A control method and apparatus for data display are described. The method includes: receiving, by a first client at current time, first target data pushed by a second client; determining, by the first client, whether the first target data pushed by the second client has been received within a first predetermined time period before the current time; and determining, by the first client at least according to the number of times that the first target data is received within the first predetermined time period and whether the first target data received within the first predetermined time period has been displayed on the first client, whether to display, on the first client, the first target data received at the current time if the first client determines that the first client has received, within the first predetermined time period, the first target data pushed by the second client.