Sheet or web material having antistatic properties

A sheet or web material being a subbed or unsubbed hydrophobic resin support or paper support coated with at least one hydrophobic resin layer and having in direct contact therewith at least on one side thereof an antistatic layer containing for at least 70% by weight colloidal silica having an average particle size not larger than 10 nm and a surface area of at least 300 m.sup.2 per gram, the colloidal silica being present in said antistatic layer at a coverage of at least 50 mg per m.sup.2 characterized in that said antistatic layer is coated with a covering layer having a smaller sticking power to a gelatin layer than said silica containing layer, said covering layer being applied as an organic solvent composition containing at least 50% by weight of a water-insoluble synthetic polymer and having a dry coverage in the range of 0.01 to 2 g/m.sup.2.