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Exit Activities - Schedule of Operating Losses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Operating losses			$ 642	$ 428	$ 1,849
WTAMC [Member]
Operating losses			607	$ 428	1,384
WisdomTree Japan Inc. ("WTJ") [Member]
Operating losses	[1]		$ 35		$ 465
[1] WTJ also recognized an impairment expense of $572 in connection with the termination of its office lease on March 31, 2019

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