Net Income (Loss) Per Class A Share - Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Class A Share (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended						1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014 Apollo Global Management, LLC	Mar. 31, 2013 Apollo Global Management, LLC	Feb. 08, 2013 Common Class A	Feb. 12, 2012 Common Class A
Numerator:
Net Income Attributable to Apollo Global Management, LLC					$ 72,169	$ 248,978
Distributions declared on Class A shares	(160,867)	[1]	(138,746)	[2]
Distributions on participating securities	(25,477)		(24,992)
Earnings allocable to participating securities	0	[3]	(13,718)
Undistributed income attributable to class A shareholders: Basic	(114,175)		71,522
Dilution effect on undistributed income attributable to Class A shareholders	0		5,600
Dilutive Securities Distributable Income Attributable To Participating Securities	0		0
Undistributed income attributable to class A shareholders: diluted	$ (114,175)		$ 77,122
Denominator:
Weighted average number of Class A shares outstanding: Basic (in shares)	147,776,519		131,249,034
Dilution effect of share options and unvested RSUs	0		4,770,767
Weighted average number of Class A shares outstanding: Diluted (in shares)	147,776,519		136,019,801
Net income per Class A share: Basic
Distributed Income	$ 1.09		$ 1.06
Undistributed Income	$ (0.77)		$ 0.54
Net Income per Class A Share: Basic (USD per share)	$ 0.32		$ 1.60
Net Income per Class A Share: Diluted
Distributable Earnings	$ 1.09	[4]	$ 1.02	[4]
Undistributed Income	$ (0.77)	[4]	$ 0.57	[4]
Net Income per Class A Share: Diluted (USD per share)	$ 0.32	[4]	$ 1.59	[4]
Dividends declared, per share							$ 1.08	$ 1.05

[1] The Company declared a $1.08 distribution on Class A shares on February 7, 2014.

[2] The Company declared a $1.05 distribution on Class A shares on February 8, 2013.

[3] No allocation of losses was made to the participating securities as the holders do not have a contractual obligation to share in the losses of the Company with Class A shareholders.

[4] For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had an undistributed loss attributable to Class A shareholders and as such there was no dilution. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, AOG Units, RSUs, share options and participating securities were anti-dilutive and were accordingly excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, AOG units and participating securities were determined to be anti-dilutive and were accordingly excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.