Magnetic recording tape containing low levels of compounds with

Abstract

A magnetic recording tape comprising a non-magnetic substrate, a magnetic layer which comprises magnetic powder and a binder resin coated on one surface of the substrate and a back coating layer which comprises non-magnetic powder and a binder resin coated on the other surface of the substrate, wherein an amount of compounds having a molecular weight of 1000 to 5000, as converted to polystyrene molecular weight, extracted with tetrahydrofuran and converted to a polystyrene extraction amount, per 3 .mu.m thickness from the magnetic layer (W.sub.M) and per 1 .mu.m thickness of from the back coating layer (W.sub.B), are both less than 200 mg/m.sup.2, which tape has improved traveling stability and durability.