Abstract: A method for producing a magnetic recording medium, including depositing an imprint resist layer on a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic material and a first non-magnetic material, on a substrate, transferring a concavo-convex pattern onto the imprint resist layer by pressing against the imprint resist layer an imprint mold structure having convex portions so as to have concavo-convex portions, forming magnetic pattern portions corresponding to the concavo-convex pattern by etching the magnetic layer using the imprint resist layer as a mask, and forming non-magnetic pattern portions by embedding a second non-magnetic material in concave portions, wherein the magnetic layer is etched so as to remove the ferromagnetic material in the magnetic layer, and leave 5% by mass or more of the first non-magnetic material in each concave portion relative to the total mass of the first non-magnetic material in each region corresponding to the concave portions to be formed.