To provide a recording matezial, which can prevent cracks from developing during a storage under lowly humid conditions or the like while curlings are prevented from occurring.

In the recording material having at least an image recording layer and a protective layer on a support, the total coated dry thickness in the image recording layer side is made thicker than 15 μm and a swelling inorganic lamellar compound. Or, in the recording material having at least the image recording layer and the protective layer on the support, a second protective layer is provided between the image recording layer and the protective layer under the conditions that the total coated dry thickness in the image recording layer side is made thicker than 15 μm and the swelling inorganic lamellar compound is included in the second protective layer.