The invention provides a channel classification method and a device, which relates to the technical field of intelligent terminals. The method comprises steps: preset channel labels and content information of each channel are received, wherein the content information comprises a program content played by each channel in each time period and a program content label corresponding to an included non-live content; according to the channel label, the current each channel is classified, and each first classification item is generated; according to the currently-played program content or the non-live content of each channel, a program content label corresponding to the currently-played program content or the non-live content is determined respectively; and according to the program content label corresponding to the currently-played program content or the non-live content, each channel is classified, and each second classification item is generated. Thus, a needed channel can be searched in the channels, and the problem that searching the needed channels in a channel list is complicated and tedious as the channels are widely classified in the prior art can be avoided.