Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	May 09, 2014 Class B Shares	May 09, 2014 Class A Shares
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	APO
Entity Registrant Name	Apollo Global Management LLC
Entity Central Index Key	0001411494
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1	149,102,653