The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for forming an anti-glare hard coat layer that has an uneven shape exhibiting good anti-glare properties and that has excellent abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a method for forming an anti-glare hard coat layer, for providing an anti-glare hard coat layer having an uneven shape on the surface thereof on at least one side of a transparent support substrate, wherein the method includes the following steps: a mold substrate creation step for creating a mold substrate having an uneven shape on the surface thereof; a coating step for applying a coating of a hard coating composition on at least one side of a transparent support substrate and forming an uncured hard coat layer; a surface contact step for bringing both substrates into surface contact in the direction in which the uneven-shape surface of the mold substrate and the surface of the uncured hard coat layer face each other; a curing step for curing the uncured hard coat layer by irradiation thereof with active energy rays; and a peeling step for peeling the mold substrate from the cured hard coat layer; the hard coating composition including a polymer or an oligomer containing a polymerizable unsaturated group and having a weight-average molecular weight of 1000-200000, the peel strength of the surface contact portion of the uncured hard coat layer surface and the uneven-shape surface of the mold substrate being in the range of 0.01-2 N/25 mm, the peel strength of the surface contact portion of the hard coat layer and the uneven-shape surface of the mold substrate after irradiation with active energy rays being in the range of 0.005-1.5 N/25 mm, the pressing pressure of the uncured hard coat layer surface and the uneven-shape surface of the mold substrate in the surface contact step being 0.001-5 MPa, and the transfer ratio of the uneven shape being 75-100% when the pressing pressure is in the aforementioned range.