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Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Assets Under Management Subject to Fees (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and the incentive fees |  |
Total AUM Subject to Incentive Fees | $ 562,613,027 dhil_AssetsUnderManagementIncentiveFees | $ 470,726,000 dhil_AssetsUnderManagementIncentiveFees
Incentive Fees Under Method Two |  |
Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and the incentive fees |  |
Performance Incentive Fees | 2,458,080 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember | 3,900,649 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember
Incentive Fees Under Method Two | Quarter Ended June 30, 2017 |  |
Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and the incentive fees |  |
Performance Incentive Fees | 2,427,031 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDateMember | 3,900,649 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDateMember
Incentive Fees Under Method Two | Quarter Ended December 31, 2018 |  |
Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and the incentive fees |  |
Performance Incentive Fees | 0 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDate2Member | 0 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDate2Member
Incentive Fees Under Method Two | Quarter Ended September 30, 2019 |  |
Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and the incentive fees |  |
Performance Incentive Fees | $ 31,049 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDate3Member | $ 0 us-gaap_PerformanceFees / us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis = dhil_IncentiveFeesMethodTwoMember / us-gaap_PrincipleTransactionRevenueDescriptionOfReportingCategoryAxis = dhil_AssetUnderManagementContractualPeriodEndDate3Member

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- Definition Assets under management (AUM) subject to incentive fees and incentive fees. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Amount of revenue earned by the entity based on the investment results achieved. Excludes fees based upon a percentage of the assets under management not performance-related. + References 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)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882 + Details
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