Earnings per Share (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to DigitalBridge Group, Inc.	$ 145,978	$ 89,214	$ 241,279
Preferred stock repurchases/redemptions (Note 7)	0	0	927
Preferred dividends	(58,641)	(58,641)	(58,656)
Income (Loss) allocated to participating securities	(1,846)	(221)	(2,179)
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders	85,491	30,352	181,371
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders	(4,104)	(18,692)	(55,999)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders—basic	81,387	11,660	125,372
Interest expense attributable to exchangeable notes (Note 6)	0	0	5,050
Net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders— diluted	$ 81,387	$ 11,660	$ 130,422
Weighted average common shares outstanding
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic (in shares) | shares	175,456,000	168,437,000	159,868,000
Weighted average effect of dilutive shares (in shares) | shares	277,000	381,000	9,852,000
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding—diluted (in shares) | shares	175,733,000	168,818,000	169,720,000
Income (Loss) per share—basic
Income (Loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.48	$ 0.18	$ 1.13
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	(0.02)	(0.11)	(0.35)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per common share - basic (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0.46	0.07	0.78
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Income (Loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	0.48	0.18	1.10
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	(0.02)	(0.11)	(0.33)
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per common share - diluted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.46	$ 0.07	$ 0.77
Conversion ratio	1
Performance Shares
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares	140,500	130,415	118,484
Warrant
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares	136,408	752,100	667,400
Wafra Contingent Consideration
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares		250,920	1,209,536
April 2024 Senior Notes
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares			8,524,130
Interest expense on convertible note excluded from diluted EPS		$ 5,000
Senior Notes
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares		2,310,200	912,900
Interest expense on convertible note excluded from diluted EPS		$ 400	$ 3,100
OP Units
Income (Loss) per share—diluted
Weighted average dilutive common share (in shares) | shares	5,795,060	11,923,400	12,375,800