The present invention provides an identification application activation condition method and device. The method comprises: in a test time period, it is determined whether received terminal identification numbers reported based on the application activation have batch continuation or not, and when the received terminal identification numbers reported based on the application activation have batch continuation, it is determined the application activation corresponding to the terminal identification numbers of the batch continuation is non-real activation. The device comprises a determination module. The identification application activation condition method and device are able to identify behaviors of false application activation through adoption of application distribution channel information and perform statistics of real activation based on the received application activation data related to the channel so as to reduce unnecessary economical loss for providers.