SEGMENT REPORTING - Revenue Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	$ 813,362	$ 714,999
Total segment revenue	653,681	553,479
Ares Management L.P
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Total revenues	813,362	714,999
Operating segment | Ares Management L.P
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Performance income—unrealized	(127,713)	(133,532)
Total segment revenue	653,681	553,479
Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Total segment revenue	(159,681)	(161,520)
Principal investment income, net of eliminations	(35,457)	(14,490)
Reconciling items | Non-Controlling interest | Subsidiaries
Revenue adjustment
Total segment revenue	(10,909)	(10,593)
OMG
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	(4,640)	(5,876)
Management fees
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Total revenues	600,516	477,332
Management fees | Operating segment | Ares Management L.P
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Total revenues	602,619	482,921
Management fees | OMG
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Total revenues	0	0
Management fees | Consolidated Funds  | Eliminations
Revenue adjustment
Total segment revenue	11,601	11,479
Carried interest
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Total revenues	151,488	178,289
Carried interest | Consolidated Funds  | Eliminations
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Total revenues	3,407	0
Incentive fees
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Total revenues	8,923	16,422
Incentive fees | Consolidated Funds  | Eliminations
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Total revenues	138	34
Administrative, transaction and other fees
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Total revenues	29,677	34,630
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Reconciling items
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Total revenues	(13,650)	(19,475)
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Consolidated Funds  | Reconciling items
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Total revenues	4,843	4,769
Principal investment income
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Total revenues	22,758	8,326
Principal investment income | Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Principal investment income, net of eliminations	$ (22,758)	$ (8,326)