A sparkplug includes: an insulator with an axial hole extending along an axial line; a metal shell covering the insulator; and a shelf part inside the metal shell. The insulator includes a second column part formed in the front end side of a tapering part. When a volume surrounded by a first plane that passes through the front end of the shelf part of the metal shell and is orthogonal to the axial line, a curved surface extending from an outer circumference of the second column part, and an outer circumferential surface of the insulator is defined as A, and a volume surrounded by the first plane, the curved surface, a second plane that passes through the front end of the metal shell and is orthogonal to the axial line, and the axial hole of the insulator is defined as B, a relational expression 0.9≦A/B≦2.4 is satisfied.