SEGMENT REPORTING - Schedule of Financial Results for Company's Operating Segments and OMG (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Segment reporting
Total revenues	$ 1,129,739	$ 671,255	$ 2,625,784	$ 2,577,903
Compensation and benefits	(435,876)	(367,502)	(1,268,685)	(1,095,833)
General, administrative and other expenses	197,019	211,842	537,379	501,340
Total
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(360,013)	(291,571)	(980,181)	(859,530)
General, administrative and other expenses	125,787	99,806	367,144	290,569
Fee related earnings	339,311	274,232	965,497	795,015
Performance income—realized	22,108	17,797	154,931	189,568
Performance related compensation—realized	(13,234)	(10,504)	(95,386)	(133,472)
Realized net performance income	8,874	7,293	59,545	56,096
Investment income (loss)—realized	3,848	(4,031)	4,557	13,852
Interest and other investment income—realized	16,456	12,934	66,528	42,792
Interest expense	(29,733)	(25,975)	(105,057)	(76,800)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(9,429)	(17,072)	(33,972)	(20,156)
Realized income	338,756	264,453	991,070	830,955
Operating segment
Segment reporting
Fee related earnings	(492,294)	(411,322)	(1,405,584)	(1,186,234)
Performance income—realized	22,108	17,797	154,931	189,568
Performance related compensation—realized	(13,234)	(10,504)	(95,386)	(133,472)
Realized income	(491,378)	(401,452)	(1,429,849)	(1,221,884)
OMG
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(102,112)	(90,347)	(294,639)	(261,325)
General, administrative and other expenses	56,124	52,460	160,514	148,099
Fee related earnings	(152,983)	(137,090)	(440,087)	(391,219)
Performance income—realized	0	0	0	0
Performance related compensation—realized	0	0	0	0
Realized net performance income	0	0	0	0
Investment income (loss)—realized	0	0	0	0
Interest and other investment income—realized	496	114	1,588	350
Interest expense	(135)	(23)	(280)	(60)
Realized net investment income (loss)	361	91	1,308	290
Realized income	(152,622)	(136,999)	(438,779)	(390,929)
Ares Management L.P
Segment reporting
Total revenues	1,129,739	671,255	2,625,784	2,577,903
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(257,901)	(201,224)	(685,542)	(598,205)
General, administrative and other expenses	69,663	47,346	206,630	142,470
Fee related earnings	492,294	411,322	1,405,584	1,186,234
Performance income—realized	22,108	17,797	154,931	189,568
Performance related compensation—realized	(13,234)	(10,504)	(95,386)	(133,472)
Realized net performance income	8,874	7,293	59,545	56,096
Investment income (loss)—realized	3,848	(4,031)	4,557	13,852
Interest and other investment income—realized	15,960	12,820	64,940	42,442
Interest expense	(29,598)	(25,952)	(104,777)	(76,740)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(9,790)	(17,163)	(35,280)	(20,446)
Realized income	491,378	401,452	1,429,849	1,221,884
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Credit Group
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(179,987)	(131,172)	(457,494)	(382,929)
General, administrative and other expenses	41,046	28,093	116,022	82,345
Fee related earnings	388,698	318,590	1,109,396	910,836
Performance income—realized	6,192	12,223	121,214	106,162
Performance related compensation—realized	(3,451)	(7,181)	(73,127)	(68,792)
Realized net performance income	2,741	5,042	48,087	37,370
Investment income (loss)—realized	916	1,475	(1)	19,546
Interest and other investment income—realized	7,083	5,601	23,609	21,058
Interest expense	(7,625)	(5,825)	(25,412)	(23,072)
Realized net investment income (loss)	374	1,251	(1,804)	17,532
Realized income	391,813	324,883	1,155,679	965,738
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Real Assets Group
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(42,360)	(37,608)	(119,403)	(116,232)
General, administrative and other expenses	14,118	10,318	43,857	33,465
Fee related earnings	56,518	51,136	154,679	160,716
Performance income—realized	15,441	5,589	24,324	14,412
Performance related compensation—realized	(9,403)	(3,338)	(15,134)	(8,764)
Realized net performance income	6,038	2,251	9,190	5,648
Investment income (loss)—realized	2,003	(875)	1,671	(4,196)
Interest and other investment income—realized	1,971	3,148	1,280	7,362
Interest expense	(4,511)	(3,985)	(17,189)	(11,987)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(537)	(1,712)	(14,238)	(8,821)
Realized income	62,019	51,675	149,631	157,543
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Private Equity Group
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(13,877)	(13,145)	(42,737)	(43,184)
General, administrative and other expenses	4,576	3,470	15,282	11,556
Fee related earnings	16,540	13,614	46,365	35,966
Performance income—realized	475	(15)	9,032	63,534
