A method for recommending a social user includes: acquiring the first user identification information corresponding to the user equipment, wherein, the user equipment is wirelessly connected to a wireless access point; sending the first user identification information and the corresponding access point identification information of the wireless access point to a second network device; receiving one or more pieces of second social user information returned by the second network device, wherein the second social user information corresponds to the access point identification information; and sending at least one of the one or more pieces of the second social user information to the user equipment. The method recommends social users on the basis of a shared wireless access point, thereby facilitating offline socialization because of the short physical distance between recommended social users who are connected to the shared wireless access point.