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Financial Statement Balances and Amounts of VIEs and Subsidiaries Included in Consolidating Financial Statements After Elimination of Intercompany Balances and Transactions Among VIEs and Subsidiaries within Group (Detail)
¥ in Millions, $ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
CNY (¥)
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2024
CNY (¥)
Dec. 31, 2023
CNY (¥)
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Cash and cash equivalents ¥ 24,606   ¥ 24,832 ¥ 25,231 $ 3,519
Short-term investments, net 90,661   102,608   12,964
Total current assets 151,970   168,849   21,732
Fixed assets, net 26,281   30,102   3,758
Long-term investments, net 44,918   41,721   6,423
Long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments 123,862   98,535   17,712
Total non-current assets 297,187   258,931   42,497
Total 449,157   427,780   64,229
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 38,891   41,443   5,561
Total current third-party liabilities 86,328   80,953   12,344
Total non-current third-party liabilities 73,103   63,215   10,454
Revenue 129,079 $ 18,458 133,125 134,598  
Net income (loss) 5,457 780 24,175 21,549  
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (3,013) (431) 21,234 36,615  
Net cash used in investing activities (25,136) (3,594) (8,555) (50,397)  
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities 17,142 2,451 (13,759) (14,162)  
Variable Interest Entity          
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Cash and cash equivalents 2,803   1,991   401
Short-term investments, net 4,748   5,473   679
Others 21,875   18,331   3,128
Total current assets 29,426   25,795   4,208
Fixed assets, net 9,086   12,583   1,299
Long-term investments, net 17,652   16,410   2,524
Long-term time deposits and held-to-maturity investments 3,715   3,384   531
Others 50,905   41,806   7,280
Total non-current assets 81,358   74,183   11,634
Total 110,784   99,978   15,842
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 17,157   18,527   2,453
Others 20,008   21,184   2,862
Total current third-party liabilities 37,165   39,711   5,315
Total non-current third-party liabilities 8,242   7,352   1,179
Total 93,553   73,992   13,378
Revenue 74,650 10,675 66,755 67,001  
Net income (loss) (10,149) (1,451) 2,625 4,202  
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (14,504) (2,074) (7,363) 5,328  
Net cash used in investing activities (4,985) (713) (7,584) (2,381)  
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities 20,398 $ 2,917 12,098 ¥ (1,998)  
Variable Interest Entity | Amounts due to the entities within Baidu          
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]          
Amounts due to the other entities within Baidu [1] ¥ 48,146   ¥ 26,929   $ 6,884
[1] It represents the elimination of intercompany balances among Baidu, Inc., primary beneficiaries of VIEs excluding Baidu, Inc., other subsidiaries and the VIEs and VIEs’ subsidiaries.