Performance related compensation—realized	(380)	15	(7,235)	(51,238)
Realized net performance income	95	0	1,797	12,296
Investment income (loss)—realized	197	(4,631)	505	(1,668)
Interest and other investment income—realized	333	214	794	571
Interest expense	(4,862)	(4,313)	(16,519)	(14,237)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(4,332)	(8,730)	(15,220)	(15,334)
Realized income	12,303	4,884	32,942	32,928
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Secondaries Group
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(14,432)	(16,066)	(47,971)	(46,101)
General, administrative and other expenses	8,464	4,541	26,428	12,984
Fee related earnings	27,754	24,518	87,000	71,262
Performance income—realized	0	0	361	5,460
Performance related compensation—realized	0	0	110	(4,678)
Realized net performance income	0	0	471	782
Investment income (loss)—realized	0	0	0	0
Interest and other investment income—realized	96	552	454	1,959
Interest expense	(2,191)	(2,020)	(7,467)	(6,776)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(2,095)	(1,468)	(7,013)	(4,817)
Realized income	25,659	23,050	80,458	67,227
Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Other
Segment reporting
Compensation and benefits	(7,245)	(3,233)	(17,937)	(9,759)
General, administrative and other expenses	1,459	924	5,041	2,120
Fee related earnings	2,784	3,464	8,144	7,454
Performance income—realized	0	0	0	0
Performance related compensation—realized	0	0	0	0
Realized net performance income	0	0	0	0
Investment income (loss)—realized	732	0	2,382	170
Interest and other investment income—realized	6,477	3,305	38,803	11,492
Interest expense	(10,409)	(9,809)	(38,190)	(20,668)
Realized net investment income (loss)	(3,200)	(6,504)	2,995	(9,006)
Realized income	(416)	(3,040)	11,139	(1,552)
Management fees
Segment reporting
Total revenues	753,597	637,517	2,162,970	1,853,304
Management fees | Total
Segment reporting
Total revenues	757,262	643,649	2,176,738	1,868,020
Management fees | OMG
Segment reporting
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment
Segment reporting
Total revenues	757,262	643,649	2,176,738	1,868,020
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Credit Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	557,450	470,609	1,603,080	1,349,434
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Real Assets Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	105,733	92,754	299,156	285,463
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Private Equity Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	34,621	29,799	103,126	89,461
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Secondaries Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	48,084	42,949	140,650	124,597
Management fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Other
Segment reporting
Total revenues	11,374	7,538	30,726	19,065
Fee related performance revenues
Segment reporting
Total revenues	44,269	2,212
Fee related performance revenues | Total
Segment reporting
Total revenues			69,553	6,937
Fee related performance revenues | OMG
Segment reporting
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment
Segment reporting
Total revenues	44,269	2,212	69,553	6,937
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Credit Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	41,761	44	48,920	866
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Real Assets Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	0	0	0	334
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Private Equity Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Secondaries Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	2,508	2,168	20,633	5,737
Fee related performance revenues | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Other
Segment reporting
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Other fees | Total
Segment reporting
Total revenues	23,580	19,748	66,531	70,157
Other fees | OMG
Segment reporting
Total revenues	5,253	5,717	15,066	18,205
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment
Segment reporting
Total revenues	18,327	14,031	51,465	51,952
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Credit Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	10,520	7,202	30,912	25,810
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Real Assets Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	7,263	6,308	18,783	24,616
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Private Equity Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	372	430	1,258	1,245
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Secondaries Group
Segment reporting
Total revenues	58	8	116	13
Other fees | Ares Management L.P | Operating segment | Other
Segment reporting
Total revenues	$ 114	$ 83	$ 396	$ 268