The present invention discloses a method of displaying information by category and an electronic device. The method is applied in an electronic device including a touch display unit, the method comprising: obtaining M pieces of information to be processed, where M is an integer no less than 2; determining, based on a predetermined rule, that a display priority for N pieces of information of the M pieces of information to be processed is a first priority, and a display priority for K pieces of information of the M pieces of information to be processed is a second priority, the N pieces of information to be processed being different from the K pieces of information to be processed, where N is an integer no less than 0 but no more than M, K is an integer no less than 0 but no more than M, and a sum of N and K is no more than M; and displaying the N pieces of information to be processed and the K pieces of information to be processed on the touch display unit in different display ways.