Silver powder, method of producing silver powder, and conductive paste

A silver powder that in a volume-based particle size distribution measured using a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement instrument, has a diameter at a cumulative value of 50% of 3 μm or more and a ratio of particles of 10 μm or larger of 10% or less, wherein

• with regards to particle shape observed by image analysis based on an SEM image,
• the silver powder includes flake-like particles having a major axis of 6 μm or more and irregularly shaped particles having a major axis of less than 6 μm,
• an average aspect ratio that is a ratio of an average major axis of the flake-like particles relative to an average thickness of the flake-like particles is 8 or more, and
• a shape factor that is a ratio of an area of a circle having an average maximum length of the irregularly shaped particles as a diameter relative to an average particle area of the irregularly shaped particles is not less than 1.7 and not more than 1.9, and
• the silver powder has an ignition loss of not less than 0.1 wt % and not more than 0.4 wt %.