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Long-Term And Short-Term Debt, Gross

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Borrowings - Warehouse Credit Facilities (Details) - USD ($)			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 27, 2025	Jun. 26, 2025	Jun. 30, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total payments due			$ 1,449,649,000	$ 1,425,984,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Auto Warehouse Trust \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			0
Assets pledged as collateral			0	167,166,000
Total payments due			$ 0	23,228,000
Basis spread on variable rate			3.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Auto Warehouse Trust 2 \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 50,000,000
Assets pledged as collateral			11,000	19,396,000
Total payments due			$ 0	11,353,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Auto Warehouse Trust 2 \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			0.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Auto Warehouse Trust 2 \| Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			4.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Loan Trust
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 325,000,000
Assets pledged as collateral			181,728,000	74,541,000
Total payments due			$ 115,232,000	34,217,000
Basis spread on variable rate	2.40%	2.80%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Loan Trust \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			2.40%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Loan Trust \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate			3.80%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart Small Dollar Loan Trust
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 100,000,000
Assets pledged as collateral			134,723,000	108,980,000
Total payments due			$ 74,307,000	61,807,000
Commitment fee threshold			75.00%
Basis spread on variable rate			5.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Upstart High Yield Loan Trust
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 150,000,000
Assets pledged as collateral			7,000	87,493,000
Total payments due			$ 0	65,000,000
Basis spread on variable rate			2.80%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Warehouse credit facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 625,000,000
Assets pledged as collateral			316,469,000	457,576,000
Total payments due			$ 189,539,000	$ 195,605,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Warehouse credit facilities \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused commitment fee			0.50%
Revolving Credit Facility \| Warehouse credit facilities \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused commitment fee			1.00%
Revolving Credit Facility \| ULT Warehouse Credit Facility - UnCommitted
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 150,000,000