Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 436,929	$ 466,490	$ 384,822	$ 477,197	$ 247,432	$ 240,777	$ 204,163	$ 266,089		$ 958,461	$ 1,479,943
Expenses
Total expenses		362,288	395,701	335,701	369,107	215,874	227,188	221,017	206,283	$ 1,462,797	870,362	1,504,758
Other income (expense)
Total other income		26,620	32,787	35,262	27,870	(12,678)	38,754	67,926	2,240	122,539	96,242	174,674
Income before taxes		101,261	103,576	84,383	135,960	18,880	52,343	51,072	62,046	425,180	184,341	149,859
Income tax expense (benefit)										52,376	32,202	(23,052)
Net income		84,475	91,875	74,878	121,576	16,337	47,212	14,169	74,421	372,804	152,139	172,911
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests related to consolidated VIEs												35,915
Net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation		38,465	33,331	32,139	44,949	11,937	15,910	(11,775)	40,948	148,884	57,020	76,178
Less: Series A Preferred Stock dividends paid		5,425	5,425	5,425	5,425	5,425	5,425	5,425	5,425	21,700	21,700	21,700
Net income attributable to Ares Management Corporation Class A common stockholders		$ 33,040	$ 27,906	$ 26,714	$ 39,524	$ 6,512	$ 10,485	$ (17,200)	$ 35,523	$ 127,184	$ 35,320	$ 54,478
Net income per share of Class A common stock
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.27	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.36	$ 0.05	$ 0.09	$ (0.20)	$ 0.39	$ 1.11	$ 0.30	$ 0.62
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.25	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.36	$ 0.05	$ 0.09	$ (0.20)	$ 0.28	$ 1.06	$ 0.30	$ 0.62
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock:
Basic (in shares)	[1]									107,914,953	96,023,147	81,838,007
Diluted (in shares)										119,877,429	96,023,147	81,838,007
Consolidated Funds
Expenses
Expenses of Consolidated Funds										$ 42,045	$ 53,764	$ 39,020
Other income (expense)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments										15,136	(1,583)	100,124
Interest expense										(277,745)	(222,895)	(126,727)
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds										395,599	337,875	187,721
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests related to consolidated VIEs										39,704	20,512	60,818
AOG
Other income (expense)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests related to consolidated VIEs										184,216	74,607	35,915
Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										1,765,438	958,461	1,479,943
Expenses
Compensation and benefits										653,352	570,380	514,109
Performance related compensation										497,181	30,254	479,722
General, administrative and other expenses										270,219	215,964	196,730
Transaction support expense										0	0	275,177
Total expenses											870,362
Other income (expense)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments										9,554	(1,884)	8,262
Interest and dividend income										7,506	7,028	7,043
Interest expense										(19,671)	(21,448)	(21,219)
Other income (expense), net										(7,840)	(851)	19,470
Total other income											96,242
Income tax expense (benefit)										52,906	32,071	(24,939)
Management fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										979,417	802,502	722,419
Carried interest allocation
Revenues
Total revenues										621,872
Carried interest allocation | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										621,872	42,410	620,454
Incentive fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										69,197	63,380	16,220
Principal investment income (loss) | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										56,555	(1,455)	64,444
Administrative, transaction and other fees
Revenues
Total revenues										0
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Ares Management L.P
Revenues
Total revenues										$ 38,397	$ 51,624	$ 56,406

[1] Year ended December 31, 2017 represents common units.