Fiscal Year The Company's fiscal year ends on January 31^st. References to fiscal 2020, for example, are to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020.