The invention discloses a method and a device for acquiring channel information, and aims to provide channel information in which a user is possibly interested and channel information which is convenient for the user to acquire. The method comprises the following steps: when the user logs in through television equipment, acquiring current channel information of the user; storing the acquired channel information as personal information of the user; and transmitting the personal information to an online friend of the user, wherein the personal information includes the channel information, so that a client of the online friend presents the channel information in a friend list.