Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	May 10, 2019
Document And Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	Inuvo, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0000829323
Document Type	10-Q/A
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2019
Amendment Flag	true
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		32,567,447
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Shell Company	false
Quarterly Financial Information, Explanatory Disclosure	We are filing this Form 10-Q/A to correct an inadvertent scrivener’s error in Note 8 - Convertible Promissory Note.