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Related Party Transactions - Summary of Revenues from Advisory Services Provided to Related Parties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	$ 56,114	$ 55,931	$ 109,376	$ 116,546
WisdomTree Trust [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	53,311	53,587	103,767	112,229
Boost Issuer PLC And WisdomTree Issuer plc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	2,383	1,870	4,538	3,393
WisdomTree Commodity Services LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	330	$ 474	900	$ 924
WisdomTree Asset Management Canada, Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenues from advisory services	$ 90		$ 171

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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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