Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 12,559,938	$ 11,079,166	$ 24,809,695	$ 21,621,967
Cost of revenues	6,036,965	5,325,311	11,925,203	10,588,458
Sales and marketing	823,838	713,265	1,666,055	1,401,635
Technology and development	1,007,675	824,683	1,967,371	1,647,506
General and administrative	498,850	441,213	1,101,459	862,675
Operating income	4,192,610	3,774,694	8,149,607	7,121,693
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(175,685)	(182,649)	(437,762)	(366,821)
Interest and other income (expense)	51,661	39,630	2,903,827	90,529
Income before income taxes	4,068,586	3,631,675	10,615,672	6,845,401
Provision for income taxes	(667,172)	(506,262)	(1,931,467)	(829,637)
Net income	$ 3,401,414	$ 3,125,413	$ 8,684,205	$ 6,015,764
Earnings per share:
Basic (in USD per share)	$ 0.81	$ 0.74	$ 2.06	$ 1.41
Diluted (in USD per share)	$ 0.80	$ 0.72	$ 2.03	$ 1.38
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	4,189,303	4,252,112	4,205,952	4,262,347
Diluted (in shares)	4,261,300	4,348,825	4,279,776	4,359,167

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2025
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 3,401,414	$ 3,125,413	$ 8,684,205	$ 6,015,764
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Additions to content assets	(4,927,523)	(3,835,813)	(9,774,440)	(7,385,470)
Change in content liabilities	(181,794)	(214,052)	(136,578)	(625,305)
Amortization of content assets	4,311,309	3,832,074	8,529,209	7,655,186
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and intangibles	100,530	80,013	199,105	160,080
Stock-based compensation expense	131,312	80,862	271,717	152,839
Foreign currency remeasurement loss (gain) on debt	(8,813)	55,238	(18,923)	83,785
Other non-cash items	141,356	120,139	339,583	234,869
Deferred income taxes	81,260	(135,755)	140,079	(299,683)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other current assets	111,713	(176,683)	(592,927)	(308,050)
Accounts payable	(157,397)	11,046	(157,243)	(265,380)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(1,249,793)	(267,235)	46,111	39,178
Deferred revenue	54,008	118,635	21,726	207,548
Other non-current assets and liabilities	(63,770)	(370,624)	(517,607)	(452,904)
Net cash provided by operating activities	1,743,812	2,423,258	7,034,017	5,212,457
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(218,644)	(155,889)	(414,774)	(284,166)
Acquisitions	0	0	(585,744)	0
Purchases of investments	0	(1,650)	0	(157,665)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of investments	0	962,413	0	1,732,367
Other investing activities	0	(36,190)	0	(36,190)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(218,644)	768,684	(1,000,518)	1,254,346
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of debt	0	(1,033,450)	0	(1,833,450)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	59,980	169,066	109,290	520,668
Repurchases of common stock	(4,714,403)	(1,654,327)	(5,984,991)	(5,190,723)
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(6,631)	(6,114)	(35,861)	(33,984)
Other financing activities	(8,573)	21,957	11,121	6,305
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,669,627)	(2,502,868)	(5,900,441)	(6,531,184)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(19,628)	287,471	(69,466)	437,617
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	(3,164,087)	976,545	63,592	373,236
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period	12,266,873	7,204,028	9,039,194	7,807,337
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$ 9,102,786	$ 8,180,573	$ 9,102,786	$ 8,180,573

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 9,099,232	$ 9,033,681
Short-term investments	28,678	28,678
Other current assets	4,725,393	3,957,832
Total current assets	13,853,303	13,020,191
Content assets, net	33,837,573	32,778,392
Property and equipment, net	2,398,848	2,004,350
Other non-current assets	8,360,717	7,794,060
Total assets	58,450,441	55,596,993
Current liabilities:
Current content liabilities	3,866,522	4,084,854
Accounts payable	814,551	900,612
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	3,172,611	3,220,869
Deferred revenue	1,797,456	1,775,730
Short-term debt	2,483,758	998,865
Total current liabilities	12,134,898	10,980,930
Non-current content liabilities	1,625,600	1,579,476
Long-term debt	11,825,548	13,463,971
Other non-current liabilities	2,712,343	2,957,128
Total liabilities	28,298,389	28,981,505
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 49,900,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 4,163,939,676 and 4,222,162,150 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively	7,670,503	7,286,410
Treasury stock at cost (413,373,678 and 346,541,145 shares at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively)	(28,387,657)	(22,372,658)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(97,117)	(580,382)
Retained earnings	50,966,323	42,282,118
Total stockholders’ equity	30,152,052	26,615,488
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$ 58,450,441	$ 55,596,993