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Related Party Transactions - Summary of Revenues from Advisory Services Provided to Related Parties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	$ 51,553	$ 80,520	$ 168,099	$ 221,709
WisdomTree Trust [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	49,087	79,242	161,316	218,997
Boost Issuer PLC And WisdomTree Issuer plc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	1,915	$ 1,278	5,308	$ 2,712
WisdomTree Commodity Services, LLC And WisdomTree Coal Services, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	482		1,406
WisdomTree Asset Management Canada, Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	$ 69		$ 69

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Amount of fees earned from providing investment advice and research to customers.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.13(a),(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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