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Issuance and Redemption of Preferred Stock (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2006 | Mar. 15, 2012 | Apr. 30, 2012 | Feb. 29, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Mar. 31, 2012
Issuance and redemption of preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Excess of redemption value over carrying value | $ 6,015,000 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium |  | $ 3,696,000 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Underwriting discounts and other offering costs | 22,827,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts | 55,359,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts | 13,773,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net proceeds from preferred stock offering |  |  | 395,377,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption of preferred stock | 220,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemablePreferredStock |  | 127,500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemablePreferredStock |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance and redemption of preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares issued in stock offerings, net of offering costs (in shares) |  |  |  |  | 8,800,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock, dividend rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  | 6.75%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |
Offering price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  | $ 25.00 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |
Excess of redemption value over carrying value |  |  |  | 6,000,000 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPremium / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Redemption amount (in dollars per share) |  |  |  | $ 25.00 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShare / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock redeemed (in shares) |  |  |  | 8,800,000 us-gaap_StockRedeemedOrCalledDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassEMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Class F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance and redemption of preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares issued in stock offerings, net of offering costs (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,400,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember | 14,950,000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |
Preferred stock, dividend rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.625%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |
Offering price per share (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 25.2863 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember | $ 25.00 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |
Preferred stock, purchased by underwriters (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,950,000 o_PreferredStockPurchasedByUnderwriters / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |
Underwriting discounts and other offering costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,800,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |
Net proceeds from preferred stock offering |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 395,400,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |
Redemption of preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 127,500,000 us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfRedeemablePreferredStock / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |
Redemption amount (in dollars per share) | $ 25.00 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShare / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Monthly distributions payable (in dollars per share) | $ 0.138021 us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend paid per initial preferred share of stock (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  | $ 0.1702257 o_PreferredStockInitialDividendRatePerDollarAmount / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassFMember |  |  |  |
Period when initial dividend payments were made |  |  |  |  |  | 37 days |  |  |  |
Class D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance and redemption of preferred stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock, dividend rate (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.375%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassDMember |
Redemption amount (in dollars per share) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 25.00 us-gaap_PreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShare / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassDMember
Preferred stock redeemed (in shares) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,100,000 us-gaap_StockRedeemedOrCalledDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassDMember
Original issuance costs |  |  | $ 3,700,000 o_WriteOffOfStockIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = o_CumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockClassDMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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