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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual)

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 26, 2020
Dec. 31, 2020
Jun. 30, 2020
Jun. 30, 2019
Jun. 30, 2018
Sep. 01, 2020
Jun. 17, 2019
Common stock, shares authorized   75,000,000 75,000,000 10,589,746      
Common stock, par value   $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001      
Preferred stock, par value   $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001      
Preferred stock, shares authorized   5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000      
Preferred stock, shares issued   0 0 0      
Preferred stock, shares outstanding   0 0 0      
Issuance of preferred shares   0 0 0      
Common stock issued for cash consideration   113,375          
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock   $ 12,000,000 $ 10,000,000      
One-time charge   $ 3,400,000          
Sale of stock, description   we sold 5,750,000 units at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, inclusive of 750,000 units sold to the underwriters on February 8, 2018, upon the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option.          
Price per share   $ 11.50         $ 10.16
Options exercised   2,667,349       4,798,271  
Initial public offering, shares   113,375          
Units sold to the underwriters   $ 11,032,380   $ 10,000,000      
Purchase price   $ 3.55          
Maximum [Member]              
Shares authorized for issuance 1,565,038            
Minimum [Member]              
Shares authorized for issuance 525,000            
Equity Incentive Plan [Member]              
Common stock reserved             1,040,038
Public warrant [Member]              
Sale of stock, description     The Company sold 5,750,000 units at a purchase price of $10.00 per unit, inclusive of 750,000 units sold to the underwriters on February 8, 2018 upon the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option.        
Private warrant [Member]              
Sale of stock, description     An affiliated party purchased an aggregate of 225,000 units at $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,250,000. On February 8, 2018, the MTech consummated the sale of an additional 18,750 private units at a price of $10.00 per unit generating gross proceeds of $187,500. Each unit consists of one share of MTech’s common stock and one warrant (“Private Warrants”).        
Restricted Shares [Member]              
Sale of stock, description     Additional 107,618 Restricted Shares were granted (402,824 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio), 68,794 Restricted Shares were forfeited (257,500 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio), and 118,705 Restricted Shares vested (444,324 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio). At June 30, 2019, there were 215,063 unvested Restricted Shares outstanding (805,000 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio)   181,000 Restricted Shares were granted (677,500 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio), 64,785 Restricted Shares were forfeited (242,500 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio), and 75,406 Restricted Shares vested (282,250 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio). At June 30, 2018, there were 294,944 Restricted Shares outstanding (1,104,000 PIUs before retroactively applying the exchange ratio).    
Stock-based compensation expenses related to unvested restricted shares   $ 1,300,000 $ 1,300,000        
Estimated remaining vesting period   3 years 1 month 6 days          
Unrecognized costs   $ 4,400,000          
Compensation cost capitalized   $ 100,000 $ 100,000        
IPO [Member]              
Sale of stock, description     There were also 250,000 options sold to an affiliate party to purchase up to 250,000 units exercisable at $10.00 per unit (“Option Shares”). The unit purchase option could be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option. Each unit consisted of one share of Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and one warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of Company’s common stock. The unit purchase option was exercised on a cashless basis into 189,365 shares of common stock and 189,365 warrants, which were outstanding as of June 30, 2019.        
Private Placement [Member]              
Sale of stock, description     The Company also provided each investor the ability to purchase additional shares of Akerna common stock at a price of $10.21 per share, up to their pro rata share of the 901,074 Private Placement Shares purchased.        
Options exercised   901,074