An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a hole transporting substance, wherein, the hole transporting substance is one of: a compound consisting of carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms; and a compound consisting of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, the hole transporting substance comprises a conjugate structure comprising 24 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, wherein, the conjugate structure comprises one or more condensed polycyclic structures comprising 12 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, a ratio of a number of sp 2 carbon atoms is 55% or more based on a total number of carbon atoms in the hole transporting substance, and a ratio of a number of sp 3 carbon atoms is 10% or more based on a total number of carbon atoms in the hole transporting substance, wherein the hole transporting substance is a compound represented by the following formula: in the formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, R 3 to R 6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R 7 represents a group derived from a substituted or unsubstituted arene by loss of 6 hydrogen atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10, and when n represents from 2 to 10, partial structures each represented by the following formula in the formula may be identical to or different from each other and the arene in R 7 of the formula comprises one of anthracene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, or pyrene. a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein a surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises a hole transporting substance, wherein, the hole transporting substance is one of: a compound consisting of carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms; and a compound consisting of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, a compound consisting of carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms; and a compound consisting of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, the hole transporting substance comprises a conjugate structure comprising 24 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, wherein, the conjugate structure comprises one or more condensed polycyclic structures comprising 12 or more sp 2 carbon atoms, a ratio of a number of sp 2 carbon atoms is 55% or more based on a total number of carbon atoms in the hole transporting substance, and a ratio of a number of sp 3 carbon atoms is 10% or more based on a total number of carbon atoms in the hole transporting substance, wherein the hole transporting substance is a compound represented by the following formula: in the formula, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, R 3 to R 6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, R 7 represents a group derived from a substituted or unsubstituted arene by loss of 6 hydrogen atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 10, and when n represents from 2 to 10, partial structures each represented by the following formula in the formula may be identical to or different from each other and the arene in R 7 of the formula comprises one of anthracene, phenanthrene, fluoranthene, or pyrene.