Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Elected Decrease, Percentage

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Payments To Acquire Businesses, Gross, Elected Increase, Amount

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Payments To Acquire Businesses, Gross, Elected Increase, Percentage

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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The amount of indemnification assets (amounts to be reimbursed if and when certain assumed liabilities are paid) recognized at the acquisition date of a business combination.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Feb. 04, 2021	Feb. 28, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2022	Apr. 29, 2021
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share Price (in USD per share)		$ 40.05							$ 49.21
Goodwill					$ 969,873	$ 969,873		$ 978,217
SpotX, Inc \| SpringServe
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Prior investment							$ 2,100
Fair value of prior investment	$ 9,500	$ 7,500
SpotX, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash Consideration		$ 640,000	$ 560,000
Issued in merger (in shares)		12,374,315	14,000,000
Cash consideration, elected increase, percent		20.00%
Cash consideration, elected increase, amount		$ 80,000
Shares issued, elected decrease, percent		20.00%
Shares issued, elected decrease, value		$ 80,000
Purchase price prior to working capital adjustments		1,100,000
Working capital adjustment		65,152
Purchase price		1,200,743	$ 1,200,000
Stock Consideration (Fair Value of Shares of Magnite common stock)		495,591
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance decrease						56,200
Intangible assets acquired		429,600
Deferred tax liability, net		103,039
Goodwill		$ 782,719
SpotX, Inc \| Non-compete agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		1 year
Intangible assets acquired		$ 1,500
SpotX, Inc \| Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life		5 years
Intangible assets acquired		$ 280,400
SpotX, Inc \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets acquired		$ 130,300
SpringServe
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash Consideration	31,136
Purchase price held back to cover possible indemnification claims	1,400
Intangible assets acquired	23,400
Deferred tax liability, net	6,154
Goodwill	$ 24,156
SpringServe \| Non-compete agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	2 years
Intangible assets acquired	$ 500
SpringServe \| Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	5 years
Intangible assets acquired	$ 15,500
SpringServe \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life	2 years
Intangible assets acquired	$ 5,700
Nth Party, Ltd.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price					9,000
Deferred tax liability, net					1,300	1,300
Goodwill					$ 4,800	$ 4,800
Nth Party, Ltd. \| Non-compete agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life					2 years
Intangible assets acquired					$ 200
Nth Party, Ltd. \| Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life					5 years
Intangible assets acquired					$ 5,400
Carbon (AI) Limited and Mode Technologies, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price				$ 23,100
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability				2,300
Goodwill				$ 8,500
Carbon (AI) Limited and Mode Technologies, Inc. \| Non-compete agreements
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life				2 years
Intangible assets acquired				$ 200
Carbon (AI) Limited and Mode Technologies, Inc. \| Technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life				5 years
Intangible assets acquired				$ 14,200
Carbon (AI) Limited and Mode Technologies, Inc. \| Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Useful Life				6 months
Intangible assets acquired				$ 200