Provided in the present disclosure are a data processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device, the method includes: determining a plurality of candidate data pieces, where the candidate data pieces are provided from corresponding data sources; and determining a target data piece based on priorities of the data sources corresponding to the plurality of candidate data pieces in a current cycle, wherein a same data source has different priorities in different processing cycles, and priority sequence numbers of a same data source in different processing cycles satisfy a nonlinear relationship.