SEGMENT REPORTING - Revenue Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	$ 1,093,286	$ 601,430	$ 1,906,648	$ 1,316,429
Total segment revenue	785,107	611,871	1,438,788	1,165,350
Ares Management L.P
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	1,093,286	601,430	1,906,648	1,316,429
Operating segment | Ares Management L.P
Revenue adjustment
Performance (income) loss—unrealized	(288,220)	24,149	(415,933)	(109,383)
Total segment revenue	785,107	611,871	1,438,788	1,165,350
Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Principal investment (income) loss, net of eliminations	(65,242)	(13,493)	(100,699)	(27,983)
Total segment revenue	(308,179)	10,441	(467,860)	(151,079)
Reconciling items | Non-Controlling interest | Subsidiaries
Revenue adjustment
Total segment revenue	(6,421)	(11,982)	(17,330)	(22,575)
OMG
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	(7,848)	(6,417)	(12,488)	(12,293)
Management fees
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	615,271	520,560	1,215,787	997,892
Management fees | Operating segment | Ares Management L.P
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	621,752	524,881	1,224,371	1,007,802
Management fees | OMG
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Management fees | Consolidated Funds  | Eliminations
Revenue adjustment
Total segment revenue	12,005	11,362	23,606	22,841
Carried interest
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	418,466	47,304	569,954	225,593
Carried interest | Consolidated Funds  | Eliminations
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	3,946	0	7,491	34
Administrative, transaction and other fees
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	44,711	33,278	74,388	67,908
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	(16,888)	(15,373)	(30,538)	(34,848)
Administrative, transaction and other fees | Consolidated Funds  | Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	2,135	4,315	6,978	9,084
Principal investment income (loss)
Revenue adjustment
Total revenues	6,888	(4,387)	29,646	3,939
Principal investment income (loss) | Reconciling items
Revenue adjustment
Principal investment (income) loss, net of eliminations	$ (6,888)	$ 4,387	$ (29,646)	$ (3,939)